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Left Saturday Night Live as a writer and featured cast member in 1995 after his request to be the Weekend Update news anchor was denied.
Grammy award, Best Spoken Comedy Album, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot", 1997.
Was an improv comedy performer and sketch comedy writer at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, MN in the early 1970's.
Has two children: daughter, Thomasin Franken; and son, Joe Franken.
Graduated from Harvard University
When ex-President Bill Clinton was on book tour for his autobiography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he saw Franken and said, "My hero's here." (reported in USA Today, July 21, 2004)
He received a perfect score (800) on the math section of the SAT.
His book, "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," provoked a lawsuit from Fox News, claiming copyright infringement of the phrase "fair and balanced." It was quickly dismissed as being without merit, and is credited for increasing sales of the book. In fact, the publisher moved up its release date to capitalize on the publicity the suit had brought.
He received the New York Festivals' 23rd Annual International Radio Programming and Promotions' "World Achievement Award For Breakthrough Radio" for his unique perspective and commentary on his daily radio show, The Al Franken Show, on June 27, 2005.
Announced his bid to run for U.S. Senate in 2008, representing the state of Minnesota. |
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