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Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. He is noted for his work on Saturday Night Live and his liberal political views. On February 14, 2007, Franken announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The seat is currently held by Republican Norm Coleman, and formerly held by Franken's friend Paul Wellstone.
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Al Franken is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer, New York Times bestselling author, Grammy-winning comedian, and now host of The Al Franken Show, the flagship program of Air America Radio. In 1975, Al Franken was part of the original writing staff that created the groundbreaking late night show Saturday Night Live. . . . Read More
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Al Franken has always had opinions on politics. But as a writer for 15 years on “Saturday Night Live,” he garnered laughs by making fun of liberals, conservatives and everyone in between.
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Apr 28, 2005 | The 265th pope is being announced, and Al Franken is watching it live on CNN. The Air America radio host has his back to the microphone, as he sits in a blue sports coat, jeans and white Nikes, staring at the television across the dimly lit studio. On the line is Franken's one-time "Saturday Night Live" comrade Father Guido Sarducci. The fictional Father Sarducci is supposedly live from Rome. But the comedian who plays him, Don Novello, the Vatican correspondent for "The Al Franken Show," is calling from San Francisco. (The Swiss Guard once arrested Novello for impersonating a priest in Vatican City.)
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Al Franken and Tom Davis went to the same private high school in Minneapolis, and later worked in Brave New Workshop, a satirical theater group. Franken graduated from Harvard with a degree in political science, and continued doing comedy on the side. Franken & Davis eventually brought their comedy act to New York, where they were spotted by Lorne Michaels, who hired them to write for a new show he was planning for NBC, Saturday Night Live.
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Al Franken is on a mission. The "Saturday Night Live" alumnus has been subjecting the American right to scorn and mockery for years, first as a political satirist and more recently as a talk radio host. Now, Franken is seriously considering a Senate run in 2008 and promoting a new film about his political coming of age.
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