61. No Running Jokes Here - Washingtonpost.com With His Eye on a Senate Seat, Comedian al franken Says It s Time to Get Serious. By Paul Farhi. Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 17, 2007; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/16/AR2007121601892.

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + 'artsandliving'; Hello Change Preferences Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Pets SEARCH: washingtonpost.com Web Search Archives washingtonpost.com No Running Jokes Here With His Eye on a Senate Seat, Comedian Al Franken Says It's Time to Get Serious By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 17, 2007; Page C01 BECKER, Minn. Al Franken, U.S. Senate candidate, is telling a joke: "A satirist . . . cuts through the baloney and gets to the truth," says Franken, here wooing Madison Firebaugh and her parents, Kim Norris and John Firebaugh, in Nashwauk, Minn. (By Sherri Larose-chiglo St. Paul Pioneer Press) TOOLBOX Resize Text Save/Share Digg Newsvine del.icio.us Stumble It! ... Facebook Print This E-mail This COMMENT Discussion Policy Discussion Policy CLOSE full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging Links to this article Some years ago, he tells a crowd of about 150 at a meet-the-candidates spaghetti lunch, his daughter had to write a school essay about how her parents met. So Franken told her: He spotted his future wife, Franni, across the room at a freshman mixer in college. He asked her to dance. They talked. He bought her a ginger ale. Afterward, he walked her back to her dorm, where he asked for a date. End of story. His daughter, Franken says, wrote up the innocent tale this way: "My dad asked my mom to dance, bought her a drink and took her home."

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63. Can Al Franken's Brand Of Comedy And Politics Co-exist? -- New York Magazine During the Bush years, satire was one of the Democrats’ most potent weapons. But al franken’s earnest—sometimes tearful—campaign for senator raises the http://nymag.com/news/features/40294/

Skip to content , or skip to search Home This Week's Magazine Cover Archive ... Skip to content , or skip to search Search: Entire Site Restaurants Events Hotels Stores Search: Entire Site Restaurants Events Hotels Multimedia Stores Guaranteed Lowest Price! Subscribe Today! Give a Gift Welcome, UserName Edit Profile Log Out You are not logged in Log In Register Features Don't Laugh During the Bush years, satire was one of the Democrats’ most potent weapons. But Al Franken’s earnest—sometimes tearful—campaign for senator raises the question: Can politics and comedy co-exist? Add a Comment Comment Add Yours Comments ... Add Yours By Ariel Levy Published Nov 5, 2007 (Photo: Chris Buck) A l Franken looks sort of like a cartoon bullfrog. He has substantial jowls and wears large round spectacles and stands slightly pitched forward with his butt up and out, as if at any moment he might make a little cartoon leap forward. Only it would be in slow motion, because there’s a drowsiness to Franken’s physicality. His lips appear particularly animated—the way he holds his mouth is often half of what makes his jokes funny. For example, a few months ago, when Franken was on the Late Show

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Save Al Franken! [Aug 12, 2003] Today I'd planned to continue the delightful narrative of my run for the California governor's mansion. In the media, there can only be one story, and this is it, pal. But then came word that my services were, once again, needed. The Fox News Channel has sued political satirist Al Franken to stop him from using the words "fair and balanced" in the title of his new book, scheduled to publish next month. The suit claims that the subtitle is "likely to cause confusion among the public about whether Fox News has authorized or endorsed the book and about whether Franken is affiliated with FNC." Good lord. Who among the five, possibly ten percent of the American people who could recognize Franken in a lineup would think that he's affiliated with the Fox News Channel? The man stands politically to the left of every major entertainment figure except Michael Moore and maybe Janeane Garofalo. We all know that this suit is hogwash. We also know that Al Franken can defend himself, and that his publisher can defend him, too. Anyone who has been a recurring cast member on Saturday Night Live for nearly 30 years doesn't need much help calling attention to his cause. Nonetheless, it's the policy of this website to rise to the aid of satire whenver it's threatened, even if the threatened satirist is three links above it on the comedy food chain. Therefore, I declare this Friday a day of emergency protest.

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cddcodebase = "/";cddcodebase454632 = "/"; HELP E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend ... Print Version March 18, 2004, 8:33 a.m. Fisking Franken Setting the record straight. S pinsanity.com has just posted an exchange between me and Al Franken. I critique Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right ; he critiques Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years Anyway, on to the other questions... MY BROTHER SCHIP This gets pretty wonky, so brace yourself. Franken says I make a "mistake" when I write of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (italics to highlight the point in contention), "The generous federal subsidy encouraged states to maximize their health benefits, essentially extending a federal entitlement to children living in families with incomes roughly 200 percent above the poverty line ." But this is absolutely correct. It is Franken who is mistaken, and apparently doesn't have the slightest idea what he is writing about. Such programs often apply to families with incomes 200 percent above the poverty line. It is a way to ensure that they reach the working poor. "200 percent of poverty" is, therefore, pretty standard public-policy argot, but Franken seems never to have heard of it, and insists that I'm wrong that SCHIP applies to families in that category. The error, however, is his: According to the American Medical Association, "SCHIP coverage is now available in 38 states and the District of Columbia for children up to age 19 whose family income is at or above 200 percent of the federal poverty level."

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70. On Letterman, Al Franken Jokes About Execution For Treason Of Rove, Libby And Bu al franken “Right. So they wanted to smear the guy who came back with the report, and so they out his wife and said she sent him there. http://www.newsbusters.org/node/2424

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@import '/includes/tbenh.css'; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index 29 January 2008 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage BBC Television ... Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! AL FRANKEN: GOD SPOKE Thursday 8 March 10.30pm-11.55pm Follow the fortunes of satirist Franken as he launches a new radio show with the avowed intent of helping to overthrow George W Bush in the 2004 presidential election. Part of BBC Four's New York Week. HAVE YOUR SAY Share your thoughts on the programme NEWSLETTER Sign up for a monthly email on future Storyvilles STORYVILLE HOMEPAGE BBC Links "George Bush is going down" 2004 news article about Franken's radio crusade Newsnight Review Discussion of Franken's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them External Links www.al-franken.com The broadcaster and writer's official website The Al Franken Show on Air America phfilms.com Website of the film's production company The BBC is not responsible for the content of external links Nick Fraser Storyville Series Editor Al Franken was born in New York and brought up in the ultra-left state of Minnesota, and he made a reputation as a funnyman on, among other shows, the ribald Saturday Night Live. Among his specialities was impersonating the likes of Henry Kissinger. But something has happened to Al Franken in the age of Bush - he got serious. This is a funny film about the seriousness of a funny man. Franken cannot decide these days whether he wishes to be a politician - a liberal of course - or whether there is anything left in the world about which to tell jokes. He runs around America wondering about this, and, yes, even meets Henry Kissinger who he impersonates to his face.

72. Comedian Al Franken To Run For Senate WASHINGTON (AP) Comedian al franken has decided to run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in challenging incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, a senior Democratic http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/31/D8N0ICS00.html

BREAKING NEWS Indonesia boy dies of bird flu, raising death toll to 99+ Bush to Seek Support for His Agenda Taiwan further relaxes visa restrictions for Japanese+ Thaksin ally elected as new Thai prime minister ... Asian stocks slide as global market rally fades All u.s. world politics business sports entertainment sci/tech health odd video images .tv Search All Wires Images Papers Videos Blogs Sites Forums AP: Breaking Alerts World US ... Tech Comedian Al Franken to Run for Senate Jan 31 06:29 PM US/Eastern By FREDERIC J. FROMMER Associated Press Writer Write a Comment farkItButton("Comedian Al Franken to Run for Senate", "http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8N0ICS00"); WASHINGTON (AP) - Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in challenging incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, a senior Democratic official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official, who requested anonymity because Franken has not made an announcement, said that the comedian and former star of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" told her of his decision recently. Andy Barr, the political director of Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee, declined to comment.

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