Al Franken
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Al Franken is a former political propagandist for Saturday Night Live and currently writes comedy for the United States Senate, a television program broadcast on C-SPAN between televised Heritage Foundation conferences. Prior to his recent election as a senate comedy writer Al Franken had some success as a professional clown and talk radio loudmouth.
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[edit] Comedy
Al Franken, is a practitioner of the famous (well in Minnesota) Minnesota "wit," a stand-up comedy style that emerged from the Lutheran area around Lake-Wobegan. Although Franken is a New York City Jewish comedian, he is heavily influenced by the Luthern comedy tradition of not being funny, much like fellow Minnesotan vaudevillians Garrison Keiller, and probably someone else.
In spite of studying as a clown, and being from Minnesota. Al Franken has managed to carve out a niche as a Liberal comedy writer of the type whom only hippies, Democrats and people who are not Republicans find funny.
[edit] Childhood
Al Franken was raised by two Demons in the outer ring of hell, known as cold hell ie. Minneapolis and it's surrounding suburbs. Franken developed an interest in clowning at a young age and often impressed his parents friends with recitations from some of Shakespeare's baser comedies. At age 17 Al Franken joined the circus in order to learn clowning. At age 18 Franken realized his dream of entering comedy by enrolling at Harvard Clown College, where he graduated sum cum laud - an hilarious achievment.
[edit] Critical Response
Al Franken has received much critical praise for his literary works which include: Rush Limbaugh is a Porcine Imbecile, and I Believe that Conservative Media is Generally Deceptive, which predictably earned wide commendation from liberals and wide condemnation among conservatives.
Al Franken is recognized by Minnesotans as the funniest comedian in Minnesota when Garrison Keillor is in New York, and the funniest Minnesotan comedian in New York when Garrison Keillor is in Minnesota. However, most non-Minnesotans will agree: no-one from Minnesota is funny, even if they are in Canada. Al Franken is also the third funniest comedian in a room with Sinbad and a bag of rocks.
[edit] Career
Al Franken's big FAT mouth has gotten him in a lot of trouble with respected media figures such as Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. Such critics insist that political discourse maintain a basic level of civility, as oppossed to Al Franken accusing decent, honest conservatives of being lying liars.
As a young man all Franken was trained in the dark arts of clown. He was so dedicated to the the evil practice of clowning that he permed his hair and wears funny glasses so he would look like a clown even when out of make-up. When Al Franken finally graduated University of Harvard Clown College he sought work as a professional party clown in New York City until a tribe of improv comics took pity on the unfunny young Minnesotan clown and adopted him into their tribe.
Franken has appeared on the tribe's ritualistic ceremony "Saturday Night Live", but he was only ever kind-of funny as character Stewart Smalley. Somehow he stayed on the show off and on for 30 years without ever getting promoted. The only people with longer tenure at SNL were Tim Meadows, Phil Hartmen, Darryl Hammond and Lorne Michaels - people who were actually funny in sketches.
[edit] 2008 Election Controversy
In light of his failed comic career as a television personality and best selling author, some of Al Franken's critics allege that he is not qualified to write for such an illustrious comic institution as the US senate, where serious Senate comedians hone their craft for years in order to play a joke on the American public.
Speaking of jokes, do you know what the Minnesota election was? A joke! Man that took forever! All that vote counting, and recounting, and court battles, and appeals, that was exhausting! Who knows who really won? But a state has to have two senators, and according to Minnesota their second senator is going to be a clown named Al Franken - thanks a lot guys - but it could have been worse. You should have seen the other guy!
