Live. Saturday Night Live was his first steady job, which he began in 1974. Through the

years, he wrote, acted, and produced for the show. His job with SNL ended after the

1994-95 season. One of his famous characters, Stuart Smally, lead him to new

experiences outside of SNL. He co-wrote and starred in the movie, based on his SNL

character, Stuart Saves His Family. He also wrote a book based on Stuart titled, "I'm

Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone it, People Like Me." Franken was the

co-author of the movie, When a Man Loves a Woman, which is a very popular and well

known movie, grossing millions of dollars over the years. Though, Franken is well known

for his writing and acting abilities, he is mostly acknowledged for his political satire.

John Podhoretz of the New York Post called him, "The man responsible for some

of the most brilliant political satire of our time."

Al Franken was born in 1951in New York City. He became interested in politics

through his family growing up. After high school, he attended Harvard University, and at

the age of 24 he got his first steady job with Saturday Night Live as a writ

Any book about Rush Limbaugh, especially one written by Al Franken, is going to

Al Franken has done a lot of reporting for different news shows. In his book he

that many people in the United States don't know very much about politics. Though,

made him not only well known, but also gave him contacts. He met a lot of people,

migraine," referring to the Christian Coalition Conference he attended in 1995. (pg.251)

a lot about politics, as well as, what it takes to be thorough, and informative in today's

importance and techniques. Lexis-Nexis is a huge database used for a big part of the

technologically advanced but needy society. Al Franken is proof of what hard work,

Through the years, Franken has done a lot of different things. He has been an

there is a lot of information out there to be learned, people take the 'tainment' rather than

people appearing in the book. Al admits to making up lies to get people to spill

readers, while being very informative about other political parties. Which leads to my next

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