. . "2003-10-11"^^ . . "1951-05-21"^^ . . . "Impersonated:"@en . "Smalley has used the Franken character to limited success as host of the leftist Air America radio program \"The O'Franken Factor.\" Many Americans have fallen asleep at the wheel and crashed while listening to Franken, all perishing horribly in the burning wreckage. It is through this and similar means that Smalley hopes to reduce the number of Americans, making the United States ripe for takeover by France. Of course, this plan hinges on the unlikely circumstance that the French will ever be motivated to take over more than a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of wine, a plate of cheese and your girlfriend. It should also be noted that, when Smalley wrote for the character on Saturday Night Live, the sketches Franken appeared in were the lowest rated skits ever (including the ones with Jimmy Fal"@en . . . . . "Al Franken"@en . "Impersonated by:"@en . . . "Harvard Collage"@en . . . . . . "Cameos:"@en . "Education"@en . . . . . . . "Al Franken is the US Senator for the state of Minnesota and a member of the 115th US Congress. This page contains links to Fark threads in which Al Franken was discussed."@en . . . "Senator Franken"@en . . . "Judaism"@en . "1999-12-11"^^ . . . . "1977"^^ . . . . . "1981-04-11"^^ . . . "2004-01-10"^^ . . . . . "Religion"@en . . . . . "Alan Stuart \"Al\" Franken is one of the smartest people on the planet. In addition to writing for SNL, he is now a Democratic Senator for Minnesota. Franken is is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network. In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court."@en . "Al Franken, is a practitioner of the famous Minnesota \"wit\" (well, famous in Minnesota), 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 Lutheran comedy tradition of not being funny, much like fellow Minnesotan vaudevillians Garrison Keillor, and probably someone else."@en . . . . . . . . . . "As Cast Member:"@en . . "Al Franken is the US Senator for the state of Minnesota and a member of the 115th US Congress. This page contains links to Fark threads in which Al Franken was discussed."@en . . . . . "Political Party"@en . . "Alan Stuart \"Al\" Franken is one of the smartest people on the planet. In addition to writing for SNL, he is now a Democratic Senator for Minnesota. Franken is is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court."@en . "Smalley has used the Franken character to limited success as host of the leftist Air America radio program \"The O'Franken Factor.\" Many Americans have fallen asleep at the wheel and crashed while listening to Franken, all perishing horribly in the burning wreckage. It is through this and similar means that Smalley hopes to reduce the number of Americans, making the United States ripe for takeover by France. Of course, this plan hinges on the unlikely circumstance that the French will ever be motivated to take over more than a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of wine, a plate of cheese and your girlfriend. It should also be noted that, when Smalley wrote for the character on Saturday Night Live, the sketches Franken appeared in were the lowest rated skits ever (including the ones with Jimmy Fallon)."@en . . "1951-05-21"^^ . . "2002-12-14"^^ . . "Alan Stuart Franken"@en . "Born"@en . . . . . . . . "1988"^^ . "Al Franken"@en . "Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party"@en . . . . . . . . "1985"^^ . . "Al Franken, is a practitioner of the famous Minnesota \"wit\" (well, famous in Minnesota), 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 Lutheran comedy tradition of not being funny, much like fellow Minnesotan vaudevillians Garrison Keillor, 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."@en .