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Al Franken

Al Franken is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer, New York Times bestselling author, Grammy-winning comedian, and the host of The Al Franken Show, the flagship program of Air America Radio. Al Franken is probably best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live.” A five-time Emmy winner for writing and producing, he also won the 1997 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Franken got his first big break in 1975, when Lorne Michaels hired him and his then-partner, Tom Davis, to be part of the original writing staff of the groundbreaking late night show. Franken remained with the original show until 1980 and then returned in 1985. He stayed for another 10 years, leaving after the 1994-95 season. Franken received four Emmys for writing and a fifth for producing. Franken also won recognition for his on-camera work, first as half of Franken and Davis, and subsequently for such characterizations as the one-man mobile up-link unit and new-age cable TV host, Stuart Smalley. Franken's television sitcom, LateLine, ran on NBC 1998-99. Franken’s book “I'm Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!” provided the basis for a movie that Franken wrote and starred in for Paramount Pictures. Franken was co-writer of the 1994 Touchstone Pictures hit movie "When a... Next

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