Al Franken
Auteur van Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them : A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Over de Auteur
Al Franken was born in 1951 and grew up in Minnesota. He got his start in show business in high school, when he began performing stand-up comedy. He attended Harvard University, but his comic talent went unrecognized by the school's famous Harvard Lampoon, which rejected him. Undaunted, Franken toon meer continued to do stand-up with a friend from high school, Tom Davis. Franken and Davis became celebrities when Lorne Michaels discovered their act and hired them for his new show, Saturday Night Live. In addition to doing the stand-up, Franken wrote many funny skits, including Chevy Chase's famous Gerald Ford bits, and created memorable characters like Stuart Smalley. Franken's ability to write comedy translated into a best-selling success with his political satire, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot. The book has sold almost one million copies. His other books include The Truth (with jokes), and Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Franken was elected to the U. S. Senate representing Minnesota in 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Credit: David Shankbone, 2006, New York City
Werken van Al Franken
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them : A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (2003) 4,543 exemplaren
Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency (1999) 419 exemplaren
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations By Stuart Smalley (1992) 127 exemplaren
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- Gangbare naam
- Franken, Al
- Officiële naam
- Franken, Alan Stuart
- Geboortedatum
- 1951-05-21
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- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA - Opleiding
- Harvard University (BA|General Studies|1973)
- Beroepen
- comedian
actor
screenwriter
U.S. Senator (Minnesota ∙ 2008- ∙ Democrat)
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- U.S. Senate
Air America
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Funny rip into the conservatives who use lies to push their agenda.
The whole book is great but the last chapter is in a class by itself. I'm so sick of politics right now but I'm really glad I read this book. I feel safer knowing there's someone like Al Franken in Washington.
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Satire works best when it creates new ideas that are not so overtly partisan, rather capture something human and universal.