Al Franken

'Al Franken' (qv) is best known for nearly two decades of work on _Saturday Night Live (1975)_ (qv). During that time he wrote, performed in and produced hundreds of sketches, including "Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley" and "The Final Days," a piece about the last days of 'Richard Nixon' (qv)'s presidency. A noted political commentator and satirist, Franken also produced and starred in the NBC sitcom _LateLine (1998)_ (qv) and wrote four books about politics, including "'Rush Limbaugh' (qv) is a Big Fat Idiot." A graduate of Harvard, Franken lives in Minnesota with his wife and two kids. In 2008, Franken ran for the Senate as a Democrat, and won after an extremely close race.::N/A