Al Franken
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Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.
He made a name for himself as a staff writer and actor on the television comedy program Saturday Night Live in the 1970s and 1980s.
He became a well-known liberal political activist, hosting The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio after decades as a comedic actor and writer. Franken was first elected to the United States Senate in 2008 as the nominee of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer-Labor Party (DFL, a Democratic Party affiliate), defeating incumbent Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes out of a nearly three million vote (a difference of less than 0.01%).
With 52% of the vote over Republican challenger Mike McFadden, he won reelection in 2014.
Franken resigned on January 2, 2018, after numerous charges of sexual assault were made against him. Franken also confirmed on SiriusXM radio that he would be hosting the Al Franken Show on Saturday mornings in September 2019.
It will cover topics such as global affairs, politics, the 2020 presidential election, and entertainment.
Early life and education
Joseph P. Franken (1908–1993), a printing salesman, and Phoebe Franken (née Kunst) (1918–2003), a real estate agent, were born in New York City. His paternal grandparents immigrated from Germany; his maternal grandfather came from Grodno, Russian Empire; and his maternal grandmother's parents were also from the Russian Empire. Phoebe was from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Both of his parents were Jews, and Franken was raised in a Reform Jewish household. Owen (b. circa 1946), a photo journalist, has an older brother.
When Al was four years old, the Frankens moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota. His father owned a quilting business, but it closed after two years. The family then moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Franken graduated from The Blake School in 1969, where he was a member of the wrestling team. He enrolled in Harvard College, where he concentrated on political science, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973. Owen's older brother is a photojournalist, and his cousin Bob is a reporter for MSNBC. Franken performed comedy and idolized comedians Dick Gregory and Lenny Bruce because they did perform hypocrisy and coercion while making the audience laugh.
Franken began performing in high school, where he and his longtime friend and writer Tom Davis were known for their comedies. The pair appeared on stage at a Minneapolis theater company specializing in political satire. They soon discovered themselves in what was described as "a life of near-total failure on the fringes of show business in Los Angeles."
Personal life
Franni Bryson, Franken's wife, met him at Harvard's first year. They migrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2005. They have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. Thomasin's daughter has degrees from Harvard and the French Culinary Institute; she is the head of extended learning at DC Prep, a Washington, D.C. company that runs charter schools. Joseph, their son, works in finance. Franken is a second cousin of actor Steve Franken, who is best known for his appearances in the television series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Franken was given the Stewart B. McKinney Award in 2013 for his efforts to combat homelessness.
Franken returned to New York City in the summer of 2021, settling in Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Post-Senate career
Franken began a period of self-imposed loneliness after his departure in May 2019 and is now in its third season. Franken also went on tour with a non-comedic display in which he performed from a podium and with notes. The COVID-19 pandemic put the performance on hold, but when clubs reopened, he performed unannounced shows at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan, where he lives. In the fall of 2021, his first post-COVID theater performance took place in Northampton, Massachusetts, in front of a devoted audience. The solo display, titled The Only Former Senator of the United States On Tour, has continued into 2022.