Franken's talk-show broadcast puts area in a liberal light Comedian and liberal radio talk-show host Al Franken put Buffalo in the national spotlight Monday, while directing shards of humor at the ...

After skewering the right-wing media in his 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, comedian and satirist Al Franken returns with the authoritatively-titled The Truth (With Jokes), an ...

Al Franken finally wants you to take him seriously. Having been a comedian, a best-selling author of satirical polemics, a writer and performer for Saturday Night Live and the creator of faux ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Comedian Al Franken announced yesterday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. Mr. Franken’s ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former co-stars and famous fans paid tribute to comedian and actor Bob Newhart, known for his deadpan humor and the sitcoms he starred in bearing his name, after his death Thursday ...

In Illinois a week before the 2000 election, Franken joked that “It would be much easier for me as a comedian to have Bush as President. It would be a gold mine.” Well, Bush’s presidency did change ...