![]() Franken’s decision seemed rather quixotic at first, and the 2008 campaign was notable for GOP denunciations of Franken’s satirical writings as well as his wife’s public disclosure of her struggles with alcoholism. Senate against the Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman. The heart of this memoir is Franken’s decision to move back to Minnesota from New York City to run for the U.S. ![]() He and his colleagues, some of them fueled by alcohol and drugs, indulged in late-night writing sessions that made the show’s sketches part of the cultural lexicon. ![]() ![]() He was raised in a middle-class family in a Minneapolis suburb, tried to launch his comedy career while still an undergraduate at Harvard University, and found success when he landed a gig in 1975 as one of the original script writers on Saturday Night Live. In this excellent, insightful memoir, comedian turned senator Franken recalls his unlikely path to public service. ![]()
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