May 21, 2008 10:39 am
Matt Tobey
Matt Tobey
Former SNL writer, liberal wisenheimer and US Senate candidate Al Franken turns 57 today. Here's Franken's most recent Daily Show appearance, followed by two interesting facts about his SNL career:
1. He was supposed to take over for Lorne Michaels in 1980, but lost the job after calling NBC president Fred Silverman "a total unequivocal failure" in a Weekend Update editorial.
2. He almost became WU anchor, but was passed over for Norm MacDonald and subsequently quit the show.
Wikipedia reminded me of both these things, but I first learned them in the book Live from New York. If you haven't read it, well, I just don't even want to know you.
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