Person Place Thing: Politician, Writer and Comedian Al Franken 7/21/23

By Tina Renick

Published July 21, 2023 at 10:30 PM EDT

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A former writer and performer for Saturday Night Live, Al Franken says each episode was written in one night, “and by night I mean eight, nine PM, until three, four in the morning.” A former U.S. Senator from Minnesota, he does not say how tax laws get written.

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