Al Franken's Major Accomplishments Include . . .
Al Franken, the five-time Emmy winner for his work on "Saturday Night Live," is the author of the bestselling books Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Al Franken won the 1997 Grammy for Best Comedy Album, was creator of the NBC sitcom "Lateline," and co-wrote the hit movie When A Man Loves A Woman.

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Humorist, author, political activist and host of his own program on the liberal radio network Progress Media, Al Franken is as entertaining as he is versatile.  His master of ceremonies work for White House correspondence dinners and riotous election night commentary on CNN have established him as one of the nation's top after-dinner speakers.