Al Franken

Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American satirist, comedian, bestselling author, and radio host with a predominantly liberal point of view. Franken was half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis" which wrote for and performed for NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Personal life

Franken was born in New York City into a Jewish family, and grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. He graduated from The Blake School in 1969, where he was on the school wrestling team (a skill he would use years later in halting an attacking heckler rushing at Howard Dean http://alfrankenweb.com/pramsey.html), and Harvard University in 1973.

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New York City - Jew - St. Louis Park, Minnesota - Minneapolis - The Blake School - 1969 - Wrestling - Heckler - Howard Dean - Harvard University - 1973

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He and his wife, Franni Franken, have a son, Joe, and daughter, Thomasin. Joe attends Princeton University and Thomasin is a public school teacher in New York City. The Frankens currently reside in New York City but they are in the process of moving to downtown Minneapolis and establishing legal residence in Minnesota.

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Princeton University - Minneapolis

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Al Franken is a distant cousin of CNN's Bob Franken. His older brother, Owen Franken, is a photojournalist.

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CNN - Bob Franken - Owen Franken - Photojournalist

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