Al Franken announced that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot” wants to be taken seriously as a political figure.

Franken's talk-show broadcast puts area in a liberal light Comedian and liberal radio talk-show host Al Franken put Buffalo in the national spotlight Monday, while directing shards of humor at the ...

After skewering the right-wing media in his 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, comedian and satirist Al Franken returns with the authoritatively-titled The Truth (With Jokes), an ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Comedian Al Franken announced yesterday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. Mr. Franken’s ...

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army’s 2006 Hope ...

Al Franken finally wants you to take him seriously. Having been a comedian, a best-selling author of satirical polemics, a writer and performer for Saturday Night Live and the creator of faux ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot” wants to be taken ...

Former comedian Al Franken will be sworn in Tuesday as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Franken last week was declared the winner of the long-running race over Norm Coleman. Franken says he goes to ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the U.S. Senate on Saturday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - He may be good enough and smart enough -- but does he have enough votes? Long after most races had been decided, the bid of a former "Saturday Night Live" comedian to ...

WASHINGTON - Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken raised nearly $2 million in the latest reporting period, pulling in more money than both his Democratic rival and the Republican incumbent, Sen.

In Illinois a week before the 2000 election, Franken joked that “It would be much easier for me as a comedian to have Bush as President. It would be a gold mine.” Well, Bush’s presidency did change ...