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Born in New York.
1973: Graduates from Harvard College.
1975: Lorne Michaels hires him to write for his new show, Saturday Night Live
1980: Leaves SNL briefly.
1986: Writes first movie, One More Saturday Night. It bombs.
1988: Comes crawling back to SNL.
1992: Comes out with first book, I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone it, People Like Me!
1994: Writes, executive produces and acts in another failed flick, When a Man Loves a Woman.
1995: His next film effort, Stuart Saves His Family, comes out. Once again, his project bombs. 1996: Covers ilndecision e96 for Comedy Central. Sleeps with Arianna Huffington.
MARCH 3, 1999: FM interviews him and discovers he is a bitter, bitter man:
FM: What question haven't I asked you that I should?
Al Franken: Uh. Never ask that question. That¡s the last time you ask that question, okay? I¡m not trying to scold you but I¡m telling you to never ask that question again.
FM: Well, my editors told me to ask that question
Al Franken: They did? Tell your editors never to assign someone to ask that question again. I don't know. Uh. Have you ever heard of our paper? You could of asked me that so I could have said, "No."
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