Word: frankener
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...advice to Harvard students," Al Franken said soberly, "is to drop...
...hard to tell whether Franken was serious or not. His round, plump face certainly looked sincere, and with the aura of innocence radiating from his big, thick glasses and curly hair, who would have doubted him? He was, after all, a 1973 Harvard alumnus himself, so he should have known something about the value of his Psych and Soc Rel degree...
...hero of the story: Allen Franken, young, just out of college, writes for NBC's new Saturday Night comedy show. The setting: Franken gets NBC press pass and follows Reagan around for a day in the backwaters of New Hampshire. The confrontation: the young turk gets Reagan's attention, violating a press hands-off policy during a "Citizens' Press Conference." The question, second-hand, is this: "Uh, Mr. Reagan, it seems today that you've said some contradictory things, and I'd like to inquire about it. At one point today, you told a group of people that you were...
Epilogue: as he gets back on the press bus, Matthew Russo, Reagan's assistant press secretary rips up kid Franken's press pass, telling him he's really not a reporter anyway...
Lenny while the Boston premiere of Julian Barry's play is a posthumous tribute to the stand-up comedy of Lenny Bruce, it also honors the alive and well talent of Al Franken. His performance stand out in Victor Budnick's fine production although the final scene proves once again there is no place for nudity in the theatre...