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...wonder NBC's decision to replace David Letterman with a nobody ( provoked such a frenzy. Conan O'Brien, who just turned 30, is the truest show- business Cinderella since -- well, ever. O'Brien isn't merely "little known"; Saturday Night Live's Al Franken, for instance, is a superstar by comparison. Hundreds of people his age have logged more TV time. O'Brien will soon get remedial training (an NBC executive foresees "several weeks" of dry-run shows), but before the summer ends he will have to entertain 3 million people night after night after night...
...Dragon His Feet (Mark Baskin) is stolen unabashedly from Stuart Smalley, the Alan S. Franken '73 character on Saturday Night Live, Baskin is excellent as the co-dependent lizard, the "self-help salamander." His song, "Stop Dragon Your Heart Around," is fun, albeit a little long...
...television, live coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions has been scheduled where many would say it belongs: on Comedy Central, the cable comedy channel. The anchor will be Saturday Night Live's Al Franken. Comedy Central plans to invite guest analysts ranging from Republican strategist Roger Ailes to gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson, as well as the candidates themselves. Entertainment is clearly the channel's first objective, but the producers insist their coverage will be informative too. "The hope is that by providing facts in this more appealing way, we will be seducing more people into this process," says Mary...
...Franken even started a family dynasty of individual freedom by bringing his three-year-old son into the show and declaring the '90s to be the Joe Franken Decade. In his speech at the Institute of Politics on Wednesday. Franken said he didn't know what the turn of the century would hold. But he knew that it didn't start until the year 2001. I have great hopes for the Al Franken future...
HOWEVER, I feel compelled to usurp some of Joe's time. He's still in elementary school, and Franken doesn't have any other kids--so I think I can do this...