Survival Kit

Al Franken

Sunday, December 22, 2002

Al Franken strikes me as something of a split personality; there is the incisive political satirist, author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiotand Other Observations and Why Not Me: The Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency, writer and performer on 15 seasons of Saturday night Live, star of the sitcom Lateline, commentator for Comedy Central’selection coverage and guest on Politically Incorrect. But there is also the softer, touchy-feely side: his alter-ego Stuart Smalley, unlicensed therapist, author of I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough and Doggone It, People Like Me and, of course, Dr. Al Franken and his book Oh, The Things I Know! : A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness. Let’s see if he’s packed politics or advice in his Survival Kit.

• Listen to the whole show