![]() In 1975, he landed a job at a fledgling comedy show called “Saturday Night Live.” Twenty years later, he left, having written some of the show’s most enduring material. The book, a series of essays poking fun at Limbaugh and other like-minded conservatives, elegantly demonstrates just how effectively political satire can take the wind out of windbags.īorn in 1951, Franken grew up in Minnesota and performed stand-up in high school and college. ![]() His second book, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (New York: Delacorte Press, 1996), shocked both Limbaugh and Franken by soaring to the top of bestseller lists. ![]() Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Īl Franken has reason to smile these days. ![]()
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