Saturday Night Live was a springboard for young comedians. rather than “spring” to a career in comedy he spent two stints totaling 15 years on SNL. Fifteen years on a springboard proves that comedy was not his thing. What’s left? Politics.
At Air America Franken demanded an annual salary of over $1,000,000 plus benefits. The burden of paying Franken led one of Air America’s investors to loot a charity he controlled. This created a huge scandal as Air America filed for bankruptcy and then folded.
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