Win Tickets ($90): Al Franken @ Revolution Hall | The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Al Franken @ Revolution Hall on December 8. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed December 5.
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Al Franken: The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour
December 8, 2022
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $45-$85 | All Ages
More info: etix.com
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
As far as anyone knows, Al Franken is the only U.S. Senator who was also one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live. During his fifteen seasons with SNL, Franken won five Emmy’s for writing and producing. He’s also the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them – A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, and Al Franken, Giant of the Senate.
Franken served Minnesota in the Senate from 2009-2018, clobbering his first opponent, incumbent Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes. He won his second election by well over 200,000 votes. Franken served on the Judiciary, Energy, Indian Affairs, and HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committees where he routinely embarrassed badly prepared witnesses and was a fierce opponent of media concentration, mandatory arbitration, and Betsy DeVos.
The Al Franken Podcast is one of the nation’s top-ten politics and public affairs podcasts with guests like Malcolm Nance, Sarah Silverman, Paul Krugman, Chris Rock, and Michelle Obama. Well, not Michelle Obama, but guests like her.
His political action committee, Midwest Values PAC, supports progressive Democrats, voting rights, and a host of other good, non-political things.
Al and his wife, Franni, have been married for 45 years, many of them happy. They have two kids and four grandchildren.
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A good friend is from a political family in MN. I would love to take him to see a fellow Minnesotan!
Because it would be fun if Al pokes fun of me for being the only black person in the room, hahaha… Also, I’m into comedy myself and I approve this message ☺️
Love to win these!!
Al Franklin is a hoot and I’d love to see him.
I read Al’s book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them when I was a teen and my dad said I better be careful or I would turn into a dirty democrat. I’d love to see him live!
I’m good enough. I’m smart enough, and doggone it people like me. I hope Pdx Pipeline likes me enough to go see Al Franken
Sounds great!
Would love to see Al perform.
I would love to take my wife to see Al anyway, but oh my goodness, who knows how much new material he will have after tonight’s elections?
Al would be amazing to see live!
How fun would this be.
Great!
I would love to see Al Franken! We come from the same neighborhood in Mpls. and I have always been a fan girl.
I would love to see the former Senator. This would make for a great night out.
Have read several of his books and would love to see/ hear him tell his stories aloud in his very particular vocal style!
I love Al, I’ve loved his comedy since his SNL days, and very much appreciate his service in the senate, I’d love a chance to see him live
Al Franken may be my father. This could be my chance to finally find out!
Would be such a great opportunity to see Al Franken! I was a huge fan of his work on SNL! Thank you for the chance PDX pipeline!
This would be fun and informative… And maybe sad…
Love Al. Spouse and I would love to see him speak live. IMO Mike’s comment above wins the funny. Cheers!
Could this be my chicken dinner? Win.rar Also oreagno smokes better than weed just try it.
I would love to win tix Pick me please!!!
Met Mr Franken in person at the 4th of July parade in Ely MN. Missed getting a picture. Maybe now is my second chance. Voted for him twice.
You can’t beat a funny politician, we’ll you probably should!
Al will be the best medicine for the body politic after the mid-term election.
This sounds like an interesting event. I’d love to go.
Stuart Smalley saved my life!
I love Al Franken, I know him as a comic, this will be a funny show.
I lived in the MW for 40 years. Would love to see Al!
One of my favorite SNL players.
He’s so funny! Would love to see him
Al is cool
After these elections, I need a laugh
This’ll be so fun and interesting!
It would make my 2022 to win tickets to see Al Franken. Please pick me!
Legendary!
Would love to see this show.
Been a fan of Al since his SNL days and love his books
Love Al Franken! This would be the best!! Fingers crossed!
Will he talk about being a senator? Count me in.
I love Al Franken! I saw him in person about 20 years ago I would love to see him again!
I would LOVE to see this guy roast his former Senate colleagues! I am a former DC beauracrat. and also a former Texas, which means that I really hope that Ted Cruz is the butt of some of his jokes!
I’m a huge fan of Al Franken. I would love to see him in person.
I subscribe to his podcast and my daughter is running for local offices in Minnesota and would love to have him give her an endorsement next election
I’d love to see Sen. Franken. I yearn for my daily dose of Air American… whether it was Al, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes, or Jennine Garoffilo. Oh-so-smart folks who do their homework. Oh, forgot to mention Thom Hartman.
Pick me!!!!!
It would be awesome to see such an influential person in comedy and politics live!
What a career!
From SNL sketches for Dan Aykroyd doing Nixon, to Stuart Smalley and Air America, to the U.S. Senate and #MeToo, Franken’s rise — and semi-soft landing — seems so… interesting to a fellow Midwesterner like me.
So pick me, because I don’t just appreciate Al Franken, I’ll be watching to see if I get my money’s worth.
Al Franken was an unfortunate victim of the #metoo movement, tarred with the same brush as the Jeffrey Epsteins of the world
when he was just a comedian on a USO tour AND the women in the picture was aware of Al’s pose in the photo. It may have been a little tasteless but it was only a gag, not a political manifesto. Yet the Dems tossed Al aside, sacrificing his moderate rational voice in the Senate. I’m thrilled to see him back on the road, exposing truth through comedy.
I’ll be frank and say I’d frankin love to go!
The only former senator who makes me laugh.
Hell yes to this
Would love to take my dad to this. He’s a big Franken fan!
From Minny Soda
life long fan of Sen Al!
Al has something to say! Love his work.. and can’t wait to hear his take on the current political scene. I bet he’s glad he’s no longer in the Senate!
I’m in as long as he keeps his hands down.
These tickets would make a great Christmas gift!
Sounds like a swell time!
Would love to take my husband to this as an early holiday gift!
Yooo I’d love to go!
Coney and observations at its finest
And live without the one man mobile uplink unit.
Would love to be in the audience!
adding name to hat!
A very funny man!
Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and doggone it, people like me.
Fan of his work and would love to see him live!
Politics has become such gloss for comedy, how often are politicians actually funny?
I could use some humor to alleviate stress 😩 Would love to see Al Frankin!
yup
Why should I win these?
“ Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog gone it …people like me!”
(Al Franken as Stuart Smalley)
Oh I love Al Franken and have followed him for years. I am sad he got ousted from the Senate. I would really like to be able to attend this event.
He’s funny!
Fun&better than a pigeon sitting on a bench in a brown suit on a hot day in jail
I just found out that I have this night off from work and I would love to see Al Franken live. I loved him on SNL and I know this will be a fantastic event.
I think Al Franken is both smart and funny and we all need some more smart funny people in our lives!! I’d love to see him live after following his career in comedy and as a politician.
I think Al Franken is both smart and funny and we all need some more smart funny people in our lives!! I’d love to see him live after following his career in comedy and as a politician.