Al Franken says John Belushi's death convinced him to kick drug habit

NY Daily News ^ | 05/27/2017 | RACHEL DESANTIS

[Kid Shelleen]

Laughter may be the best medicine, but funnyman Al Franken needed something a bit more tragic to steer him off drugs.

The "Saturday Night Live" veteran (and current U.S. senator from Minnesota) reveals in his new memoir that it wasn't until co-star John Belushi died that he realized the dangers of drugs and finally kicked his habit.

Franken, 66, spent 15 years on the NBC sketch show, first as a writer, and then as a performer, and writes in his book "Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken" that he at first only managed to get through the relentless schedule with a little help from some notorious white powder.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t wimped out on snorting eight-balls.

[LibWhacker]

Sad Belushi died.

[Enchante]

Franken is a tedious bore and one of the worst so-called “comedians” ever. He is unwatchable. I cannot believe that libtards have such low standards.

Well, ok, of course I can believe it....

[forgotten man]

Cocaine causes inflammation of the ego.

[Vaquero]

John Belushi was a comic genius

Franken is just an @$$hole both in comedy and the senate.

[Kid Shelleen]

>> He still sounds coked-up to me. <<

He looks it too. His face is always contorted.

[sodpoodle]

‘’When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘present’ or ‘not guilty.’’’

—President Teddy Roosevelt

[Trillian]

The amount of voter fraud before and especially after the election was the only reason he’s in that position today. It was a disgusting thing to behold.

[TWhiteBear]

That also may be why Sen. Al Franken slapped the snot out of a reporter.
If Sen. Al Franken would have kept tooting coke, he would likely be dead by now, and a few more reporters would have gotton buttkicked.
We will still have the memories.
SS

[Flaming Conservative]

1+++++++++!

[Flaming Conservative]

Well, to be fair, he sure LOOKS funny.

[sevlex]

He stole his election from a bet-male incumbent who lacked the balls to fight back against the obvious fraud.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

The frequent acid flashbacks are just a no-charge bonus.....

[DaveA37]

Unfortunately for him, he “kicked” the habit too late because he lost all his brain matter before abandoning drugs. The guy is a total idiot!

[shanover]

Sorry to hear that. Too bad events could not be reverse. I would rather have seen a Senator Bluto.

[Vaquero]

[MUDDOG]

He should get back on it with a hot shot.

[NorthMountain]

Not brain damaged. Franken is just an asshole.

[arthurus]

John Belushi’s malevolent influence.

[doug from upland]

Switching the names would be a better headline