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Al Franken says John Belushi's death convinced him to kick drug habit
NY Daily News ^
| 05/27/2017
| RACHEL DESANTIS
Posted on 05/27/2017 10:07:22 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2late; braindead
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He might have kicked the habit but it looks like the brain damage is permanent.
To: Kid Shelleen
Indeed he didn’t have much to start with.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:09:11 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacted the most.)
To: Kid Shelleen
My thoughts eggs-actly. Long term damage done. Well done.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:09:13 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:09:47 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
To: Kid Shelleen
I don’t believe him. He still sounds coked-up to me.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:13:03 AM PDT
by
be-baw
(still seeking)
To: Kid Shelleen
35 years later and he has to associate himself with Belushi to get his name in the paper.
The guy is a election-thieving wannabe of the first order.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:15:05 AM PDT
by
IncPen
(Progressivism is in perpetual need of an enemy against which to refresh its outrage.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Coke addict? Gee,I didn't know that...but am not surprised.From now on when I hear Franken comment on something of national significance I'll wonder "is he back on the Bolivian Marching Powder again?"
Also,couldn't help but notice that his use was made necessary by a "grueling schedule".Funny,that's what Bobby Kennedy Jr,environmental lawyer,said about his heroin use.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That’s what I was thinking.
How could ANYONE vote for this POS?
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:16:28 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Kid Shelleen
It seems the current generation of pot peddling Blues morons didn’t get the memo.
Bluntly, they can all ESAD.
Out of the fabulous gene pool, Bro’tards!
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:16:41 AM PDT
by
HLPhat
(It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
To: Kid Shelleen
funnyman Al FrankenWhen was this guy ever funny?
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:18:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rktman
I would bet anything he kept using drugs well after leaving SNL. The BS about Belushi is probably just another lie to make it look like he was rehabilitated. It would not be the first time a Democrat exploited a tragedy for personal benefit.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:18:17 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
Mental Midget of the Senate.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:19:49 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Kid Shelleen
Anyone who believes or trusts a liberal is a fool.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That’s a shame.
It certainly is.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:21:06 AM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
To: Kid Shelleen
I’ll trade Frankenstein for Bluto any ol day
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:23:28 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
To: All
What is this “Giant of the Senate” crap??
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:24:28 AM PDT
by
jackibutterfly
(We have to stop saying "How stupid can you get". Too many people are seeing it as a challenge.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Giant of the Senate....
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:24:34 AM PDT
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Its a bigger shame that a turd like Franken was ever allowed in the US Capitol without being in a tour group.
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:26:54 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: ptsal
To: Vaduz
Franken wrote a book?? I can’t imagine him ever even READING a book!
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posted on
05/27/2017 10:29:57 AM PDT
by
beelzepug
(Anybody I attack may rest assured it's personal!)
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