[Izzy Dunne]

many of the skits and personas he created were priceless

What personas? What skits?
I remember him from SNL in a single skit, having to do with something like:
"I know you're all wondering how all this affects me... Al Franken."

In other words, playing a pompous ass.

I don't think he was acting...

[Yo-Yo]

What personas? What skits? I remember him from SNL in a single skit, having to do with something like: "I know you're all wondering how all this affects me... Al Franken."

That was his bit to call the 1980s the Al Franken Decade.

He was also one of the staff writers for most of SNL's lifetime.

[TexasCajun]

Al O'Franken is a persona of Stuart Smalley!