Franklin succeeded in getting Funding for the American Revolution from the French.
Yes, he was very popular with the ladies in France.
Dr. Franklin had a reputation about science and some “other things”.
Yes...he was important. Funny, I watched (and enjoyed) the musical "1776" the other night, and I loved the scene where Adams said to Franklin something like "We will do all the work, and you will get all the credit in history"
LOL, Franklin was a lot more interesting than Adams, in many ways.
The movie is quite funny in that respect, in the script Jefferson says "Oh, Mr. Adams, you are driving me to homicide!" and Franklin, Sherman, and Livingstone come marching down the stairways singing "Homicide! Homicide!"
Well, given the context of this thread, perhaps not as funny, but...it still made me laugh.