[Migraine]

It hopes to enlist other well-known entertainers with a liberal point of view

Why be redundant?

[way-right-of-center]

I am sure his radio show will have an audience similar to the number of people that turned out in the theater to see "Stuart Saves His Family" Didn't know it was a movie? Heh Heh...Thats the point. Al Franken will be the best thing to happen to conservative talk radio in years.

Maybe he can get Eddie Murphy, Tim Meadows, Jim Breuer, etc, etc to do some cameos and they can have the "Washed-up SNL Comedian Segment"

Give me 4 months on the Dead pool, by the way.

[this_ol_patriot]

Calling Captain Janks..calling Captain Janks...

[Nowhere Man]

Man, from the picture, this guy looks like he ain't firing on all 8 cylinders, let alone "save talk radio." If this is the liberal's "Great White Hope," forget it. I seem to remember past ones like Tom Leykis and Jim Hightower's "Choke & Puke" that were going to change the world, but I think Frankin is going to end up with them. Let's face it although the liberal media dominates network TV and newspapers, at least we have AM/shortwave radio and the internet.

[way-right-of-center]

Barry Manilow? Turntable? How would you like to have just signed a $10 million check and the messiah of liberal radio you just hired is that far out of touch. Thats got to make you sleep well. Barkeep, better make that noe a double...

[I still care]

"... Think of it as NPR on steroids. While conservatives tend to be men with Manilow in their turntable, the new network will hope to plug into the liberal leaning college co-ed crowd ..."

Total fantasy. I remember being a nonaware college student. It is not a natural state of life. If you are the serious type, all you think about are your grades and preparing for your future. During your lunchtime you either study or seek a few moments relief by listening to some music.

If you are the party type, politics is the furthest thing from your mind - beer, clubbing, and drugs are where your thoughts are.

There will be a few sincere leftists who will think such a network is the greatest thing since sliced bread. But as Donahue found, they can't float a network.

[par4]

This is the finest piece of satire written about liberals and talk radio yet. My sides are going to hurt for days.

On a more serious note, all this is a logical response to Campaign Finance Reform. Dems are suddenly realizing that they won't be able to put their money into campaigns as they were before, so they are looking for alternative ways to promote candidates. 10 million dollars to start up, get a bunch of left wing "pundits" and some advertisers and, viola!, instant campaign commercials that avoid all the rules and regulations.

Look for this to happen bi-annually, with new "shows " starting up around 9 months before elections and failing shortly after the elections end. Two years later Dems will find new voices (Al Franken will be replaced by someone else who will bring another perspective to the debate, a fresh voice etc.) and it will begin again.

If CFR is found unconstitutional, look for the network to fail much more quickly as donors put their contributions money back into soft money accounts.

I will now remove my tinfoil hat, thank you for your attention, you've been a wonderful audience.

[Dionysius]

He couldn't save a Green Stamp. He's supposed to be a comedian and he's not funny! When he falls flat on his face, and he will, it's going to register on the Richter scale.

[freebilly]

Think of it as NPR on steroids. While conservatives tend to be men with Manilow on their turntable, the new network will hope to plug into the liberal leaning college co-ed crowd. Already in unison protesting a potential war with Iraq, Franken will provide these legions with a voice. Plus, the expected Hollywood backing will add glitz to the glory.

However, more than just the man and the message, the medium itself may present a problem. It's a fact: College kids do not listen to talk radio. Old white men do.

Agitprop Radio-- All Lies All The Time with Music by The Rolling Stones, a Band of Old White Men. Hosted by Al Franken, An Old White Man who is Not a Palestinian. Funded by an Old White Man and his Old White Wife, both of whom are NOT Palestinians. Supported by Ex-Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, two Old White Men, one of whom was the first Old Black Man to be President.

And backed by Old White Men George Clooney, Sean Penn, Richard Gere, an Old White Man who plays an Old White Man President on TV, and Sheryl Crow (an aging White Woman whose breasts are the same size as those of an Old White Man's).

This show will compete for the same small pool of listeners with NPR, a Radio station funded mainly by tax dollars taken from Old White Men....

[Hillary's Folly]

Al Franken is a 4-Eyed Little Twerp (and a Bedwetter)

[Doomonyou]

But I would definitely try to answer the Rushes and the Hannitys. But I refuse to do it by cheating and distorting."

Yeah, Right! I noticed he didn't include lieing in that sentence.

[Cyber Ninja]

It will be the AM radio’s commercial free network!

[Migraine]

Here's the biggest irony: Imus is hilarious, but he isn't a comedian; Rush is a riot, but he isn't a comedian. It is true of both because when you shovel a lot of truth with a twist of twinkle, it can be uproarious -- like a good editorial cartoon. The key, though, is that truth has to be at the core of it.

Trouble with Franken is that, while he IS a comedian, he ISN'T funny, simply because he lacks the prerequisite, fundamental truth. People who are on his same, lying wavelength may laugh themselves further into their own little world -- but it IS a little world, because most people need and want some truth in the mix. And methinks that the mass media want to target a much larger world, if only to make a buck and thrive on it. Not so with the likes of NPR, PBS, the Bill Moyers crowd. They can have a narrow audience and get away with it, because Uncle Sugar is footing the bill.

Don't forget: this is the same schmuck who, when Bilk Linton and Hill A Reek Linton had plenty to make fun of, could only bring himself to suck Bill's duck while trying to paint the truth-seeking world as prudes.

[Moby Grape]

Franken almost single handedly caused the demise of Saturday Night Live...can anyone doubt that the year of so with Franken as a main component of SNL, was the worst of times for the show....it was NOT funny...he is NOT funny.....As the book title said, "Al Franken Is A Buck-Toothed Moron."

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Bump to read later.

[way-right-of-center]

NEWS FLASH! I just consulted Dionne Warwick on this...

Al Franken's next book, due out in late 2003 will be titled:
"I Was a Crappy Radio Talk Show Host"

[AmishDude]

Jewsweek?!?

I checked the website, it's not a joke.

I now wonder if there really is a "Jew-liard" like in South Park.

[N. Theknow]

Is Franken the man for the job? For those in the know, the resounding answer is yes Nope!

From one who is N. Theknow.

Funniest part of this is the line:

a former Saturday Night Live star with some mediocre films to his credit

Al Franken on talk radio? Once again liberals attempt to thread a needle with an anchor chain.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

While conservatives tend to be men with Manilow on their turntable

My @ss! Just last night, I had Sinatra, The Tubes and Chet Baker on my turntable (and I mean TURNTABLE!)

[VRWC_minion]

6 months, tops.