Franken and O'Reilly

June 1, 2003 | Hildy

[Hildy]

Did anyone see the altercation between Al Franken and Bill O'Reilly and some bookseller convention televised on C-Span yesterday? I heard it was a doozy. I searched on FR, but came up empty. Anyone see it?

[grumple]

I wonder if Rush is aware of Franken accusing Rush of having a ghostwriter for his 1st book during that book expo? It's slightly over 1 hour and 15 minutes into the video where he does. Someone posted the link to it on another thread. Anyone who has read Rush's books knows full well he does not have ghost writers.

[Spiff]

I wonder if Rush is aware of Franken accusing Rush of having a ghostwriter for his 1st book during that book expo?

Rush is quite aware of the ghostwriter allegations. He doesn't say anything about it because they are, sorry to say it, true. No big deal, but John Fund was the ghostwriter.

[Hildy]

Good grief can't here do a google search?? go to book tv and scroll down to find the javascript link to the video. Go about 30 minutes in to find the beginning of the good stuff.

Good grief, can't you look at the date and see that this was an old post.

[grumple]

Well that would be news to me. Thanks for correcting me. I still enjoyed his books, though.

[syriacus]

I'm planning on using the words

"By Al Franken"

someplace in the subtitle of a satirical novel

Maybe the title could be like this

Healing Malformed Teeth in the Middle East:
A Novelized Biography of the esteemed Egyptian Orthodontist
By Al Franken

My main character will be a orthodontist named By Al Franken.

Maybe I'll include a caricature that looks like Al Franken in scrubs on the cover, too.

Putting Franken's name and picture on the cover should boost sales.