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Al Franken brought us SNL's 'Colon Blow!'
Humorist, comic and former Minnesota Senator, Al Franken hikes with Kevin Nealon at Los Angeles' Will Rogers State Park. Al chats about his foray into stand up with Tom Davis, how they got on Saturday Night Live, a run in with a Canadian hiker, the original SNL cast coming together, the Chris Farley Chippendale sketch, remembering Chris Farley, Tom Davis' life-farewell party, writing for SNL's Weekend Update, being disappointed he never got the anchorman position, being a senator, his first days in Washington DC, dark comedy, ,explaining a 3am rewrite, his favorite part of the country, being a grandfather, the SNL parody commercials he wrote, negative political voice overs plus more...