Al Franken is guest hosting Crossfire next week! (& Other TV Appearances)

[Khephra]

(At first I thought it was old news, but it's not. That's why some of the posts might sound a bit weird. I changed the title of the post.)

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Ok, now that I know I'm not, here's some other of his upcoming TV appearances.


August 25 - Today Show
August 25 - Live from the Headlines with Paula Zahn
August 26 - Newsnight with Aaron Brown, CNN
August 26 - Extra!
August 27 - Countdown with Keith Olberman, MSNBC
August 28 - Capitol Report, CNBC
Sept 2 - Crier Live, Court TV
Sept 3 - Fresh Air, NPR
Oct 4 - Tim Russert, CNBC

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Nope

I just heard that as well

[Khephra]

7. Cool!

I hate posting dupes. I haven't been able to watch Crossfire every day this week, so I wasn't sure if this was common knowledge or not.

:-)

[Doomsayer13]

2. are paul and james on vacation or something?

nt

[Clete]

3. No, this was the first I have heard.

First Janeanne and now Al. :-)

[mandyky]

4. No you aren't the only one - thanks fo rthe heads up!

woo hoo, think they'll have Oreally on? LOL

[U4ikLefty]

5. Time to set my VCR

[joanski01]

6. No. I didn't know either.

It was either Novak or Bowtie that said both James and Paul were on vacation with Barbara Strisand. I think that was supposed to be funny.

[Rick Myers]

8. That's news to me!!!

:hi: How ya' doin' KEF???

[Khephra]

10. I'm doing great!

You going to be able to make this next month's meetup?

:hi:

[Khephra]

9. FIRST POST CHANGED AND SCHEDULE ADDED

:-)

[snyttri]

11. Franken needs a regular political TV show--but where and what format?

[proud patriot]

12. Fabulous

:bounce:

[newsguyatl]

13. wow

i hadn't heard...

but also a BRILLIANT move by CNN -- spitting in Fox's face basically...

woohoo!

[theboss]

14. Not to be a snob

But I liked these shows when they had real "Inside Baseball" stuff. You know senators, Washington journalists, career beauracrats. People who actually knew things.

We live in an age where comedians and actors and political gadflys are now our political experts. Every show has become "Politically Incorrect."

No wonder our rhetoric has gotten so coarse. None of these people - whether Al Franken or Anne Coulter or Dennis Miller or Alec Baldwin - know anything more about Washington than I do. So all they can do is out-yell or out-clever each other.

Basically, I want to know why I'm not on tv.

[snyttri]

15. good point

I'd like more insider news, too. Al Franken does a better job of making the other side look bad than other celebs and most insiders so I make an exception for him.

[theboss]

18. Keep in mind that I liked Politcally Incorrect

There is a place for shows like that. But now every talking head has schtick and no substance.

[Creamed Corn]

16. I hear it's because you have a face for radio.

Ha-ha!

[theboss]

17. This much is true

But I'm prettier than Alan Colmes; my eyes are where they should be.

[RobertFrancisK]

21. Al Franken is pretty deeply entrenched in the Democratic party

He's done a lot of fundraisers and I believe he even wrote some jokes for Al Gore's speeches. He isn't just a comedian that's also a liberal.

[SideshowScott]

19. SUPRISE No O'Reilly Factor on the list ..LOL ( WOOT! on crossfire!)

WOOT! I will be watching more crossfire next week..
Bull O'really is scared to put Al on his show..Just proving the hard cold fact that Bill is a coward..Heck Id even watch Fox news to see that..Al ROCKS..I wonder whats going on with the court case today

[FredScuttle]

20. Russert? Oh Christ....

I can just see the grilling now:

"OK Al, I'm putting up a quote from you where you told a Rolling Stone interviewer that you regularly snorted cocaine with Tom Davis and Garrett Morris in the mid-70's in this very studio (8H). Do you deny that?"

[spooky3]

23. LOL, but not to worry...

Russert LOVES Al Franken. Al will keep him giggling. TR saves his grilling for elected and appointed officials.

[Ladyhawk]

22. May the god I don't believe in bless Fox News.

:D