[lbo-talk] 'shillin' with Al Franken

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Mar 26 14:47:16 PST 2004


Joseph Wanzala wrote:


>The proper alternative to rightwing talk radio is good talk radio,
>not Al Franken making jokes that only a member of Move On could
>enjoy. The difference between the great leftists humorists of the
>past - Mort Sahl, Lennie Bruce and the like - and the Franken types
>of today is that the former were (a) funny, (b) not shills for the
>Democratic Party. - SAM SMITH www.prorev.com

Though Sahl did write jokes for JFK's campaign speeches <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/sahl_m.html>.

Doug



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