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''The Al Franken Show'' was the flagship talk show of the former talk radio network, Air America Radio. Hosted by Al Franken, it featured commentary and interviews arguing for left-wing positions on the issues of the day, and comically poking fun at the George W. Bush Administration. The show began as ''The O'Franken Factor'' on March 31, 2004. Between January 3, 2006, and February 14, 2007, the show was recorded and broadcast from the 28th floor of the historic Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to that date it was based in New York City. The final show was broadcast on February 14, 2007, the day Franken announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2008. Franken is a comedian, satirist and now United States Senator who has written several books, including the 2003 ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right''. He was a writer and performer on ''Saturday Night Live'', where he usually teamed with fellow writer/performer Tom Davis. == History == From the show's inception in March 2004 until October 7, 2005, the show was co-hosted by experienced journalist Katherine Lanpher. Lanpher left the show to write ''Leap Days'', a memoir about her experiences moving to New York City. Lanpher did not rejoin the show because she did not wish to move again when Franken relocated to Minnesota.〔(News & Reviews )〕 In November 2005, Franken told an audience in Berkeley, California that he would not seek a replacement for Lanpher. Her departure did not substantially change the content of the show. When the show began, Franken signed a one-year contract. "I'm doing this because I want to use my energies to get Bush unelected. I'd be happy if the election of a Democrat ended the show", he said in an interview with ''The New York Times''. Bush won a second term on November 2, 2004, but Franken stated that the show would continue whether a Democrat or a Republican was in office. Beginning on September 7, 2004, Sundance Channel broadcast a one-hour televised version of the show on weekdays. The show aired its last episode in November 2004. The channel inked a new contract with Franken and aired a second season of the show from June 6, 2005 until early November 2005. On November 15, 2006, Air America affiliate KQKE-AM in San Francisco announced that Franken would leave Air America on December 10, as indicated by an audio clip posted on Whatamockery.com.〔(What a Mockery!: Al Franken leaving Air America on Valentine's Day )〕 After December 10, though Franken was still on Air America, KQKE began airing the ''Thom Hartmann Program'' in place of the ''Al Franken Show''. On his January 29, 2007, show, Franken announced that his last show on Air America Radio would be that Valentine's Day. Affiliates who carried the Franken show carried Thom Hartmann after that date, while XM Satellite Radio now carries Ed Schultz in that time slot.〔(Al Franken to leave Air America - Radio - MSNBC.com )〕 At the end of his final show, Franken announced his intention to run for the United States Senate from Minnesota. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Al Franken Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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