Al Franken to bring comedy tour to Minneapolis

Al Franken is hitting comedy golf equipment this summer time and making a cease in Minneapolis subsequent month.

Franken will carry out at Acme Comedy Firm Aug. 17-20. Showtimes are as follows:

• Aug. 17: 8 p.m.
• Aug. 18: 8 p.m.
• Aug. 19: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
• Aug. 20: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Masks usually are not required on the present, nonetheless, proof of vaccination or a adverse COVID-19 check is required to attend. You should buy tickets at Acme’s web site.

Franken, a former U.S. senator from Minnesota, introduced his “The Solely Former U.S. Senator Presently on Tour” tour final summer time. The previous Saturday Evening Reside author has appeared in additional than 15 cities throughout the U.S., making his first cease in Minnesota since October 2021.

An outline of the tour reads:

“So far as I do know, I’m the one U.S. Senator who was additionally one of many unique writers for Saturday Evening Reside, the place I labored for fifteen seasons. I’ve received 5 Emmy’s for writing and producing – despite the fact that Wikipedia says I received three. Wikipedia is flawed. I’m additionally the writer of 4 #1 New York Occasions bestsellers, together with Rush Limbaugh is a Huge Fats Fool and Different Observations, Lies and the Mendacity Liars Who Inform Them – A Truthful and Balanced Have a look at the Proper, and Al Franken, Big of the Senate. I additionally received two Grammys, which Wikipedia additionally doesn’t point out. However that’s okay.”

Franken has ramped up public appearances over the previous year-plus since his resignation from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 7, 2017, following allegations he inappropriately touched a lot of girls.

Along with public talking gigs, Franken has launched a daily political podcast sequence, and continues to criticize on Conservative figures, together with Supreme Courtroom Justice Clarence Thomas.