Stuart Smalley was created and played by Al Franken Al Franken's long relationship with SNL dates back to the very first season, when he was one of the show's first writers.

O - Kay.” Thirty some-odd-years ago when Saturday Night Live was a teenager, Al Franken performed some skits called Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley. Here is the one featuring Michael Jordan.

Originally, on "Saturday Night Live," Franken riffed with his comic partner Tom Davis in the late 1970s. Then Franken audaciously and hilariously, in his droll, scholarly style, proclaimed the ...

Al Franken holds the distinction of being the only Saturday Night Live comedian elected to the U.S. Senate. Franken first gained fame as a longtime writer and performer on SNL, where he created the ...

O - Kay.” Thirty some-odd-years ago when Saturday Night Live was a teenager, Al Franken performed some skits called Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley.Here is the one featuring Michael Jordan.