Al Franken and Tom Davis stand onstage during a skit Franken's Stuart Smalley made his first appearance in Season 16, Episode 12, hosted by Kevin Bacon.

When Jon Friedman ponders the legacy of U.S. Senator-to-be Al Franken, he finds it hard not to laugh. But he means it respectfully. Now the question is whether the political world and the U.S ...

Having been a comedian, a best-selling author of satirical polemics, a writer and performer for Saturday Night Live and the creator of faux self-help guru Stuart Smalley, he’s now running for ...

But the hosts of “Morning Joe” are pretty sure that’s more of a self-affirmation for him at this point, similar to one of Al Franken’s “Saturday Night Live” characters: Stuart Smalley.

DO PEOPLE EVER ASK YOU, WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE WHAT STUART SMALLEY THINKS ABOUT POLITICS? Well, Stuart knows nothing about politics.

Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is poised to join the upper chamber again, at least on the small screen — Franken is playing a senator in a forthcoming Netflix series. The “Saturday Night ...