The New Road

Al Franken Show

The Al Franken Show just started broadcasting in the Bay Area. We were always able to get it on the Internet, but now it's just on the radio live. Love it.

They are on tour this week and next and today was the day that they came to the Bay Area, to our Punch Line comedy club:

The first one hundred people got in free and people were supposed to start showing up at 7:30. I was a gunner though and showed up around 5:30 to get a good position. Turns out I got a really, really good position as the second person in line.

That gave me and the little crew of people around me in line great front row seats:

Franken and Lanpher were amazing. They were very friendly, great with the crowd, funny and intelligent. The guests were also fantastic. The California Treasurer almost stole the show, and Willie Brown was hysterical and spot on with his political insights.

It was a great day for the show. They were excited about Kerry blowing away Bush. And they had some new deal with Clear Channel for an even wider distribution of the show. It's been obvious for a while that the Al Franken Show is the best content on Air America. Getting syndicated on Clear Channel just proves that out.

As you can see I got a picture with Al at the end and had him sign a book for Lori and Megan. He misspelled Lori's name and that took the wind out of the special present.

One last thing, the guy in front of me is an animator from Pixar. He has worked on all of their movies. He did the animation for the scene were Marlin and his wife play around inside the anemone, and the long shot of Crush grooving in the EAC. He says The Incredibles is going to be... incredible. Apparently it has a much more sophisticated plot than any of the previous Pixar movies.

What a way to start the day. I got to meet and idol of mine, watched a live radio show, got a signed book and met a couple of cool folks, one of whom is a Pixar animator.

A few more photos are here.