Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by which comedian, writer, and satirist, and later United States Senator from Minnesota?
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Stuart Smalley Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by comedian and satirist (and later United States Senator from Minnesota) Al Franken. The character originated on the television show "Saturday Night Live", in a mock self-help show called "Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley." It first aired on the show's February 9, 1991 episode hosted by Kevin Bacon. Stuart is Franken's middle name. Franken has stated that his "going to Al-Anon meetings inspired [the character] Stuart [Smalley]". (He attended the meetings in support of his wife, who was battling alcoholism at the time.)
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Al Franken Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American writer, comedian, and politician. Since 2009, he has been the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on the television comedy show "Saturday Night Live". After decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist. Franken was first elected to the United States Senate in 2008 in a razor-thin victory over incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, and then won re-election in 2014 over Republican challenger Mike McFadden. Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the Democratic Party.
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Paul Utke Paul Utke (born December 3, 1956) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 2 in northwestern Minnesota.
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Mudbone (character) Mudbone is a recurring character in Richard Pryor's stand-up shows. Debuting on the 1975 album "...Is It Something I Said?", Mudbone is easily Pryor's most famous creation. A wino philosopher born in Tupelo, Mississippi, his character was an alter-ego for Pryor.
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David Martin (humorist) David Martin (born March 23, 1950) is a lawyer by training and a retired federal public servant. He is now a full-time writer of short humour and political satire, and from 2010 to 2012 had a bi-weekly humour column in The Ottawa Citizen. Martin has been writing op-ed pieces and humorous essays for more than 25 years and his work has appeared on the op-ed pages of most major North American daily newspapers including "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "The Chicago Tribune", "The L.A. Times", and "The Globe and Mail". His work has also appeared in magazines such as Newsweek and Smithsonian Magazine. He is also the author of My Friend W, a collection of his political satire published in 2005 by Arriviste Press, and Dare to be Average, a collection of his humour pieces published in 2010 by Lulu.com. His most recent humour collection entitled Screams & Whispers was published in 2013 and is available on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.
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Brian Miner Brian Daniel Miner (born March 27, 1981) is an American comedian and satirist. He is known for his co-creation of the live sketch comedy series "The Crippling Thoughts of Victor Bonesteel" along with fellow writer and comedian Bryan Finnigan  .
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John Hodgman John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as "The Areas of My Expertise", "More Information Than You Require", and "That Is All", he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
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Pat Proft Pat Proft is an American comedy writer and actor. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid 1960s. Proft went on to perform as a one-man comedy act in the late 1960s. In 1972, Proft began working at The Comedy Store in Hollywood which led to work in television and film writing for the Smothers Brothers and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.
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Ralph Shortey Ralph Allan Lee Shortey (born February 16, 1982) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. A Republican, he was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2010 and served in that body until 2017, when he resigned after being charged with three felony counts relating to soliciting prostitution from a male minor. On September 6, 2017, a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City indicted Shortey on 4 counts of human trafficking and child pornography. Shortey plead not guilty to the charges that same day.
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Bill Ingebrigtsen Bill G. Ingebrigtsen (born March 26, 1952) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 8, which includes portions of Douglas and Otter Tail counties in the west central part of the state.
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Kate Clinton Kate Clinton (born November 9, 1947) is an American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view.
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Mr. Manly Mr. Manly is a comedic American radio program created by Colom Keating in 1989. It is syndicated on various radio stations in the United States.
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Frenchy the Clown Frenchy the Clown is the title character in "National Lampoon"'s "Evil Clown Comics", which ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Louis Ramey Louis Ramey is an American stand-up comedian from Atlanta, Georgia. He started performing comedy while in college.
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Jason Stuart Jason Stuart (born Stuart Ted Greif; January 13, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.
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P. J. O'Rourke Patrick Jake O'Rourke ( ; born November 14, 1947), known as P.J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for "The Atlantic Monthly", "The American Spectator", and "The Weekly Standard", and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!". Since 2011 he has been a columnist at "The Daily Beast".
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Allan Spear Allan Henry Spear (June 24, 1937 – October 11, 2008) was an American politician and educator from Minnesota who served almost thirty years in the Minnesota Senate, including nearly a decade as President of the Senate.
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Jason Lewis (Minnesota politician) Jason Mark Lewis (born September 23, 1955) is an American politician and Republican Party member currently serving as a U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Prior to being elected, Lewis was a radio talk show host, political commentator, and writer. He hosted "The Jason Lewis Show" from 2009 through 2014.
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Stuart Pankin Stuart Pankin (born April 8, 1946) is an American comic actor who is best known for his comedy roles, he has frequently performed at St. Vincent Summer Theatre. On television, he has played anchor Bob Charles in "Not Necessarily the News", Earl Sinclair in "Dinosaurs" and Orthodox Jew Ben Heineman in "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as well as making many guest appearances in many television shows and lending his voice into various animated shows and film. Among his approximately three dozen films was "Hollywood Knights", and he starred in "" and its sequels, as Commander Plank. He also appeared in "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves" and "Arachnophobia" and as Jimmy in "Fatal Attraction".
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The Senator (play) The Senator was a popular 1890 comedic play by David D. Lloyd and Sydney Rosenfeld, also made into a 1915 silent film.
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The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith is an interview podcast, in which Stuart Goldsmith interviews comedians about the craft of writing and performing standup comedy.
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Tucker Smallwood Tucker Smallwood (born February 22, 1944) is an American actor, author and vocalist.