AL FRANKEN BY THE NUMBERS
2: Grammy awards that Franken has won for Best Spoken Word/Comedy Album, for "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)"
3: Years that Franken anchored "The Al Franken Show" on progressive radio network Air America (2004-07).
4: Bestselling books of political satire written by Franken: "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" (1996), "Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency" (1999), "Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)" (2003) and "The Truth (with jokes)" (2005).
5: Emmy awards that Franken has won: three for writing and one for producing while at "Saturday Night Live," and one for writing a special on singer Paul Simon.
7: USO tours made by Franken to the Middle East, including four to Iraq.
15: TV seasons that Franken worked as a writer, performer and producer for "Saturday Night Live" (1975-80 and 1985-95).
17: Episodes of his NBC sitcom "Lateline" (1998-99), which Franken created and starred in as Al Freundlich, an egotistical reporter for a news program sending up ABC's "Nightline."
$910,000: Box office gross of Franken's 1995 movie, "Stuart Saves His Family," which has since become popular in rehab programs.
