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Al Franken's Stuart Smalley is "Good Enough" and "Smart Enough."

Comedian Al Franken: He plays the sensitive twelve-stepper Stuart Smalley on "Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley" on Saturday Night Live which was based on Franken's own experience with a 12-step group. He is a co-producer of SNL and works on the cable network "Comedy Central," where he anchored the Democratic and Republican Conventions for "Indecision '92." He has a new book, (written by Stuart Smalley) is "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me." (Dell Trade Paperback).
(Rebroadcast of 10/30/1992)

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Al Franken's Stuart Smalley is "Good Enough" and "Smart Enough"

The comedian plays the sensitive twelve-stepper Stuart Smalley on "Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley" -- a Saturday Night Live skit based on Franken's own experience with a 12-step group. Franken is a co-producer of SNL and works on the cable network "Comedy Central," where he anchored the Democratic and Republican Conventions for "Indecision '92." He has a new book (written by Stuart Smalley) called "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me."

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