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The Al Franken Podcast

Best Of: Chris Rock

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this 2019 conversation, Chris discusses his early struggles in comedy. Until he met me!

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0:00.0

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0:18.6

Hey everybody! We got a best up today, Chris Rock.

0:28.4

As you know, I do 44 podcasts a year.

0:32.2

And every once in a while, Peter and I, take a week off.

0:36.4

Just so we can prepare in more depth for the next one.

0:41.8

Which I'm not sure what that's what that's going to be.

0:45.0

Now, I'm repeating this one with Rock for the second time, haven't done that before.

0:51.8

But Chris just did a live Netflix concert, which I thought was great.

0:57.0

Chris works really hard and it shows.

1:00.0

Now, one of the reasons I say this, and one of the reasons I'm repeating this,

1:05.6

is that in our conversation, we talk about a pivotal role that I played in his work ethic.

1:14.6

While we were both at SNL.

1:18.6

Now, I feel really cheap doing that because it's a true story, he tells,

1:25.2

but it can't possibly account for his incredible work ethic and his success and his brilliance.

1:33.8

Now, on other matters, Fox has been in the news.

1:39.2

You know, I wrote this book 20 years ago.

1:42.4

Lies and the lying liars who tell them a fair and balanced look at the right.

1:48.0

Now, Fox sued me at Bill O'Reilly's insistence, not because I accused them of being lying liars.

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