Birth date: May 21, 1951.
Birthplace: New York, then we moved to St. Louis Park, Minn., when I was 4.
Occupation: Comedian, writer.
Current home: New York.
Marital status: Married to Franni Franken for 25 years.
Children: My daughter Thomasin is 19 and my son Joe is 15.
Car: We don’t have a car; we take taxis or the subway.
Working on: I’m appearing at Centre East on Nov. 17 and I have a new book out, “Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency.”
The last good movie I saw: “Almost Famous.”
I stay home to watch: The news, especially “The NewsHour,” “Nightline” and “Inside Politics.” I’m a news junkie, and I need to watch because of my work. I watch “The Simpsons,” too.
The book I’ve been reading: “The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World” by Paul Davies.
Favorite meal: A lobster dinner and with clam steamers, corn on the cob and a baked potato.
Personal heroes: Mickey Mantle, Hubert Humphrey, Fran Tarkenton and John Kennedy.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Drawing a map of the United States including all 50 states. I once lost a bar bet on whether I could name all the states, and I left one out. So I learned to draw them. I can do it in two minutes.
If I could do it over: I wouldn’t have burned some bridges unnecessarily.
I’d give anything to meet: Nelson Mandela.
My fantasy is: If I’m watching football, I imagine I’m playing. If I’m watching baseball, I imagine I’m playing. When I was watching the political race, I was running for president.
My most irrational acts: Yelling at people.
Most humbling experience: Going to Al-Anon.
The three words that best describe me: Serious, funny and earnest.
