Al Frankin
I've been a fan of Al Frankin for a while, and have listened to his radio show, off and on, almost since it began. I even attended the last taping in Boston (election day, 2004!) which was a lot of fun.
So I was excited to hear that he was coming back to Boston to tape his show. He has a new book out The Truth, With Jokes so it's kind of a radio show/book tour. A friend, Matt, is a big liberal too, and was interested in going, so I put in for tickets and on the day we caught the train into town and walked down to the Wilbur Theater, where the show was being broadcast.
The ticket said to arrive by 11:00am, and we got there at about 10 minutes to. There was only a half dozen or so people milling about outside, as well as someone distributing literature for a democratic candidate for Governor.
They let us into the lobby, but we had to wait until about ten past before they let us into the theater. Then we quickly marched down the isle, and managed to get two seats in the front row, not quite directly in front of the table that was set up on the stage.
Of course, we were there to see a radio show, and between you and me, there's not often a lot to see. Al came out and did a little introduction before the show, then he went and sat at the table, and that was about the end of the action!
Al is funny, and interesting, and it's funny to see his expressions, particularly to things the guests said. And he had some interesting guests. Barney Frank was on by phone, but then a Harvard Professor came on to talk about relationships within society (he's the author of a book Bowling Alone.
There was also a couple of peopleon to talk about the woes of health insurance.
Matt had to get back to work, so before the show was over we went out to the back of the hall to get in line for the book singing. A good move on our part as we were about the sixth in line.
Definitely try and catch Al in person.
So I was excited to hear that he was coming back to Boston to tape his show. He has a new book out The Truth, With Jokes so it's kind of a radio show/book tour. A friend, Matt, is a big liberal too, and was interested in going, so I put in for tickets and on the day we caught the train into town and walked down to the Wilbur Theater, where the show was being broadcast.
The ticket said to arrive by 11:00am, and we got there at about 10 minutes to. There was only a half dozen or so people milling about outside, as well as someone distributing literature for a democratic candidate for Governor.
They let us into the lobby, but we had to wait until about ten past before they let us into the theater. Then we quickly marched down the isle, and managed to get two seats in the front row, not quite directly in front of the table that was set up on the stage.
Of course, we were there to see a radio show, and between you and me, there's not often a lot to see. Al came out and did a little introduction before the show, then he went and sat at the table, and that was about the end of the action!
Al is funny, and interesting, and it's funny to see his expressions, particularly to things the guests said. And he had some interesting guests. Barney Frank was on by phone, but then a Harvard Professor came on to talk about relationships within society (he's the author of a book Bowling Alone.
There was also a couple of peopleon to talk about the woes of health insurance.
Matt had to get back to work, so before the show was over we went out to the back of the hall to get in line for the book singing. A good move on our part as we were about the sixth in line.
Definitely try and catch Al in person.
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