Al Franken: did you hear Calvin Trillin's poetry? FUNNY. If not, catch

[LittleApple81]

it tonight on repeat.
His bit about Perle being a sissy...
And Bush not being able to testify without a nanny....

[IrateCitizen]

1. He's the "Deadline Poet" for The Nation

His poems appear in every one of their issues. Some of the best ones are only 2 lines long with a long and exhaustive title.

[NYCGirl]

2. Trillin's just brilliant!

Great writer (great prose and poetry) and all-around funny guy. He used to appear regularly on the Tonight Show (when Carson was still host and it hadn't yet been dumbed down).

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Trillin is one of my favorites from "The Nation"

Here is a link to all things Trillin:

http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/bio.mhtml?id=18

[TheDebbieDee]

4. I don't know anything about his poetry.............

but I know that he's my homey from Kansas City!

[jdsmith]

5. His long-suffering wife Alice ("Alice, let's eat") died on 9/11/01

She was one of the great straight people in the history of comic writing and died on the one day that ensured that virtually no one would notice.