Blind Itemz: Did Al Franken Get His Son Rejected From Harvard?
In a Daily Beast blog post, students, parents, and admissions officers share their advice for prospective students and parents regarding college visits. (Tour guides are not typical students? ZOMG!) But included among the "no duh" suggestions and Cornell student bitching is a juicy piece of Ivy League gossip. This less than subtle quote from an anonymous alum is listed as an example as why prospective students should "ditch their folks" on the tour:
“[There was] the tour of a certain Ivy League campus wherein a certain B-rate comedian turned almost-senator (and alumnus of said institution) huffed, sighed, squatted, and wisecracked his way through said tour—to his son’s chagrin, and everyone else’s disgust.” — a 2007 Yale alumnus
It's clear from the amount of information provided that this nameless Eli can neither provide a proper blind item nor accept the fact that Norm Coleman lost the Minnesota Senate election. However, this tidbit does produce some questions. Al Franken is a Harvard alum. His son Joe--seen here being embarrassed by his father back in 1999--attended Princeton and, just like anonymous Eli, graduated in '07. [Gasp!] DID HAVARD REJECT JOE FRANKEN CUZ HIS DAD IS LAME!? How could they do such a thing? The 1990s were his decade!
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June 16th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I’m a Republican who hates Al Franken and even I think this is stupid.
Seriously, maybe the kid just wanted to go to Princeton instead. Its elitism is certainly appealing to the semi-famous.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
More like D-list comedian…
What happened to the new ajax-esque comment system? Hopefully it’s coming back?