Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), is the only person (so far) to go from getting laughs on "Saturday Night Live" to getting laughs during James Clapper and Sally Yates' testimony on C-SPAN.

On June 18, he'll bring the tale of how the man who was known in the 1990s for mocking positive affirmations became a United States senator to Portland's Newmark Theater, in an event put on by Powell's Books.

His new memoir, "Al Franken, Giant of the Senate," comes out on May 30.

"It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate," reads the press release from Powell's, "and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it."

Tickets go on sale May 22 at Portland5.com, at the Portland'5 box office, by phone at 503-946-7272, and at all TicketsWest outlets.

-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052

lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker