Franken rebuffed Kissinger's SNL ticket request, citing Vietnam bombings
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Al Franken snubbed Henry Kissinger when he called asking for Rolling Stones tickets for SNL, citing the Christmas bombings of Vietnam.
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This happened in the 1970s when Franken was a writer on SNL and Kissinger was national security adviser.
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Kissinger called on a Friday night looking for tickets for his son to see the Stones' first SNL appearance.
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Franken referenced the 1972 Christmas bombings Kissinger oversaw in Vietnam that killed around 1,600.
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Kissinger's death at age 100 prompted both condemnation as a war criminal and praise as a statesman.