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Given that the award is a device to shine a light on America's funniest
comedians, I find Stewart to be one of their better choices. For one of
their worst choices find a comedian whose name rhymes with Kill Barrel and
you will get one who is not particularly funny and has no redeeming social
or satirical content. Also glad to see that they looked beyond the alumni
of Saturday Night Live.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 1:42 PM John H. Muller <
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> "Mark Twain Controversy"
> Daily Show w/ John Stewart
> January 2011
>
>
> https://www.cc.com/video/9ez59y/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mark-twain-controversy
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:40 PM Mac Donnell Rare Books <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > FYI, Jon Stewart is getting the Mark Twain Prize at Kennedy Center in
> > April.
> >
> > I think he is an excellent and deserving choice. He's a comedian of
> > course, but more important, he's a humorist, as Twain himself defines
> > the difference in `How to Tell a Story'.
> >
> > Anybody know of any Stewart-Twain connections?
> >
> > Kevin
> > @
> > Mac Donnell Rare Books
> > 9307 Glenlake Drive
> > Austin TX 78730
> > 512-345-4139
> > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA
> >
> > You can browse our books at:
> > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
> >
>
>
> --
> John Muller
> www.LostHistoryUSA.com
> 202.236.3413
> Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Washington Syndicate
> l Washington Informer
>
> *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia
> <
> http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G
> >*
> [The
> History Press, 2012]  Winner of 2013 DC READS
> Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent
> <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013]
>


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