Thanks for the license to sound off. I like Will Ferrell well enough
(he can rise to the occasion of good writing, as he did in Stranger
than Fiction; and Tina Fey praises his versatility in her book
Bossypants). Still I wonder when the Twain prize will go to a more
political comic, like Bill Maher or Jon Stewart (who was compared to
Twain by Bill Moyers, as noted on this list). It seems to me Twain
would be enjoying The Daily Show or Real Time, were he alive today,
more than Anchorman or Megamind.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Will Farrell.
>
> not sure if that tidbit has gotten out here on the LIST or not.
>
> personally I think Farrell is really very funny. he's one of those guys,
> like Twain, Steve Martin, etc., who can walk out on a stage, not say a word,
> and still seem funny.
>
> My wife finds him pretty adolescent, and barely above Adam Sandler, but of
> course opinions do vary. As in years past, the award producers seem pretty
> driven by ratings and notoriety, and so as a result the younger crowd gets
> honored while the older, lifelong contributors to American humor get
> overlooked again and again.
>
> I really do wonder about that -- Farrell could win 20 years from now --
> while the likes of Robin Williams, Woody Allen, Dick Van Dyke, David
> Letterman, and so many other veterans (___________ fill in your name here)
> continue to be ignored. At least Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart, and Jonathan
> Winters got it in the early days of the Award.
>
> As usual I assume some LIST members can now feel free to sound off on the
> naming of this year's awardee.
>
> past winners =
>
>
> - 1998 - Richard Pryor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor>
> - 1999 - Jonathan Winters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Winters>
> - 2000 - Carl Reiner <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reiner>
> - 2001 - Whoopi Goldberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg>
> - 2002 - Bob Newhart <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart>
> - 2003 - Lily Tomlin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin>
> - 2004 - Lorne Michaels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Michaels>
> - 2005 - Steve Martin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin>
> - 2006 - Neil Simon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon>
> - 2007 - Billy Crystal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal>
> - 2008 - George Carlin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin>
> - 2009 - Bill Cosby <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby>
> - 2010 - Tina Fey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey>
> - 2011 - Will Ferrell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferrell>
>
>
> --
> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> Professor of English
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO 63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
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