Love that quote. Thanks for reminding us. 

Ben 

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From: "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:10:34 AM 
Subject: Re: The 15th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is . . . . . 

It seems to me that the hub of the issue about who gets the award 
revolves around the difference between comedy and humor. Twain himself 
provides an illustration in How to tell a story: 

"The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal 
the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about 
it; but the teller of the comic story tells you beforehand that it is 
one of the funniest things he has ever heard, then tells it with eager 
delight, and is the first person to laugh when he gets through. And 
sometimes, if he has had good success, he is so glad and happy that he 
will repeat the "nub" of it and glance around from face to face, 
collecting applause, and then repeat it again. It is a pathetic thing to 
see."