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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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