Hal Bush wrote: > To reiterate my earlier comments, based on the description of the award, > Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, and the others make perfect sense. > Who is funnier than those guys? Writing is not given short shrift, by the > way. According to the wesbite it is given no shrift at all. And it is no t > a posthumous award, like the Nobels, so forget about Groucho. The site doesn't say that the award can't be given posthumously. Or did I miss something? Your wording also seems to imply that Nobels are only given posthumously, which of course is not the case at all. > Who are the funniest Americans right now? Well, you all can name your > own favorites, but besides Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Jerry > Seinfeld, and George Carlin come to mind pretty quickly. I expect > they will all win it in the future--which is fine by me. If an award for being funny is the intent, my list would certainly be different. ;) It reminds me of a quote by Enrico Fermi when asked what characteristics Nobel-Prize-winning physicists have in common. He thought for a long time, and replied, "I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence." Alan Eliasen