Thanks for the question. Interesting ! I think a key point to factor in is that it is an *annual* award. We could perhaps think of it (intended) as the Nobel prize of humor. Or suppose there was a Gandhi prize for non-violence? (Maybe there is such a prize, I don't know. If not, more's the pity) But in such a scenario, no one could possibly be expected, each year, to measure up as "another Gandhi." But they could achieve *something* towards that ideal. Similarly, I don't see the award-givers as suggesting that Billy Crystal is "another Twain." That would be absurd. They are observing that he is a person of enduring accomplishments in that field. (A statement with one may agree or not, as a question of taste; but certainly, it is his line of work...) DDD