I'm hoping one of the great satirists of the day will get it one of these years - Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, or Bill Maher. In the meantime, we heard from the producers, and they are including music this year (at Ferrell's request) and are interested in using music from our new CD. Fingers crossed for that kind of promotion. I hope you'll all consider buying a copy. The CD came out this week and is doing well. It's cheaper on the Museum website than Amazon. Go figure! Cindy Cindy Lovell, Ph.D. Executive Director Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum 120 N. Main St., Hannibal MO 63401 Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402 | Cell: 386-748-1256 | Fax: 573-221-7975 Email: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://marktwainmuseum.org/ Have your ordered "Mark Twain: Words & Music" yet? Details here: http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/index.php/community-projects/mark-twain-cd "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." ~Mark Twain ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harold Bush [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 7:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: This year's winner of the MT Award is . . . . 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) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>