I attend a Sam and Olivia birthday party tonight at Elmira College and heard an awesome lecture while there. I posted pics on FB of the cakes :) Jules -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Howe Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 10:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Birthday Nick Offerman--exactly. I've been wondering what was so familiar about = him. That's it.=20 --LH On Nov 30, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Effgen, A. B. wrote: > I saw Kilmer perform his Twain at the Mother Church of Christian = Science. I=3D > 'm sure it's a work in progress, but he's playing Twain at 70 with a = dose o=3D > f his Doc Holiday and an abbreviated selection of the works Holbrook = used f=3D > or his stage act. >=20 > If you want a young Mark Twain (40 years old) I say you go one of two >= ways.=3D > =3D20 >=20 > Zach Galafanikis, with just a mustache, wanting to play the = serio-comedic r=3D > ole of a lifetime could do it. He's got the chops to play unusual, & = Sam at=3D > a young age went for unusual. >=20 > But my money is on Nick Offerman from Parks and Recreation. He has the >= must=3D > ache and the deadpan delivery actually comes from a drawl he grew up = with i=3D > n rural Illinois, not far from Clemens Hannibal. Plus he's a trained = dramat=3D > ic actor. >=20 > Take that, Fredric March! >=20 > ~+~+~+~+~ > Mr. A. B. Effgen > Research Systems and Funding Information Office of Sponsored Programs >Boston University > 25 Buick Street > Boston, MA 02215 > ph: (617) 353-4365 > fax: (617) 353-6660 >=20 > On Nov 30, 2012, at 6:02 PM, "Alan Kitty" <[log in to unmask]> = wrote: >=20 >> Kilmer has been working on it for about four years. There is a clip = =3D3D >> available online. >> =3D20 >> =3D20