http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-lovell/hal-holbrook-mark-twain_b_2053749.html The Mark Twain Prize discussion prompted me to add a poll to the above article on HuffPost about the upcoming honors for Hal Hobrook in Hannibal and Hartford. I included the names listed in these posts and added a few based on input from some of my students. Nothing scientific. obviously, and this is just for fun. The Kennedy Center does not consult the museum on this decision. Also, someone asked how frequently we will present the Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award, and the plan is to announce a recipient every two years. The poll on HuffPost asks: Who should win the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Award next year? Ellen DeGeneres won in 2012. Past winners listed here: http://www.pbs.org/mark-twain-prize/past.html Names: Woody Allen Samantha Bee Andy Borowitz Carol Burnett Stephen Colbert Janeane Garofalo Hal Holbrook Garrison Keillor Norman Lear Bill Maher Sarah Silverman Jon Stewart Wanda Sykes So, in honor of Election Day, please enjoy! 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 Ben Wise [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The 15th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is . . . . . Love that quote. Thanks for reminding us. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:10:34 AM Subject: Re: The 15th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is . . . . . It seems to me that the hub of the issue about who gets the award revolves around the difference between comedy and humor. Twain himself provides an illustration in How to tell a story: "The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it; but the teller of the comic story tells you beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has ever heard, then tells it with eager delight, and is the first person to laugh when he gets through. And sometimes, if he has had good success, he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the "nub" of it and glance around from face to face, collecting applause, and then repeat it again. It is a pathetic thing to see."