Has anyone mentioned Garrison Keillor? Maybe I missed it. Maybe he comes closest. In manner of humor (ironic, satiric, usually overstated, sometimes understated), in mode (oral and written) and in subject(s)--esp. human foibles. Terry Oggel On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Since somebody asked, I'll state my views one more time. The organizers > have passed on the man who came the closest to exemplifying Twain (Kurt > Vonnegut) in exchange for giving it, year-by-year to the trendiest cast > member of Saturday Night Live. Twain was not shy about explaining the > difference between himself and the other humorists of the time, but all of > this is completely lost on the people who honor the comedians who make us > laugh and dress up the award with a familiar name from literature. > > I know when Arizona became a state - easy because I grew up in Arizona. > When you read things like the War Prayer and Letters from the Earth, it is > easy to see what he is satirizing. Just look around. Then look through the > writings of past award winners and see who comes close. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Susan Bailey <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > I believe the Twain prize is a good fund raiser for the Kennedy Center. > > That's why it was created and it surely fulfills that purpose. > > > > As far as when New Mexico and Arizona became states, I had to look that > > up. It's like those history test I took in school. I learned all the > > facts for the test, aced it, and then promptly forgot it all the next > day. > > I haven't used algebra in a while either. > > > > I've read Twain's books since I was a child. It's only since I learned a > > lot about his childhood and adult life that I could even begin to take a > > guess as to what motivated his humor. I believe the average person in > > America may just be trying to get along and, while they surely know Mark > > Twain's name and that he was an author, they aren't into deep > psychological > > evaluation of his motives. > > > > That's why this group is such a treasure! > > > > Best regards, > > Susan > > > > Susan Bailey > > Co author > > The Twain Shall Meet > > < > > > http://www.amazon.com/Twain-Shall-Meet-Granddaughter-Gabrilowitsch/dp/1499799497/ref=sr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=UTF8&qid=1415889321&sr=8-1&keywords=the+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey > > > > > Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter> > > www.marktwainonline.com > > Greenville, SC > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:42 AM, DMD1937 <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm curious to know how list members view the Twain Prize. > > > > > > Most Americans couldn't tell you when New Mexico and Arizona became = > > > states, let alone what motivated Twain's humor over many decades. > > > > > > DMD > > > > > > > > > Denis M. Donovan, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.P.S. > > > Director, EOCT Institute > > > > > > Medical Director, 1983 - 2006 > > > The Children's Center for Developmental Psychiatry > > > St. Petersburg, Florida > > > > > > P.O Box 47576 > > > St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7576 > > > Phone: 727-641-8905 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Please reply to: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > - - - > > > =D0=92=D1=80=D0=B5=D0=BC=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B0 > > > =D1=81=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=B6=D0=BD=D1= > > > =8B=D0=B5, =D0=B4=D1=83=D1=80=D0=B0=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=B2 > > > =D0=BC=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0= > > > =B3=D0=BE. > > > =E2=80=94 =D0=90=D0=BB=D0=B5=D0=BA=D1=81a=D0=BD=D0=B4=D1=80 = > > > =D0=A0=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B8=D1=87 > > > =D0=9B=D1=83=D1=80=D0= > > > =B8=D1=8F > > > > > > These are complex times, many fools around. > > > > > > Alexandr Romanovich Luria in: > > > Goldberg, Elkhonon (2001). The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the = > > > Civilized Mind. > > > New York: Oxford University Press, p. 16. > > > > > > Perhaps Goldberg should have listened to Luria . . . > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Terry Ballard > Author and Leisure Studies Manager > http://www.terryballard.org > Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethis.com > <http://googlethisforlibraries.com/> > > "My memory has a mind of its own." >