From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:07:16 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:qwAMn.24955$Gx2.16312(a)newsfe20.iad...
>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:28:52 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:PxkMn.81908$jt.37027(a)newsfe04.iad...
>>>> "I can see Russia from my front porch"
>>>>
>>>> A lot of people think it was Sarah Palin that said this, however, it
>>>> was really Tina Fey.
>>>>
>>>> Guess who wins the Mark Twain award?
>>>>
>>>> Mark Twain Prize Goes To Tina Fey
>>>> Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
>>>> Published: May 25, 2010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When we last saw Liz Lemon, the hapless, harried television alter ego
>>>> of Tina Fey, below, she seemed to have found true love at last with an
>>>> airline pilot who just happened to be played by Matt Damon. Though the
>>>> romantic entanglements of Liz tend not to last too long, her creator
>>>> and performer is about to receive an honor that's a little more
>>>> enduring. On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that it would
>>>> present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Ms. Fey, the
>>>> "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and occasional cribber of
>>>> punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the 13-year history of the
>>>> prize, Ms. Fey will be its third female recipient: it was previously
>>>> presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and Whoopi Goldberg in 2001. In a
>>>> statement Ms. Fey said: "I am truly thrilled to receive this honor. I
>>>> assume Betty White was disqualified for steroid use." Ms. Fey is to
>>>> receive the award on Nov. 9.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FIrst the Nobel Prize to Obama for doing nothing, and who has still
>>>> done nothing and now this. Feh.
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree with you. Fey's good, but not good enough. The prize should've
>>> gone to Sarah Palin.
>>
>> There are plenty of other writers more deserving.
>
>
> Like who?

Anybody. John Lithgow.



From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on
On May 31, 2:47 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:07:16 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > "Hachiroku ????" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> >news:qwAMn.24955$Gx2.16312(a)newsfe20.iad...
> >> On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:28:52 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> >>> "Hachiroku ????" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> >>>news:PxkMn.81908$jt.37027(a)newsfe04.iad...
> >>>> "I can see Russia from my front porch"
>
> >>>> A lot of people think it was Sarah Palin that said this, however, it
> >>>> was really Tina Fey.
>
> >>>> Guess who wins the Mark Twain award?
>
> >>>> Mark Twain Prize Goes To Tina Fey
> >>>> Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
> >>>> Published: May 25, 2010
>
> >>>> When we last saw Liz Lemon, the hapless, harried television alter ego
> >>>> of Tina Fey, below, she seemed to have found true love at last with an
> >>>> airline pilot who just happened to be played by Matt Damon. Though the
> >>>> romantic entanglements of Liz tend not to last too long, her creator
> >>>> and performer is about to receive an honor that's a little more
> >>>> enduring. On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that it would
> >>>> present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Ms. Fey, the
> >>>> "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and occasional cribber of
> >>>> punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the 13-year history of the
> >>>> prize, Ms. Fey will be its third female recipient: it was previously
> >>>> presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and Whoopi Goldberg in 2001. In a
> >>>> statement Ms. Fey said: "I am truly thrilled to receive this honor. I
> >>>> assume Betty White was disqualified for steroid use." Ms. Fey is to
> >>>> receive the award on Nov. 9.
>
> >>>> FIrst the Nobel Prize to Obama for doing nothing, and who has still
> >>>> done nothing and now this. Feh.
>
> >>> I agree with you. Fey's good, but not good enough. The prize should've
> >>> gone to Sarah Palin.
>
> >> There are plenty of other writers more deserving.
>
> > Like who?
>
> Anybody. John Lithgow.

How much for the First Prize?

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From: JoeSpareBedroom on
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:jvTMn.25172$TL5.7382(a)newsfe24.iad...
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:07:16 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:qwAMn.24955$Gx2.16312(a)newsfe20.iad...
>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:28:52 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>>> news:PxkMn.81908$jt.37027(a)newsfe04.iad...
>>>>> "I can see Russia from my front porch"
>>>>>
>>>>> A lot of people think it was Sarah Palin that said this, however, it
>>>>> was really Tina Fey.
>>>>>
>>>>> Guess who wins the Mark Twain award?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Twain Prize Goes To Tina Fey
>>>>> Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
>>>>> Published: May 25, 2010
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When we last saw Liz Lemon, the hapless, harried television alter ego
>>>>> of Tina Fey, below, she seemed to have found true love at last with an
>>>>> airline pilot who just happened to be played by Matt Damon. Though the
>>>>> romantic entanglements of Liz tend not to last too long, her creator
>>>>> and performer is about to receive an honor that's a little more
>>>>> enduring. On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that it would
>>>>> present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Ms. Fey, the
>>>>> "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and occasional cribber of
>>>>> punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the 13-year history of the
>>>>> prize, Ms. Fey will be its third female recipient: it was previously
>>>>> presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and Whoopi Goldberg in 2001. In a
>>>>> statement Ms. Fey said: "I am truly thrilled to receive this honor. I
>>>>> assume Betty White was disqualified for steroid use." Ms. Fey is to
>>>>> receive the award on Nov. 9.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> FIrst the Nobel Prize to Obama for doing nothing, and who has still
>>>>> done nothing and now this. Feh.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree with you. Fey's good, but not good enough. The prize should've
>>>> gone to Sarah Palin.
>>>
>>> There are plenty of other writers more deserving.
>>
>>
>> Like who?
>
> Anybody. John Lithgow.


I never knew John Lithgow was a writer. That's interesting.


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:51 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:jvTMn.25172$TL5.7382(a)newsfe24.iad...
>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:07:16 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:qwAMn.24955$Gx2.16312(a)newsfe20.iad...
>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:28:52 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>>>> news:PxkMn.81908$jt.37027(a)newsfe04.iad...
>>>>>> "I can see Russia from my front porch"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A lot of people think it was Sarah Palin that said this, however, it
>>>>>> was really Tina Fey.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Guess who wins the Mark Twain award?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark Twain Prize Goes To Tina Fey
>>>>>> Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
>>>>>> Published: May 25, 2010
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When we last saw Liz Lemon, the hapless, harried television alter
>>>>>> ego of Tina Fey, below, she seemed to have found true love at last
>>>>>> with an airline pilot who just happened to be played by Matt Damon.
>>>>>> Though the romantic entanglements of Liz tend not to last too long,
>>>>>> her creator and performer is about to receive an honor that's a
>>>>>> little more enduring. On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that
>>>>>> it would present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to
>>>>>> Ms. Fey, the "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and
>>>>>> occasional cribber of punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the
>>>>>> 13-year history of the prize, Ms. Fey will be its third female
>>>>>> recipient: it was previously presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and
>>>>>> Whoopi Goldberg in 2001. In a statement Ms. Fey said: "I am truly
>>>>>> thrilled to receive this honor. I assume Betty White was
>>>>>> disqualified for steroid use." Ms. Fey is to receive the award on
>>>>>> Nov. 9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FIrst the Nobel Prize to Obama for doing nothing, and who has still
>>>>>> done nothing and now this. Feh.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you. Fey's good, but not good enough. The prize
>>>>> should've gone to Sarah Palin.
>>>>
>>>> There are plenty of other writers more deserving.
>>>
>>>
>>> Like who?
>>
>> Anybody. John Lithgow.
>
>
> I never knew John Lithgow was a writer. That's interesting.

He's been writing kid's books. Much better than anything Tina Fey did.

From: JoeSpareBedroom on
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:EcUMn.25140$Gx2.24415(a)newsfe20.iad...
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:57:51 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:jvTMn.25172$TL5.7382(a)newsfe24.iad...
>>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 14:07:16 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>>> news:qwAMn.24955$Gx2.16312(a)newsfe20.iad...
>>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:28:52 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:PxkMn.81908$jt.37027(a)newsfe04.iad...
>>>>>>> "I can see Russia from my front porch"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A lot of people think it was Sarah Palin that said this, however, it
>>>>>>> was really Tina Fey.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Guess who wins the Mark Twain award?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Twain Prize Goes To Tina Fey
>>>>>>> Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
>>>>>>> Published: May 25, 2010
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When we last saw Liz Lemon, the hapless, harried television alter
>>>>>>> ego of Tina Fey, below, she seemed to have found true love at last
>>>>>>> with an airline pilot who just happened to be played by Matt Damon.
>>>>>>> Though the romantic entanglements of Liz tend not to last too long,
>>>>>>> her creator and performer is about to receive an honor that's a
>>>>>>> little more enduring. On Tuesday the Kennedy Center announced that
>>>>>>> it would present its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to
>>>>>>> Ms. Fey, the "30 Rock" star, "Saturday Night Live" alumna and
>>>>>>> occasional cribber of punch lines from her daughter, Alice. In the
>>>>>>> 13-year history of the prize, Ms. Fey will be its third female
>>>>>>> recipient: it was previously presented to Lily Tomlin in 2003 and
>>>>>>> Whoopi Goldberg in 2001. In a statement Ms. Fey said: "I am truly
>>>>>>> thrilled to receive this honor. I assume Betty White was
>>>>>>> disqualified for steroid use." Ms. Fey is to receive the award on
>>>>>>> Nov. 9.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FIrst the Nobel Prize to Obama for doing nothing, and who has still
>>>>>>> done nothing and now this. Feh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with you. Fey's good, but not good enough. The prize
>>>>>> should've gone to Sarah Palin.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are plenty of other writers more deserving.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Like who?
>>>
>>> Anybody. John Lithgow.
>>
>>
>> I never knew John Lithgow was a writer. That's interesting.
>
> He's been writing kid's books. Much better than anything Tina Fey did.
>


You've read his books?