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Article: Care to take a shot at who was awarded the fifth annual Mark Twain prize given by the Kennedy Center. (Post People).
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Care to take a shot at who was awarded the fifth annual Mark Twain prize given by the Kennedy Center for American humor?
If your answer goes to Bob Newhart, you've hit it squarely on the nose.
Newhart's comment upon receiving the honor went like this:
"Mark Twain once said, `It is strange the way the ignorant and inexperienced so often undeservedly succeed when the informed and the experienced fail,' which is certainly true in this case."
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