Bob Newhart Nominated For Thurber Humor Prize - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-26-2007, 11:44 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Newhart, you're a funny guy, and a man of letters. The deadpan comic and sit-com star was one of three finalists announced Tuesday for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a $5,000 literary honor named for the famed author and humorist James Thurber.

Newhart was nominated for his memoir, ''I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!'' The other finalists were Merrill Markoe, for ''Walking in Circles Before Lying Down,'' and Joe Keenan, for ''My Lucky Star.''

The winner will be announced this fall.

catlover79 · 08-26-2007, 11:45 PM

Way to go Bob! That was indeed a funny book.

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catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Way to go Bob! That was indeed a funny book.
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