For your consideration...

I noticed that the "deciderers" over at the Kennedy Center have selected Carol Burnett as the recipient of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Thrilled to death for her: totally deserving...real pioneer...long overdue. All that.

(Not entirely sure what kind of star power she lends to the tape-delayed and liberally-edited PBS broadcast of the awards show. Probably should have done this while Harvey Korman was still among us. But we can probably look forward to Vicki Lawrence trotting out "Mama", or at  least treating us to  a few bars of that Lights Out in Georgia song.

Again, Carol seems to be a great and obvious choice and I applaud the electors (?) for the decision.



However, please allow me to take this opportunity to once again raise the banner of future consideration for Harold Ramis, an extraordinary actor/director/writer with roots in radio (The National Lampoon Radio Hour) stage (Second City) and television (SCTV...hey, it's NORTH American).
But it is in film that he moves the needle. A list of movies either written or directed (often both) by Ramis:

• National Lampoon's Animal House
• National Lampoon's Vacation
• Meatballs 
• Caddyshack 
• Stripes
• Ghostbusters
• Back to School
• Groundhog Day
• Analyze This (and That)

Look at that list. Seriously. Look again. Three of those would make a very nice career...he's got ten. Plus these are just the home runs. I'd be inclined to mention Club Paradise and The Ice Harvest (or maybe even Rover Dangerfield...though I might rethink that). Add to those achievements the fact that he STARRED in two of the most iconic films on the list and you've got a heavy Mark Twain worthy hitter.

Of course, if he persists in making Ghostbusters 3, all this goes out the window and next year's prize will go to Kristin Wiig as scheduled.