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Seinfeld up for a Grammy
Jerry Seinfeld has been nominated for a Grammy - for a children's album.
His reading of his own book Halloween has been nominated for best spoken world album for children.
The audio book - aimed at four to eight-year-olds - is in the comic's usual observational style, but from a child's-eye perspective. Click to buy from Amazon.co.uk
Third Rock From The Sun star John Lithgow's reading of Ogden Nash's The Christmas That Almost Wasn't is also up for the same award.
The other nominees in that category are the Jamie Lee Curtis Audio Collection, a readalong Monsters Inc disc, and a version of There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly.
A total of 104 Grammies will be awarded this year - three up on 2002 - and winners will be announced on February 23.
In the running for the Best Comedy Album are
- Jimmy Fallon: The Bathroom Wall. Buy
- George Carlin: Complaints And Grievances
- Al Franken: Oh, The Things I Know. Buy the book version.
- Dennis Miller: The Rant Zone. Buy the book version
- Robin Williams: Live 2002. Buy
Published: 7 Jan 2003
