(In the boxing comedy "The Champion," from 1915, he triumphs by way of a horseshoe hidden in his glove).
Jon has been at the heart of Comedy Central, championing and nurturing the best talent in the industry, in front of and behind the camera.
Unassuming it may be, but there's no denying that Lance – touring the UK in 2016 – is champion comedy.
"It's the perfect time to join as Cheryl Taylor leaves behind a string of big audience delivering hit shows across all the channels, and George Entwistle is a very keen and inspiring champion of comedy on his new watch.
You can't help wondering whether The Finkler Question's seriousness might not this time win him one of the awards he's missed – an irony this proud champion of comedy would no doubt relish.
I recommend you read Sam's book to work out if he's right, while I soldier on, in hopeless defiance of his research, trying to champion the comedy that excites me – without sponsoring snobbery while I do so.
The undisputed current champion of world comedy – last week's Edinburgh comedy award followed a Barry award in Melbourne – brings his latest adventure in audience-mauling and smouldering silent comedy to London.
Despite being such a significant part of pop culture for the past two decades, he has remained remarkably private, and while Funny or Die has championed online comedy videos, Ferrell himself utterly eschews social media.
Not included in the official box-office rankings, but nevertheless the real chart champion, is raucous comedy Bad Neighbours and that's despite only playing two out of the three weekend days, ie Saturday and Sunday.
The shortlist of 125 films — by students, video artists, photographers, filmmakers, composers, video-game programmers, a chess champion, an improv comedy troupe, an electronic music producer, a rock band and a hip-hop group — will be on display in kiosks at the Guggenheim's museums, as well as on the YouTube channel.
