COVID-19 Pandemic Cancels Mark Twain Prize For American Humor in 2020

The Kennedy Center has announced there will be no Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2020, postponing the ceremony until June 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the first time there will be no Mark Twain Prize given out since The…

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Watch Dave Chappelle’s acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Dave Chappelle is one of the most respected stand-up comedians of our time and this year he was the recipient… MORE
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Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus accept her Mark Twain Prize

It’s fitting that the best and only part of this year’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony that you really need to watch is Julia Louis-Dreyfus herself accepting her award for 2018. The tributes made by friends and former colleagues are all sweet, i…

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Watch David Letterman receive the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

In case you missed it Monday night on PBS, here is the edited full telecast from last month’s celebration of David Letterman for receiving the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Edited out: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who had introduced clips of Letterman’s “Monkey-Cam” as well as Funny or Die videos in which Letterman […]

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This week on TV: Dave Letterman takes the Mark Twain prize for humor

This week kicks off the holiday season with Thanksgiving, arguably the funnest of the holidays because there’s no pressure to… MORE

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Jack Black and Richard Linklater on their unlikely partnership on 2003’s feel-good hit, School of Rock

Scott Rudin needed to persuade both star Jack Black and director Richard Linklater that Linklater was the right choice to direct 2003’s film, School of Rock. As these new interviews for an American Masters documentary on Linklater prove 14 years later. “At first we were like, that doesn’t make sense because this is like a […]

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