Comedy News for March 21-26, 2023
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Tag: Mark Twain Prize
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 …
Dave Chappelle’s speech accepting the Mark Twain Prize
PBS aired the Mark Twain Prize honors for Dave Chappelle last night. In case you missed it, then you can watch it all on PBS …
Dave Chappelle to receive 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle on Oct. …
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 …
Julia Louis-Dreyfus honored with the 2018 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Congratulations to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, named today as the 21st annual recipient of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The John F. Kennedy Center for …
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 …
David Letterman will receive the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
The Kennedy Center has announced it’s awarding the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to David Letterman! The most recent annual winners for the …
The PBS broadcast of Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
In case you missed it due to a Halloween party or the World Series or college football, there was a major comedy event on TV …
Bill Murray to receive 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
The Kennedy Center announced today that it’ll award Bill Murray the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Said Murray in a statement: “I believe …