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| 1998 <br/> <small> (1st) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Allan |date=January 20, 1999 |title=Kennedy Center Honors Pryor with Initial Mark Twain Award |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-20-9901200283-story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=March 29, 2020 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> | | [[Richard Pryor: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|1998]] <br/> <small> (1st) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Allan |date=January 20, 1999 |title=Kennedy Center Honors Pryor with Initial Mark Twain Award |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-20-9901200283-story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=March 29, 2020 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Richard Pryor 1973 (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Richard Pryor in 1986]] | |[[File:Richard Pryor 1973 (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Richard Pryor in 1986]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Pryor included [[Chris Rock]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Tim Allen]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Damon Wayans]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Richard Belzer]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Ruth Brown]] and [[Dick Gregory]];<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 9, 1998 |title=Richard Pryor Honored With First Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |pages=16–18 |via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Gene Wilder]] appeared in a pre-taped video.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaltenbach |first=Chris |date=October 22, 1998 |title=Polite society embraces Pryor Tribute: The comedian is lauded for the barrier-breaking humor that the mainstream didn't always find so funny. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-10-22-1998295127-story.html |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Pryor included [[Chris Rock]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Tim Allen]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Damon Wayans]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Richard Belzer]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Ruth Brown]] and [[Dick Gregory]];<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 9, 1998 |title=Richard Pryor Honored With First Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |pages=16–18 |via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Gene Wilder]] appeared in a pre-taped video.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaltenbach |first=Chris |date=October 22, 1998 |title=Polite society embraces Pryor Tribute: The comedian is lauded for the barrier-breaking humor that the mainstream didn't always find so funny. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-10-22-1998295127-story.html |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> | ||
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| 1999 <br/> <small> (2nd) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 30, 1999 |title=Jonathan Winters Wins Twain Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/30/movies/jonathan-winters-wins-twain-prize.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 26, 2018 |page=E29 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> | | [[Jonathan Winters: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|1999]] <br/> <small> (2nd) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 30, 1999 |title=Jonathan Winters Wins Twain Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/30/movies/jonathan-winters-wins-twain-prize.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 26, 2018 |page=E29 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Jonathan Winters - publicity.jpg|100px|alt=Jonathan Winters in 1963]] | |[[File:Jonathan Winters - publicity.jpg|100px|alt=Jonathan Winters in 1963]] | ||
! scope="row"|{{sort|Winters|[[Jonathan Winters]]}} | ! scope="row"|{{sort|Winters|[[Jonathan Winters]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Winters included [[Steve Allen]], [[Sid Caesar]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Bonnie Hunt]], [[Robert Wuhl]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molotsky |first=Irvin |date=October 21, 1999 |title=Winters Gets Praise and Humor Prize |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/21/us/winters-gets-praise-and-humor-prize.html |access-date=August 4, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Eugene Levy]] and [[Michael McKean]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Winters included [[Steve Allen]], [[Sid Caesar]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Bonnie Hunt]], [[Robert Wuhl]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molotsky |first=Irvin |date=October 21, 1999 |title=Winters Gets Praise and Humor Prize |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/21/us/winters-gets-praise-and-humor-prize.html |access-date=August 4, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Eugene Levy]] and [[Michael McKean]]. | ||
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| 2000 <br/> <small> (3rd) </small> <br/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2000 |title=Carl Reiner Honored With Mark Twain Prize for Humor |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Carl-Reiner-Honored-With-Mark-Twain-Prize-for-2700187.php |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]], [[SFGATE]]}}</ref> | | [[Carl Reiner: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2000]] <br/> <small> (3rd) </small> <br/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2000 |title=Carl Reiner Honored With Mark Twain Prize for Humor |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Carl-Reiner-Honored-With-Mark-Twain-Prize-for-2700187.php |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]], [[SFGATE]]}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Carl Reiner 1960 still.jpg|100px|alt=Carl Reiner in 1960]] | |[[File:Carl Reiner 1960 still.jpg|100px|alt=Carl Reiner in 1960]] | ||
! scope="row"|{{sort|Reiner|[[Carl Reiner]]}} | ! scope="row"|{{sort|Reiner|[[Carl Reiner]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Reiner included [[Steve Martin]], [[Mary Tyler Moore]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Rob Reiner]], [[Joy Behar]], [[Richard Belzer]], and [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]]; [[Mel Brooks]] and [[Ray Romano]] appeared in pre-taped videos.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |date=October 25, 2000 |title=A Grand Night for Rolling in the Aisles |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/10/25/a-grand-night-for-rolling-in-the-aisles/bca042b1-bc6a-4404-9016-00c327a18ea5/ |access-date=August 5, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Reiner included [[Steve Martin]], [[Mary Tyler Moore]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Rob Reiner]], [[Joy Behar]], [[Richard Belzer]], and [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]]; [[Mel Brooks]] and [[Ray Romano]] appeared in pre-taped videos.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |date=October 25, 2000 |title=A Grand Night for Rolling in the Aisles |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/10/25/a-grand-night-for-rolling-in-the-aisles/bca042b1-bc6a-4404-9016-00c327a18ea5/ |access-date=August 5, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> | ||
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| 2001 <br/> <small> (4th) </small> <br/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Patricia |date=November 18, 2001 |title=The Mark Twain Prize: Whoopi! |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2001/11/18/the-mark-twain-prize-whoopi/2083b212-a127-49b3-8e88-545325d84f42/ |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> | | [[Whoopi Goldberg: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2001]] <br/> <small> (4th) </small> <br/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Patricia |date=November 18, 2001 |title=The Mark Twain Prize: Whoopi! |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2001/11/18/the-mark-twain-prize-whoopi/2083b212-a127-49b3-8e88-545325d84f42/ |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Whoopi Goldberg (53741902465) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Whoopi Goldberg in 2008]] | |[[File:Whoopi Goldberg (53741902465) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Whoopi Goldberg in 2008]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Tomlin included [[Jane Fonda]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Dave Chappelle]], [[Elaine Stritch]], [[Doris Roberts]], [[George Lopez]], [[Darrell Hammond]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Miss Piggy]] and [[Dolly Parton]]; Whoopi Goldberg and [[Steve Martin]] appeared in pre-taped videos.<ref name=":2" /> | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Tomlin included [[Jane Fonda]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Dave Chappelle]], [[Elaine Stritch]], [[Doris Roberts]], [[George Lopez]], [[Darrell Hammond]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Miss Piggy]] and [[Dolly Parton]]; Whoopi Goldberg and [[Steve Martin]] appeared in pre-taped videos.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
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| 2004 <br/> <small> (7th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2004 |title='SNL' creator Michaels honored |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/snl-creator-michaels-honored-wbna6332188 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181124231150/https://www.today.com/popculture/snl-creator-michaels-honored-wbna6332188 |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |access-date=November 24, 2018 |website=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |agency=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref> | | [[Lorne Michaels: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2004]] <br/> <small> (7th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2004 |title='SNL' creator Michaels honored |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/snl-creator-michaels-honored-wbna6332188 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181124231150/https://www.today.com/popculture/snl-creator-michaels-honored-wbna6332188 |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |access-date=November 24, 2018 |website=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |agency=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Lorne Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|100px|alt=Lorne Michaels in 2008]] | |[[File:Lorne Michaels at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|100px|alt=Lorne Michaels in 2008]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Michaels, a [[Canadian-American]], is the only recipient {{as of|2025|lc=y}} born and raised outside of the United States.<ref>{{harv|McGarr|2021|loc=Chapter 17|pp=107–108}}</ref> Those who honored Michaels included [[Steve Martin]], [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Maya Rudolph]], [[Tim Meadows]], [[David Spade]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Christopher Walken]], Senator [[John McCain]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=On Stage at the Kennedy Center. The Mark Twain Prize 2004 - Lorne Michaels |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2004/ |access-date=August 8, 2022 |publisher=PBS}}</ref> and [[Amy Poehler]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|Michaels, a [[Canadian-American]], is the only recipient {{as of|2025|lc=y}} born and raised outside of the United States.<ref>{{harv|McGarr|2021|loc=Chapter 17|pp=107–108}}</ref> Those who honored Michaels included [[Steve Martin]], [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Maya Rudolph]], [[Tim Meadows]], [[David Spade]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Christopher Walken]], Senator [[John McCain]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=On Stage at the Kennedy Center. The Mark Twain Prize 2004 - Lorne Michaels |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2004/ |access-date=August 8, 2022 |publisher=PBS}}</ref> and [[Amy Poehler]]. | ||
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| 2005 <br/> <small> (8th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 10, 2005 |title=Steve Martin to Receive Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize |work=[[Playbill]] |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/steve-martin-to-receive-kennedy-centers-mark-twain-prize-com-125831 |access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref> | | [[Steve Martin: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2005]] <br/> <small> (8th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 10, 2005 |title=Steve Martin to Receive Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize |work=[[Playbill]] |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/steve-martin-to-receive-kennedy-centers-mark-twain-prize-com-125831 |access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Steve Martin, 120th Anniversary Of Carnegie Hall (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Steve Martin in 2011]] | |[[File:Steve Martin, 120th Anniversary Of Carnegie Hall (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Steve Martin in 2011]] | ||
! scope="row"|{{sort|Martin|[[Steve Martin]]}} | ! scope="row"|{{sort|Martin|[[Steve Martin]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:left;"|Those who honored Martin included [[Tom Hanks]], [[Martin Short]], [[Larry David]], [[Dave Barry]], [[Eric Idle]], [[Diane Keaton]], [[Claire Danes]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[Randy Newman]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Mike Nichols]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2005 |title=Steve Martin Celebrated in PBS' "The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2005 Mark Twain Prize" |url=https://weta.org/press/steve-martin-celebrated-pbs-kennedy-center-presents-2005-mark-twain-prize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181124230832/https://www.pbs.org/weta/twainprize2005/ |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |publisher=WETA}}</ref> | | style="text-align:left;"|Those who honored Martin included [[Tom Hanks]], [[Martin Short]], [[Larry David]], [[Dave Barry]], [[Eric Idle]], [[Diane Keaton]], [[Claire Danes]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[Randy Newman]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Mike Nichols]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2005 |title=Steve Martin Celebrated in PBS' "The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2005 Mark Twain Prize" |url=https://weta.org/press/steve-martin-celebrated-pbs-kennedy-center-presents-2005-mark-twain-prize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181124230832/https://www.pbs.org/weta/twainprize2005/ |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |publisher=WETA}}</ref> | ||
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| 2006 <br/> <small> (9th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=October 15, 2006 |title=Neil Simon Receives Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Oct. 15 |work=Playbill |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/neil-simon-receives-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor-oct-15-com-135566 |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref> | | [[Neil Simon: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2006]] <br/> <small> (9th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=October 15, 2006 |title=Neil Simon Receives Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Oct. 15 |work=Playbill |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/neil-simon-receives-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor-oct-15-com-135566 |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Neil Simon - 1974.jpg|100px|alt=Neil Simon in 1974]] | |[[File:Neil Simon - 1974.jpg|100px|alt=Neil Simon in 1974]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|The award is not intended to be given posthumously, but Carlin's death occurred between the announcement and the ceremony.<ref name="Carlin Award" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2008 |title=George Carlin becomes first posthumous Mark Twain honoree |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=Reuters, Nielsen |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/en_nm/carlin_twain_dc_1 |access-date=June 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628070018/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/en_nm/carlin_twain_dc_1 |archive-date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> Those there to honor Carlin included [[Joan Rivers]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Lewis Black]], [[Denis Leary]], [[Margaret Cho]], [[Garry Shandling]], and [[Lily Tomlin]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|The award is not intended to be given posthumously, but Carlin's death occurred between the announcement and the ceremony.<ref name="Carlin Award" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2008 |title=George Carlin becomes first posthumous Mark Twain honoree |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=Reuters, Nielsen |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/en_nm/carlin_twain_dc_1 |access-date=June 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628070018/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/en_nm/carlin_twain_dc_1 |archive-date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> Those there to honor Carlin included [[Joan Rivers]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Lewis Black]], [[Denis Leary]], [[Margaret Cho]], [[Garry Shandling]], and [[Lily Tomlin]]. | ||
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| 2009 <br/> <small> (12th) </small> <br/><ref name="cosbynyt" /> | | [[Bill Cosby: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2009]] <br/> <small> (12th) </small> <br/><ref name="cosbynyt" /> | ||
| [[File:2011 Bill Cosby.jpg|100px|alt=Bill Cosby in 2011]] | | [[File:2011 Bill Cosby.jpg|100px|alt=Bill Cosby in 2011]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those who honored Ferrell included [[Conan O'Brien]], [[John C. Reilly]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Jack Black]], [[Paul Rudd]], [[Adam McKay]], [[Tim Meadows]], [[Matthew Broderick]], and [[Ed Asner]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|Those who honored Ferrell included [[Conan O'Brien]], [[John C. Reilly]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Jack Black]], [[Paul Rudd]], [[Adam McKay]], [[Tim Meadows]], [[Matthew Broderick]], and [[Ed Asner]]. | ||
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| 2012 <br/> <small> (15th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Trescott |first=Jacqueline |date=May 16, 2012 |title=Ellen DeGeneres selected to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ellen-degeneres-named-mark-twain-prize-recipient/2012/05/15/gIQAGXnIRU_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> | | [[Ellen DeGeneres: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2012]] <br/> <small> (15th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Trescott |first=Jacqueline |date=May 16, 2012 |title=Ellen DeGeneres selected to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ellen-degeneres-named-mark-twain-prize-recipient/2012/05/15/gIQAGXnIRU_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Ellen DeGeneres 2011.jpg|100px|alt=Ellen DeGeneres in 2011]] | |[[File:Ellen DeGeneres 2011.jpg|100px|alt=Ellen DeGeneres in 2011]] | ||
! scope="row"|{{sort|DeGeneres|[[Ellen DeGeneres]]}} | ! scope="row"|{{sort|DeGeneres|[[Ellen DeGeneres]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor DeGeneres included [[Jane Lynch]], [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[John Krasinski]], [[Steve Harvey]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and [[Lily Tomlin]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor DeGeneres included [[Jane Lynch]], [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[John Krasinski]], [[Steve Harvey]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and [[Lily Tomlin]]. | ||
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| 2013 <br/> <small> (16th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Daily |first=Mary |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Carol Burnett: UCLA's class clown takes national honors |work=UCLA Today |url=http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/alumna-carol-burnett-class-clown-249059.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131024002348/http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/alumna-carol-burnett-class-clown-249059.aspx |archive-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> | | [[Carol Burnett: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2013]] <br/> <small> (16th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Daily |first=Mary |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Carol Burnett: UCLA's class clown takes national honors |work=UCLA Today |url=http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/alumna-carol-burnett-class-clown-249059.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131024002348/http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/alumna-carol-burnett-class-clown-249059.aspx |archive-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Carol Burnett 2014.jpg|100px|alt=Carol Burnett in 2014]] | |[[File:Carol Burnett 2014.jpg|100px|alt=Carol Burnett in 2014]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Burnett included [[Julie Andrews]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Amy Poehler]], [[Maya Rudolph]], [[Rashida Jones]], [[Martin Short]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Vicki Lawrence]], and [[Tim Conway]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=Rena |date=October 30, 2013 |title=Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize can be seen on Sunday, November 24th at 8 pm |url=https://www.kenw.org/post/carol-burnett-mark-twain-prize-can-be-seen-sunday-november-24th-8-pm |publisher=[[KENW (TV)|KENW-TV]]}}</ref> [[Carl Reiner]] and [[Ellen DeGeneres]] appeared in pre-taped videos. | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Burnett included [[Julie Andrews]], [[Tina Fey]], [[Amy Poehler]], [[Maya Rudolph]], [[Rashida Jones]], [[Martin Short]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Vicki Lawrence]], and [[Tim Conway]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=Rena |date=October 30, 2013 |title=Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize can be seen on Sunday, November 24th at 8 pm |url=https://www.kenw.org/post/carol-burnett-mark-twain-prize-can-be-seen-sunday-november-24th-8-pm |publisher=[[KENW (TV)|KENW-TV]]}}</ref> [[Carl Reiner]] and [[Ellen DeGeneres]] appeared in pre-taped videos. | ||
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| 2014 <br/> <small> (17th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Cindy |date=October 20, 2014 |title=Jay Leno honored with Mark Twain Prize |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/10/20/jay-leno-honored-with-mark-twain-prize/17271927/ |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref> | | [[Jay Leno: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2014]] <br/> <small> (17th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Cindy |date=October 20, 2014 |title=Jay Leno honored with Mark Twain Prize |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/10/20/jay-leno-honored-with-mark-twain-prize/17271927/ |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:JayLenoJul08.jpg|100px|alt=Jay Leno in 2008]] | |[[File:JayLenoJul08.jpg|100px|alt=Jay Leno in 2008]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Leno included [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Jimmy Fallon]], [[Seth Meyers]], [[Robert Klein]], [[J.B. Smoove]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[Wanda Sykes]], [[Chelsea Handler]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and [[Garth Brooks]]. | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Leno included [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Jimmy Fallon]], [[Seth Meyers]], [[Robert Klein]], [[J.B. Smoove]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[Wanda Sykes]], [[Chelsea Handler]], [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and [[Garth Brooks]]. | ||
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| 2015 <br/> <small> (18th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Falcone |first=Dana Rose |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Eddie Murphy to receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/10/eddie-murphy-receive-kennedy-centers-mark-twain-prize-american-humor |access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref> | | [[Eddie Murphy: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2015]] <br/> <small> (18th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Falcone |first=Dana Rose |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Eddie Murphy to receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/10/eddie-murphy-receive-kennedy-centers-mark-twain-prize-american-humor |access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg|100px|alt=Eddie Murphy in 2010]] | |[[File:Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg|100px|alt=Eddie Murphy in 2010]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Murphy included [[Dave Chappelle]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Arsenio Hall]], [[Jay Pharoah]], [[Tracy Morgan]], [[Trevor Noah]], [[George Lopez]], [[Kevin Nealon]], and [[Kathy Griffin]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/mark-twain-prize-eddie-murphy-kennedy-center-mark-twain-prize/ |series=Mark Twain Prize |network=PBS |number=1 |quote=a lineup of the biggest names in comedy salutes the 18th recipient ... Dave Chappelle, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Joe Piscopo, Chris Rock, and others |air-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref><!-- This is a dead link; the quoted text is visible via Wayback Machine. The video seems to be permanently inaccessible on the site. --> | | style="text-align:left;"|Those there to honor Murphy included [[Dave Chappelle]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Arsenio Hall]], [[Jay Pharoah]], [[Tracy Morgan]], [[Trevor Noah]], [[George Lopez]], [[Kevin Nealon]], and [[Kathy Griffin]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/mark-twain-prize-eddie-murphy-kennedy-center-mark-twain-prize/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227201255/http://www.pbs.org/video/mark-twain-prize-eddie-murphy-kennedy-center-mark-twain-prize/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |series=Mark Twain Prize |network=PBS |number=1 |quote=a lineup of the biggest names in comedy salutes the 18th recipient ... Dave Chappelle, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Joe Piscopo, Chris Rock, and others |air-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref><!-- This is a dead link; the quoted text is visible via Wayback Machine. The video seems to be permanently inaccessible on the site. --> | ||
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| 2016 <br/> <small> (19th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=McGlone |first=Peggy |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Bill Murray accepts Mark Twain Prize: 'As much as I dreaded this ... there's love' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-murray-accepts-his-mark-twain-prize-i-dreaded-this/2016/10/23/1458ce0e-9962-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> | | [[Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|2016]] <br/> <small> (19th) </small> <br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=McGlone |first=Peggy |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Bill Murray accepts Mark Twain Prize: 'As much as I dreaded this ... there's love' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-murray-accepts-his-mark-twain-prize-i-dreaded-this/2016/10/23/1458ce0e-9962-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> | ||
|[[File:Bill Murray 2018.jpg|100px|alt=Bill Murray in 2018]] | |[[File:Bill Murray 2018.jpg|100px|alt=Bill Murray in 2018]] | ||
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox award The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. annually since 1998 (except 2020-2021). Named after the 19th-century humorist Mark Twain, it is presented to individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to" Twain.[1] The Kennedy Center chose Twain in recognition of his role as a controversial social commentator and his "uncompromising perspective of social injustice and personal folly."[1] A copy of Karl Gerhardt's 1884 bust of Twain is presented in a ceremony usually in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, during which the recipient is celebrated by his or her peers. The event is a significant fundraiser to benefit the Kennedy Center, which sells tickets as well as access to dinners and after-parties featuring the celebrities.
Template:As of, 26 individuals have been awarded the award: 19 men and 6 women (Bill Cosby's award was rescinded by the Kennedy Center in 2018). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no awards in 2020 or 2021.[2]
History
In 1997, Murray Horwitz brought the idea of a dedicated comedy award, on par with the Oscars, Grammy Awards or Tony Awards, to John Schreiber and Mark Krantz, partners in an entertainment firm. The original conceptualization was an award which would celebrate one comedian, unlike the Kennedy Center Honors, which were more all-encompassing, and the venue would be the White House. They took the idea to Ann Stock, then the White House social secretary. The White House was considered an inappropriate venue at the time, so the Kennedy Center was suggested. Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky and Cappy McGarr were brought onboard and Comedy Central would coproduce and broadcast the show. At this stage it was decided to name the prize after Mark Twain.[3]
The inaugural recipient of the award was Richard Pryor.[4] The first two years of the prize honoring Pryor and Jonathan Winters were taped and broadcast on Comedy Central.[4] From 2000 to 2022, the award presentations were taped for broadcast on PBS.Script error: No such module "Footnotes". In 2023, the broadcaster for the award was CNN, and in 2024, a multi-year partnership with Netflix was announced.[5] Carol Burnett received the award at age 80 in 2013, while the youngest recipient has been actress and comedian Tina Fey, at age 40 in 2010.[6][7][8] The Kennedy Center's intent is to give the award to living persons, but one recipient, George Carlin, died in 2008 before receiving his award. Carlin died five days after the official press release that he would be awarded the prize.[9] Bill Cosby accepted his award at the Kennedy Center in 2009. He had twice refused the award, stating that he was disappointed with the profanity used in the inaugural ceremony honoring Richard Pryor.[10] After Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in 2018, the Center stripped Cosby of his award and his 1998 Kennedy Center Honors.[11] Mel Brooks has refused the award three times.[12] Robin Williams had also refused the award.[13]
Since Carl Reiner, honorees are given the opportunity to meet the president, although some refuse. Twain had interactions with Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt.[14][15]
McGarr, a former Kennedy Center board member who is a co-founder and co-executive producer of the Twain Prize, writes in his book that the mission of the prize is "to honor the greatest contributors to American comedy of our time".[16] Each awardee has a background in humor which has been a source of joy for many, showcased extensively on more than one occasion in more than one form, and as a part of the American comedic tradition having influenced industry and culture, is a legacy for American humorists to take inspiration from.[17] Awardees have included a writer, an actor, a producer, a stand-up comedian and a media proprietor, among others.[18] In awarding the prize to Lorne Michaels in 2004, a Canadian-American, McGarr explained that "the Mark Twain Prize honors American humor, not necessarily American humorists".[19]
According to a 2013 article in The Washington Post, little is known about the selection process to receive the award. A Kennedy Center spokeswoman stated, "A short list is compiled by the executive producers [of the ceremony] and presented to a group comprised of representatives from the Kennedy Center board of trustees, as well as the Kennedy Center senior management and programming staff". But McGarr stated in 2013 that "there's really no committee... It's really a consensus decision. There's not any single person who decides." He also added the award's executive producers — McGarr, Mark Krantz and Peter and Bob Kaminsky — have always decided in consultation with the Kennedy Center's chairman and president, David Rubenstein and Michael Kaiser. He also stated that the primary criteria is "to choose people who've had a full lifetime of making us laugh and who've had a great influence on the people who've followed them."[20]
Recipients
See also
- Kennedy Center Honors, during which the following comedians, comic actors, and humorists have been honored: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, George Burns, Johnny Carson, Neil Simon, Bill Cosby (rescinded in 2018[11][43]), Carol Burnett, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, David Letterman, Lily Tomlin, and Billy Crystal.
References
Works cited
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External links
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