And I am truly humbled to be mentioned in the same breath as the great American humorists of our culture, the past winners of the Mark Twain Award - Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner ...

Williams reportedly preferred to interact with fans more than be honored with an award. Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipients 1998 Richard Pryor 1999 Jonathan Winters 2000 Carl Reiner ...

Among the other comedians who've won the Mark Twain Prize are Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jon Stewart.

The prize, named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists and author Mark Twain, was first awarded to Richard Pryor in 1998. Since then, geniuses of comedy such as Eddie Murphy ...

Wanted/Richard Pryor Live in Concert ... along with Lenny Bruce and Mark Twain. Among the routines captures in the box set are "Wino & Junkie;" "Mudbone Goes to Hollywood" (Mudbone was a popular ...

Comedian, actor, writer and entrepreneur Kevin Hart is the winner of the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American ... The very first recipient was Richard Pryor in 1998. "I've been doing comedy since ...

Previous recipients of Mark Twain Prize include Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003), Lorne Michaels ...

Past winners of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize include Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Carol Burnett, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Stewart and last year Adam Sandler.

Billy Madison is all grown up, winning big prizes like the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — an award previously bestowed on comedians and actors such as Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart and Carol ...

Past recipients include Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Burnett and Dave Chappelle. Conan O'Brien attends the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at The Kennedy ...

Over the years, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres. Next year ...