And so, the ceremony in which Carlin was posthumously awarded the annual Mark Twain Prize in American Humor — taped last November at the Kennedy Center, and airing on PBS on Wednesday, Feb. 4 ...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said on Monday it would go ahead with plans to present its Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to the late George Carlin, making him the first ...

In the 1970s, George Carlin's seven dirty words routine was the center of a famous obscenity case. More recently, the comic was named the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Mark Twain scholar Kevin Mac Donnell holds a stereoview photograph near the spot where it was originally made at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Conn, on May 13, 2024. The photograph was made by ...

And we'll be tuning in to PBS Monday night in hopes for more laughs as Will Ferrell receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. But there's something funny – and not in a “ha-ha” way ...

As a recipient of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, O'Brien joins a who's who of American comedy that includes Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Hart.

A settlement has been reached between the estate of George Carlin and the makers of a podcast who used generative artificial intelligence to impersonate the late stand-up comic’s voice and style ...

Other comedians receiving the lifetime achievement award include both Letterman and Leno, along with George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett and Dave Chappelle. Bill Cosby, the ...