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- The comedy world gathers to celebrate, and roast, Kevin Hart, as he accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
- Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
- Mark Twain writes a screed against Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science.
- The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
- A biographical film about the acclaimed American humourist and author.
- Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, 'Hal Holbrook' portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspapermen and so-called patriots in this 90 minute monologue. Holbrook adapted Twain's own words for a commentary on slavery, religion and politics, mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi and a very effective ghost story. The show's highlight are the lengthy passages from "Huckleberry Finn".
- Dorothy Quick, a young girl, befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens, during the final years of his life.
- 20201h 30mTV-MA7.4 (2.4K)TV SpecialIn 2019 comedy great Dave Chappelle received the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The event was held in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Toasting Chappelle were a who's who of the entertainment industry.
- 20141h 25m6.3 (13)TV SpecialComic and television host Jay Leno is celebrated as the 17th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
- An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathers in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Jon Stewart, recipient of the 23rd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
- 20181h 25m7.8 (26)TV SpecialA star-studded lineup salutes the achievements of comedic trailblazer Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the beloved Emmy Award-winning actress, comedian, and producer receives the 2018 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
- A lineup of top entertainers saluted Tina Fey at the 13th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on November 9, 2010.
- Interweaves Twain's life and times with the lives of current day enthusiasts of the 19th century way of life. Utilizing archival stereo-optic photos, powerful images from the past seemingly come alive in a larger-than-life presentation.
- A telecast of the October 23, 2011 awarding of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Will Ferrell (1967- ) in a ceremony in the concert hall at the Kennedy Center. With Ferrell and his wife, Viveca, looking on from the balcony stage left, 13 friends and co-stars from "Saturday Night Live" and Ferrell's highest-grossing films come on stage to tell a story or two (or sing) and introduce a film clip. Then, Kennedy Center Board of Trustees Chair David Rubenstein presents a bust of Twain to Ferrell, who promptly drops and breaks it. Ferrell, the 14th recipient of the prize, recovers from the embarrassment to offer his thanks, in particular to Viveca and both his former wives.
- Sir Peter Ustinov, actor, comedian and raconteur, retreads the journey first taken by Mark Twain a hundred years previously, in order to take in a world on the brink not just of a new century, but a new millennium.
- 20137.6 (14)TV Special
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- 20151h 25m6.8 (22)TV Special
- 20161h 25m6.2 (27)TV SpecialActor Bill Murray is celebrated as the 19th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.