Conan O’Brien Accepts Mark Twain Prize for Humor While Acknowledging the Kennedy Center’s Uncertain Future
Among those paying tribute to the comedian at Sunday night's event in Washington, D.C., were Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, ...
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Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
This excerpt from Conan O’Brien’s acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is quite good. Twai ...
The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Ceremony Doubled as a Roast of Trump’s Kennedy Center
John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, David Letterman, Stephen Colbert, Will Ferrell, and more took aim at Donald Trump's takeover ...
Conan O'Brien decries 'bullies' while receiving Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize
Conan O'Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday with a not-so-subtle broadside against President ...
Lionizing Mark Twain, Conan O’Brien Subtly Skewers Trump
In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as ...
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Standout Moments From Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Ceremony
Mark Twain would be proud. The March 23 event was sillier, spicier and, as the first major event at the Kennedy Center since ...
Conan O’Brien Receives Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center
The ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was the first high-profile event at the ...
Comedians use Mark Twain Prize ceremony to slam Trump following Kennedy Center takeover
Comedians gathered Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the annual Mark Twain Prize for American ...
Conan O’Brien Feted With Mark Twain Prize as Comedians Take Aim at Trump: ‘I Miss the Days When You Were America’s Only Orange A–hole’
Conan O'Brien received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize on Sunday as presenters took aim at Trump and the upheaval at ...
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'Twain hated bullies.' Conan O'Brien says at Mark Twain Prize ceremony at Kennedy Center
Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at President Donald Trump when accepting an award. O'Brien, who was born and raised in ...
Conan O’Brien Accepts the Mark Twain Prize With ‘Unceasing Silliness’
These are the full remarks made by Conan O’Brien upon receiving the 2025 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy ...