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Article: Kennedy Center awards Neil Simon its Mark ...
AP Worldstream;  June 14, 2006 ;     439 words ... ... winner of the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center officials called ... delighted to receive The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize," Simon joked in ... the Net: The Mark Twain Prize: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs ...

Article: The Kennedy Center Smiles On Whoopi Goldberg; ...
The Washington Post;  May 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... year's winner of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Now ... entertainment value," said Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser ... American Humor and the Mark Twain Prize, the Kennedy Center singles out artists who ...

Article: Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize ...
AP Worldstream;  October 26, 2004 ;     579 words ... ... the America's top comedy honors, the 2004 Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center. Cast members old and new joined in feting Michaels ... the Rolling Stones. Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize include Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart and Tomlin ...

Article: Richard Pryor Wins Inaugural Kennedy Center Mark ...
Los Angeles Sentinel;  September 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 1998 Richard Pryor Wins Inaugural Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize The first annual Kennedy Center Celebration of American Humor will ... will be presented with the inaugural Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, named after one of the world ...

Article: Kennedy Center honors Newhart; Annual humor award: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 6, 2002 ;     404 words ... ... Newhart has been awarded the fifth annual Mark Twain prize given by the Kennedy Center for American humor. Newhart commented with ... Like Twain," said a statement from the Kennedy Center, "Newhart looked at the great and the small ...

Article: Care to take a shot at who was awarded the fifth annual Mark ...
Saturday Evening Post;  September 1, 2002 ;     418 words ... ... shot at who was awarded the fifth annual Mark Twain prize given by the Kennedy Center for American humor? If your answer goes to ... case." "Like Twain," according to the Kennedy Center, "Newhart looked at the great and the small ...

Article: Leading American entertainers salute Kennedy Center ...
Washington Afro-American;  November 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... entertainers salute Kennedy Center `Mark Twain Prize' recipient Carl ... Moore, saluted Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize recipient Carl ... program, the Kennedy Center presented Carl ... with its Mark Twain Prize for American ...