Article: Carlin to receive Mark Twain humour prize

Article: Biting, stand-up comic wins Mark Twain Prize.(Metropolitan Times)(Features)
The Washington Times;  September 16, 1998 ;     540 words ...What do the Kennedy Center and Comedy Central...common? The annual Mark Twain Prize, which...lecture titled Mark Twain: America's Greatest...perform on the Kennedy Center's free Millennium...75. Like the Kennedy Center Honors and Gala, the Mark ...

Article: Kennedy Center awards Neil Simon its Mark Twain Prize
AP Worldstream;  June 14, 2006 ;     334 words ......annual winner of the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center officials called...delighted to receive The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize," Simon joked...On the Net: The Mark Twain Prize: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents...

Article: Neil Simon Gets Mark Twain Prize
AP Online;  June 14, 2006 ;     334 words ......annual winner of the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center officials called...delighted to receive The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize," Simon joked...On the Net: The Mark Twain Prize: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents...

Article: Richard Pryor Wins Inaugural Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Los Angeles Sentinel;  September 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Inaugural Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize The first annual Kennedy Center Celebration...inaugural Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, named...nonfiction. The Kennedy Center has organized...established the Mark Twain Prize to...

Article: Leading American entertainers salute Kennedy Center `Mark Twain Prize' recipient Carl Reiner
Washington Afro-American;  November 3, 2000 ;     651 words ......entertainers salute Kennedy Center `Mark Twain Prize' recipient...Tyler Moore, saluted Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize recipient...the program, the Kennedy Center presented Carl Reiner with its Mark Twain Prize for American...

Article: Comedian Tomlin wins Mark Twain Prize
Charleston Gazette;  May 21, 2003 ;     275 words ......Ernestine, has won the Mark Twain Prize for 2003, awarded by the Kennedy Center. "Lily Tomlin, like Mark Twain, offers her genius wholeheartedly...said Michael Kaiser, the Kennedy Center president. The announcement...Previous winners of the Mark Twain ...

Article: The Kennedy Center Smiles On Whoopi Goldberg; Comedian to Receive Twain Prize for Humor
The Washington Post;  May 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ......winner of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American...Humor and the Mark Twain Prize, the Kennedy Center singles out artists...time, as did Mark Twain in his." In a...released by the Kennedy Center, Goldberg said...

Article: Neil Simon to Receive Mark Twain Prize
AP Online;  June 14, 2006 ;     402 words ......annual winner of the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center officials called...delighted to receive The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize," Simon joked...On the Net: The Mark Twain Prize: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents...

Article: Lily Tomlin Wins Mark Twain Prize
AP Online;  May 20, 2003 ;     305 words ......Ernestine, has won the Mark Twain Prize for 2003, awarded by the Kennedy Center. Lily Tomlin, like Mark Twain, offers her genius wholeheartedly...said Michael Kaiser, the Kennedy Center president. The announcement...Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize ...

Article: Neil Simon snags Mark Twain Prize; Like award's namesake, writer known for memorable characters.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)
The Washington Times;  June 15, 2006 ;     452 words ......recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American...come fall, the Kennedy Center announced yesterday...Neil Simon, like Mark Twain, has a unique...Like a previous Mark Twain recipient, Carl...results. The Kennedy Center previously awarded...Simon, 78, with a ...

Article: Steve Martin to Join Kennedy Center's Pantheon of Humor
The Washington Post;  May 11, 2005 ;     497 words ......biting, portrayals. "The Kennedy Center is pleased to give Steve the Mark Twain Prize for an extraordinary...statement saying: "I think Mark Twain is a great guy and I can...presented Oct. 23 at the Kennedy Center. Previous winners, in...

Article: Kennedy Center honors Newhart; Annual humor award: He is fifth recipient of Mark Twain prize
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 6, 2002 ;     189 words ......comedian Bob Newhart has been awarded the fifth annual Mark Twain prize given by the Kennedy Center for American humor. Newhart commented with a quote: "Mark Twain once said, 'It is strange the way the ignorant and inexperienced...hometown, Chicago. "Like Twain," said a statement ...

Article: Tomlin to Get Twain Prize, And That's The Truth!; Kennedy Center Lauds The Influential Comedian
The Washington Post;  May 21, 2003 ;     677 words ......year's winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American...televised later on PBS. The Kennedy Center established the prize...Lily Tomlin, like Mark Twain, offers her genius...the show played the Kennedy Center in 1988 it sold out...

Article: WILD WINTERS: Kennedy Center bash to salute comic's improvisational genius.(Arts And Entertainment)
The Washington Times;  October 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......up a bronze bust of Mark Twain at the Kennedy Center that honors him for...I want to dress as Mark Twain and say, he says...the second annual Kennedy Center Celebration of American...used the pseudonym Mark Twain, brought democracy...and point them out, ...