but I wrote a nice speech instead,” he said, before adding in earnest, “Everyone in this room has made my life fun.” The award, named for author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain ...

Clemens (Mark Twain) at the Windsor Hotel, in Montreal, on Thursday evening. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

There are so many people to thank, and this is always where these speeches go south ... I think accepting an award named after Mark Twain is a responsibility. One cannot invoke Twain without ...

O'Brien ended his speech by saying that he accepted the award, calling it the honor of a lifetime. The Mark Twain Prize 2025 ceremony is set to premiere in full on Netflix in May 2025.

The former late night host was named the 26th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize back in January ... As for Conan himself, his acceptance speech did not name Trump specifically, but rather used ...

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute. By Jason Zinoman Jason Zinoman watched the ceremony at the ...