This is a list of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners from every year the award has been given out. All Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners are listed below in order of when they recieved the honor. People who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor award are listed along with with their acceptance speeches if available for every Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winner that has a video of their speech associated with their name online. You can click on the name of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor award recipients to get more information about each honored recipient.
This list includes the most memorable and well-known Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners of all time. Anybody who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor usually has a picture associated with their name, so if their acceptance speech is not available, such as when George Carlin was honored poshumously, for 2008 a picture of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor-winning people is listed here with photos instead. This list spans the history of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since it first honored Richard Pryor in 1998, so all of the famous Mark Twain Prize for American Humor winners are here and can be a good starting point for making a list of your favorites.
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Those who were there to honor Pryor included: Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Wilder, Chevy Chase, Tim Allen, Danny Glover, Damon Wayans, Kris Kristofferson, and Dick Gregory.
Honored For: That Nigger's Crazy, Blazing Saddles, Lily, Rev. Du Rite, Bicentennial Nigger
Those who were there to honor Reiner included: Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Joy Behar, and George Wallace
Honored For: The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, Caesar's Hour, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mad About You
Presented for: 2001, the first female recipient of the reward.
Those who were there to honor Goldberg included: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Wanda Sykes, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Tucker, Alan King, and Harry Belafonte
Honored For: Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel, Corrina, Corrina, The Color Purple, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Those who were there to honor Newhart included: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, The Smothers Brothers, Don Rickles, Tim Conway, Bernie Mac, Jane Curtin, Fred Willard, Steven Wright.
Honored For: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
Those there to honor Tomlin included: Jane Fonda, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch, Doris Roberts, George Lopez, and Dolly Parton.
Honored For: The Lily Tomlin Special, Lily, The Magic School Bus, Lily: Sold Out, The Paul Simon Special
