As a recipient of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, O'Brien joins a who's who of American comedy that includes Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Hart.

Previous recipients include Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Adam Sandler and ...

Before Kathy Griffin’s new stand-up tour, “My Life On The PTSD-List,” stops at D.C.’s Warner Theatre on Saturday, she spoke to WTOP about the people that inspired her to go into comedy and what’s ...

O'Brien is the 26th winner of the annual prize, and joins a list of honorees including Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Hart ...

Previous recipients include Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Adam Sandler ...

(CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of ...

Previous recipients of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize are Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003 ...