Bill Maher to receive Mark Twain Prize

Thursday, March 26, 2026

TV host Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center announced on Thursday " just days after the White House denied that the comedian would be awarded the honor. "Thank you to the Mark Twain people: I just had the award explained to me, and apparently it's like an Emmy, except I win," Maher quipped in a statement. "I'd just like to say that it is indeed humbling to get anything named for a man who's been thrown out of as many school libraries as Mark Twain."

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Following reports last week that Maher would receive the Mark Twain Prize, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN, "This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award."

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Now he's getting the award, again, after it became "fake news," then ... .Just the usual Old Yeller regime behavior, mirroring the senescent-in-chief's: www.npr.org

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-27 05:14 AM | Reply

DOC

How about Trump's participation trophy from Mike Johnson? Laughable!

#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-27 05:22 AM | Reply

AU ...
I'm telling you, Kurt Vonnegut was a prophet!

Read some of your comments on McCartney, the music business. Thanks for posting. I've know a few folks in that line of work and it's a toughie. I cannot sing at all, abandoned guitar ages ago, yet over the years I've come to think of music as the most magical of the art forms. Bardic and beyond.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-27 05:38 AM | Reply

Hi Doc Sarvis and AU:

Most unworthy recipient.

What has he written?

Bill Maher is like "TV Soma" for the Jane Vassars and Billy Birkenstocks of America.

This arrogant TV tumor has amassed a mega-fortune for himself while pretending to be "one of us;" he's done a wonderful job of deflecting and distracting from real issues affecting the American people -- like his nefarious counterpart Joe Rogaine.

Source: Oligarchic Wealth

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-27 06:21 AM | Reply

Morning and well put.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-27 06:27 AM | Reply

Morning Doc Sarvis:

Thank you.

Finished re-reading Of Mice and Men last night.

John Steinbeck must have been a great story teller in person.

Now I'm deciding between Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury, 1962) or Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece (W.H.D. Rouse, 1957).

After some more coffee and a smoke, I'll finally decide.

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-27 06:36 AM | Reply

Enjoy the day.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-27 09:58 AM | Reply

I wonder which "friends" of his will sign up to open for him and what viewership will look like.
I suspect Conan was right about last year's being the last one.

#8 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-27 01:23 PM | Reply

John Steinbeck...in person.
#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I think "Travels With Charlie" gives a good idea of what a charmer he was.

#9 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-03-27 10:05 PM | Reply

Thanks, I'll check my library for it. I have a few John Steinbeck compendiums which might have it.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-27 10:16 PM | Reply

Re 6

Go with "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

You won't regret it.

Ray Bradbury was one of the best. He could describe the smell and feel of small town USA like nobody's business.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-27 10:44 PM | Reply

Thanks, Marine.