WASHINGTON (AP) A host of celebrities and comedy royalty will gather at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night as comedian, talk show host and political influencer Jon Stewart receives the Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award achievements in humor.
Stewart, the 23rd recipient of the award, will be honored with testimonials and skits from fellow comedians and former Mark Twain recipients. Stewart himself spoke at the Dave Chappelles Mark Twain ceremony in 2019.
Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 59, born in Stewart, rose to prominence as a comedian and host of several failed talk shows before taking over Comedy Centrals The Daily Show in 1999. His 16 years of experience as a host of the Daily Show turned him into a cultural and political force as Stewart trained his satirical eye on both politics and an increasingly polarized national media.
In perhaps his most iconic moment, Stewart appeared on CNN’s popular debate show Crossfire in 2004 and challenged the entire premise of the left-right debate. Stewart told co-hosts Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala that they had a responsibility to public discourse which they belittled with insincere political role-playing.
Stewart’s appearance propelled him to new levels of notoriety and political relevance and may have sealed the fate of Crossfire, which was canceled three months later.
Since retiring from The Daily Show in 2015, Stewart has become a strong supporter of a number of social causes and one of the most prominent voices in support of health care for 9/11 first responders in New York City. He recently returned to television as the host of The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+.
When Stewart’s selection was announced in January, Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter hailed her work as equal parts entertainment and truth.
Rutter said Stewart’s career “demonstrates that we can all make a difference in this world through humor, humanity and patriotism.
This will be the first Mark Twain ceremony since Chappelle’s in 2019. The award skipped 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from this two-year break, the prize has been awarded annually since 1998, with Richard Pryor receiving the first honours.
Other recipients include Carol Burnett (the oldest recipient at 80), Tina Fey (the youngest at 40), Eddie Murphy, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin and Lily Tomlin. 2009 recipient Bill Cosby had his award rescinded in 2018 amid multiple sexual assault allegations.
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