Jon Stewart receives the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night.
Comedian #JonStewart becomes the 23rd recipient of the #MarkTwain Prize for American Humor.
This was an emotional #Kodak moment at @kencen as @jonstewart was given the Twain Prize by 9/11 first responder
@johnfeal2 along with Afghanistan veteran and Retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant #IsraelDelToro.
#JonStewart: "Authoritarianism is THE threat to art, theater, poetry… What we have is fragile and precious, and the way to guard against it isn’t to change how audiences think, but to change how leaders lead."
Jon Stewart: Authoritarian governments a threat, not comedy https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-entertainment-arts-and-talk-shows…
Things you learn about Jon Stewart from talking to him and his friends. Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and Trevor Noah weigh in on the former host of “The Daily Show" as he enters the comedy pantheon https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/04/24/jopn-stewart-mark-t…
@jonstewart tells an emotional story of a Marine captain who died recently from breast cancer that was attributed to her exposure to burn pits several years ago. Full video: https://kctv5.com/2022/04/19/jon-stewart-visit-kc-promote-house-bill-supporting-veterans-exposed-toxins-war/
“Stewart spent the first three decades of his career expecting failure… and instead somehow he managed to go out on top, on his own terms. No wonder he’s seemed lost ever since.” Must-read @DevinGordonX on Jon Stewart, a comedy God who lost his edge: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/the-problem-with-jo…