Conan O’Brien Wants Us to Be More Like Mark Twain
Speaking of woke, O’Brien noted in his acceptance speech that Mark Twain held characteristics many would classify with that ...
Lionizing Mark Twain, Conan O’Brien Subtly Skewers Trump
In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as ...
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Facing a Bumpy History
In London in 1873, Mark Twain saw an advertisement for the services of a fellow American who had hung out a shingle on Fleet Street. At once inspired and skeptical, Twain made his way to the ...
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Samuel Clemens Biography
"An American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person he generally selects Mark Twain." — Thomas Edison Born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, Samuel Clemens moved to ...
Conan O'Brien decries 'bullies' while receiving Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize
Conan O'Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday with a not-so-subtle broadside against President ...