THE 25TH ANNUAL MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR HONORING KEVIN HART TO STREAM ON NETFLIX MAY 11

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May 6 - Honoring Kevin Hart, The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony will release May 11 at 10p EDT (7p PDT) only on Netflix. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Mark Twain Prize is America's top prize for comedy and is recognizing Hart for his extraordinary contributions to the genre and his impressive achievements across comedy, film, and television. The pre-recorded ceremony, held in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, features a cast of leading performers, including Dave Burd aka "Lil Dicky", Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, the Plastic Cup Boyz, Keith Robinson, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and J.B. Smoove.

Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81758878

Ceremony Features Dave Burd AKA "Lil Dicky," Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, Plastic Cup Boyz, Keith Robinson, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, J.B. Smoove and More

• Netflix released a trailer for the 25th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoring Kevin Hart, which will premiere on Netflix, May 11th during Netflix is Joke Fest.

• The ceremony, which filmed at the Kennedy Center on March 24th, featured a star-studded list of talent including Dave Burd AKA "Lil Dicky," Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, Plastic Cup Boyz, Keith Robinson, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, J.B. Smoove, Jimmy Fallon, Robin Thicke and more.

• Executive producer: David Jammy and the creative team from Done + Dusted

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), Lorne Michaels (2004), Steve Martin (2005), Neil Simon (2006), Billy Crystal (2007), George Carlin (2008), Bill Cosby (2009; rescinded in 2018), Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013), Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Bill Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018), Dave Chappelle (2019), Jon Stewart (2022), and Adam Sandler (2023).

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May 7, 2024 11:00am ET by Netflix, Inc.  

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