Jon Stewart Accepts Mark Twain Prize For American Humor

Jon Stewart just accepted one of the highest comedy honors.

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He accepted the 2022 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night.

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Stewart is the 23rd person to receive the prize.

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Many political leaders and famous friends also spoke at the ceremony.

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Nancy Pelosi says she likes his comedy “just so long as it's funny.”

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Olivia Munn said Stewart “changed the way my generation saw the news and public policy.”

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Steve Carrell said Stewart made “sense out of the insane and finding joy in the darkness.”

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Stephen Colbert joked to Stewart, it “looks like you drank out of the wrong chalice in an Indiana Jones movie.”

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The full ceremony will be broadcast on June 21 on PBS.

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