Previous recipients include Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Adam Sandler ...

As a recipient of The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, O'Brien joins a who's who of American comedy that includes Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Hart.

(CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of ...

She was only the third woman to win a Grammy for Best Comedy Album (2014), behind Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg. Griffin said she keeps two Emmys and her Grammy on a credenza by her front door.