WASHINGTON — Comedians are celebrating one of their own as Jay Leno receives the nation’s top humor prize this weekend at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld and Wanda Sykes will salute and poke fun at the former “Tonight Show” host Sunday night as Leno receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The show will be broadcast nationally Nov. 23 on PBS.
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The award honors people who have had an impact on American society in the tradition of writer, satirist and social commentator Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Past honorees include Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Cosby.
Leno stepped down from “The Tonight Show” this year but has plans for a new TV show about cars with CNBC.
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