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babsbunny

(8,434 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:56 PM Oct 2012

Celebrating Ellen DeGeneres (The 2012 Mark Twain Prize)

http://www.pbs.org/mark-twain-prize/

Broadcast information

Ellen DeGeneres: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize will air on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesday, October 30 at 8 p.m. ET.(check local listings).
The 2012 Mark Twain Prize

Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 22, the 90-minute special will feature a star-studded cast. The evening will pay tribute to Ellen DeGeneres, whose distinctive comic voice has resonated with audiences from her first stand-up comedy appearances through her work today on television, in film and in the literary world.
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Celebrating Ellen DeGeneres (The 2012 Mark Twain Prize) (Original Post) babsbunny Oct 2012 OP
I love her. But why not The Smothers Brothers? Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #1
i know their stuff from the 60s MrsBrady Oct 2012 #5
We can remember when we first saw Miss DeGeneres on Open House.. Tikki Oct 2012 #2
She's the best! Good for her! n/t Little Star Oct 2012 #3
I love her. GentryDixon Oct 2012 #4

Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
1. I love her. But why not The Smothers Brothers?
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:58 PM
Oct 2012

Nothing against Ellen or any other recipient, but why haven't The Smothers Brothers gotten the Twain prize? Geez, are our memories that short?

They Mattered.

MrsBrady

(4,187 posts)
5. i know their stuff from the 60s
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 07:56 PM
Oct 2012

as I would listen to my mom's records when I was a kid.

good stuff. love it.

Tikki

(14,533 posts)
2. We can remember when we first saw Miss DeGeneres on Open House..
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:05 PM
Oct 2012

in the early 1990's. She stole our hearts then. I believe she, also, won the best
new comedienne award during that time.

Anyone who can bring so much fun and joy into others' lives deserves recognition, for sure.


The Tikkis

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