Mark Twain Prize

Bill Cosby

Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 26, the 90-minute Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize features tributes and comic testimonials from a star-studded cast of Bill Cosby's friends and colleagues.

Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson

2m 1s

Jimmy Heath, Willie Nelson, and Wynton Marsalis improvise together at the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, airing on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

Previews + Extras

  • Sinbad: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sinbad

    S2009 E1 - 1m 44s

    Watch as Sinbad jokes about Bill Cosby and his roles on "I Spy" as both a spy and a tennis player at the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, airing on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

  • Rita Moreno: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rita Moreno

    S2009 E1 - 2m 2s

    Watch as Rita Moreno serenades Bill Cosby, winner of the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, which airs on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

  • Malcolm Jamal Warner: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Malcolm Jamal Warner

    S2009 E1 - 1m 43s

    Watch as Malcolm Jamal Warner talks about almost not being cast on "The Cosby Show" at the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, airing on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

  • Phylicia Rashad: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Phylicia Rashad

    S2009 E1 - 2m 13s

    Watch as Phylicia Rashad thanks Bill Cosby for the best acting advice of her career at the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, airing on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

  • Dick Gregory: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dick Gregory

    S2009 E1 - 1m 44s

    Dick Gregory thanks Bill Cosby for his effects on other 'negro' comedians at the Twelth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, airing on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

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