Val Kilmer, Mark Twain fan and star of “Top Gun,” “Tombstone,” “the Doors,” “Batman Forever,” “Willow, “the Saint” and many ...

He said the example of Mark Twain’s own life and career was particularly resonant at this moment in American history. “Twain hated bullies. … He punched up, not down, and he deeply ...

That last quote was the same one that Letterman, who presented O’Brien with his Mark Twain Prize, cited when he received the award in 2017, shortly after Trump was elected to his first term.

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David Letterman musing, “The Mark Twain Prize... let me just say one thing. I’m not a historian but I believe history will show, in history for all time, this will have been the most ...