The man who made Mark Twain famous : stories from the Kennedy Center, the White House, and other comedy venues / Cappy McGarr ; [foreword by Ken Burns].
Foreword / by Ken Burns -- Tawin Prize winners on the Twain Prize -- Preamble -- Delirious in the Oval Office -- Everybody ready, except Cappy -- Apparently fairly bright -- As goober goes, so goes the station -- Blind leading the blind -- An unidentified aide -- The soufflé never rises -- The Goldman age -- Senator, you're no Lloyd Bentsen -- Landslide Daschle -- Follies, legislative and rabbinical -- Do it for Dallas -- Waiting for Perot -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Daschle -- The Mark Twain Prize -- Winter is coming/Carl's hour -- We can still be funny -- Broadcasting legends of broadcasting -- Hopes Dasched -- A Texan and two New Yorkers -- Tragedy after tragedy in comedy -- Twain in the tweens -- The one that got away -- Carol Burnett and the car boy -- The coup of Bill Murray -- The king of late night and the queen of sitcoms -- Chappelle's prize -- The Gershwin Prize -- In performance at the White House -- Navy Seal of approval -- Afterthoughts.
Summary:
"In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, Cappy McGarr shares how he became an Emmy-nominated founder/executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and got involved in national politics--all with charming southern style and a self-deprecating sense of humor." -- Back cover.
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