WASHINGTON – The “Saturday Night Live” star who perfected his character as “President George W. Bush” and later took his presidential act to Broadway is receiving the nation’s top humor prize Sunday night in Washington.
As Will Ferrell receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jack Black, Conan O’Brien, Larry King and the rock back Green Day will offer tributes and performances in his honor. They will be joined by Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon and Lorne Michaels from Ferrell’s “SNL” days. The show will be taped for broadcast Oct. 31 on PBS stations nationwide.
When the award was announced in May, Ferrell said he would begin “cultivating a Mark Twain-esque mustache” for the event. He was spotted Friday in the White House press briefing room ahead of Sunday night’s ceremony, though there was no word on the state of his mustache.
