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WASHINGTON — Will Ferrell, who refined his impersonation of President George W. Bush on “Saturday Night Live” and later took his presidential act to Broadway, was awarded the nation’s top humor prize Sunday night.
The TV star went on to make movies and co-found the popular website , all of which won him the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Conan O’Brien, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Ben Stiller and the rock band Green Day performed Sunday in Ferrell’s honor, joined by Molly Shannon, Tim Meadows and Andy Samberg from Ferrell’s “SNL” days. The show was taped for broadcast Oct. 31 on PBS stations nationwide.
The Associated Press
