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    David Letterman Honored With Twain Award For American Comedy

    The late-night host who reigned for 33 years before his retirement in 2015, received the award in a star-studded Kennedy Center event.
    by Scott Neuman Oct 23, 2017 2 minutes
    David Letterman arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 20th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented to him on Sunday. / Owen Sweeney / Shutterstock.com

    David Letterman, the longest-running late-night host in television — who gave us Stupid Pet Tricks, the Top-Ten List and Larry "Bud" Melman — received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts Sunday night.

    Two years after retiring from CBS' , the

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