Billy Crystal Acceptance Speech | 2007 Mark Twain Prize

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The Mark Twain Prize recognizes people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and essayist best known as Mark Twain. As a social commentator, satirist and creator of memorable characters, Samuel Clemens was a fearless observer of society, who startled and outraged many while delighting and informing many more with his uncompromising perspective of social injustice and personal folly. He revealed the great truth of humor when he said "against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
For more information on the Mark Twain Prize, please visit: www.kennedy-center.org/pages/...
The inaugural Mark Twain Prize was presented to Richard Pryor during the first annual Kennedy Center Celebration of American Humor, October 20, 1998. The event was created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, and John Schreiber and is televised annually. The Kennedy Center is grateful to Cappy McGarr for his steadfast support of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since its inception. Previous recipients of the Mark Twain include Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003), Lorne Michaels (2004), Steve Martin (2005), Neil Simon (2006), Billy Crystal (2007), George Carlin (2008), Bill Cosby (2009, rescinded in 2018) Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferrell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013) Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Bill Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018).
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@deanronson6331 Жыл бұрын

Billy is the best combination of a stand-up comedian and a comedic actor.

@nathelondon3719 3 ай бұрын

That man is multi talented. Actor. Comedian. Writer. Director. Orator. That speech was so sincere and heartwarming. Billy Crystal is a national treasure. A great Jew. A family man. And a great American. A dying breed unfortunately

@daren9718 Ай бұрын

Talented and gracious. They broke the mold with this man.

@SpoookyBooogie Жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible public speaking. I've watched the last 15 years or so of speaches and this is so well done. Dave Chapelle on Jon Stewart is also really good for a different reason, but wow, this is perfection.

@fredlifsitz7411 4 ай бұрын

Billy hits another grand slam. Fabulous

@kayecurren3342 Жыл бұрын

That is the best acceptance talk I have ever heard. And I'm old. Love you, Billy!

@tomripsin730 11 ай бұрын

A hilarious comedian, and a genuinely decent man.

@elisolomon8741 4 жыл бұрын

The world is a better place for having Billy Crystal, in it.

@mitchfromtheinternet297 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal’s public speaking is just amazing.

@francismallard5892 2 жыл бұрын

It really is. Check out his eulogy of Muhammad Ali. Charming, and a tear jerker.

@mitchfromtheinternet297 2 жыл бұрын

@@francismallard5892 already seen in pal, great respect for the man.

@wakavachaflame 8 ай бұрын

He's the person anyone should watch if they need an example of a perfect public speaker

@jaredoaks 5 ай бұрын

He speaks true comedy and true love. Beautiful!

@Bruno-ho5jl 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best acceptance speech i have ever viewed. While all Mark Twain recipients deserve their awards Crystal is by far the best. He is not only a great comedian, he a great public speaker and an even greater story teller. Twain would be proud.

@patsheppard2616 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the great moments you have given us. Thank you to you tube for sharing them with us the public because we all enjoy Billy’s comedy over his lifetime.

@gloriatiano850 4 жыл бұрын

One they Very Best comedians . Great speech

@craigbatchelor6869 9 ай бұрын

Billy is a legend

@5cloudwalker Жыл бұрын

A great!!!! acceptance speach 😊👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇦

@stephenmccollum1391 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful speech and what a family man!!

@markallen3293 4 жыл бұрын

Billy, a National Treasure...

@carlosnunez9154 3 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@JavierArveloCruzSantana Жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal is an American treasure. So eloquent. Check out his Ali memorial eulogy.

@bossfan49 4 жыл бұрын

Been a fan of Billy since the "Soap" days. Always funny, never took cheap shots at anyone. So many great characters/roles on SNL (Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell, Sammy Davis, Jr., Fernando Lamas, Buddy Young, Jr. ..) Running Scared, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, Mr. Saturday Night, 9 time Academy Awards host, Monsters, Inc.....

@normhall1622 4 жыл бұрын

Billy is the best!

@jmartin4204 Жыл бұрын

Samuel Clemmons , got his name Mark Twain when working on the boats , and on the rudder of the boats were the markings and it started as Mark One , Mark Twain for Mark Two . I am now looking forward to reading Mark Twain again .

@sreedharanaidu3175 Жыл бұрын

What confidence! Bravo!

@laurencegr9978 4 жыл бұрын

Great speech.

@broncodeviltexas Жыл бұрын

Saw 700 Sundays and it was one of the best evenings in my life .👍

@darylgould8923 4 жыл бұрын

Terrific speech ..

@Estiallina 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@CarrsMill 4 жыл бұрын

That was class.

@SOMEBROAD1 4 жыл бұрын

Love Billy 💯 his 700 Sundays is such a wonderful beautiful show

@ceciliapreziose3783 4 жыл бұрын

Class act

@garymcaleer6112 2 жыл бұрын

The best MTP acceptance speech...ever! Diverse, witty, touching, and full of laughter. My question is...Who wrote it? :^)

@osiasmedia3884 2 жыл бұрын

I did! Glad you enjoyed it. Billy was also very appreciative. He sent me a personal handwritten note written in German and phlegm. (BTW, equally funny is Will Farrell’s acceptance speech🤣).

@KnockOffBeingFat 2 жыл бұрын

BILLY

@mikewhite4560 4 ай бұрын

Billy is S M O O T H...😅

@bernlin2000 4 жыл бұрын

3:55 clever way of saying "joint" XD

@GenDischarges 3 жыл бұрын

Love you mate

@tas22222 26 күн бұрын

Brilliant

@backyardadvocate9377 4 ай бұрын

Mr Clemmons would’ve smiled. Twain always will. Thank you , Billy Crystal.🕉🗽😎

@lukaszsawicki4382 3 жыл бұрын

Hi didn't mention His I was thinking good friend Robin Williams. WTF?

@YatWeh Жыл бұрын

👑 of 👑's ♾️

@mungphan9074 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine how your life would be every day being the kid of one of the funniest men of all time.

@saxpert 3 жыл бұрын

Good ol' times when you could refer to Bill Cosby without any ulterior motives....

@starchf 2 жыл бұрын

2007 Bill Cosby’s guilty verdict not yet out

@UTUBE3JC Жыл бұрын

Back before the Cosby scandals

@WoundedEgo Жыл бұрын

German and flehm.... hilarious.

@maxmitchell6150 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what he meant by his friends down in Australia

@UlyssesChester 9 ай бұрын

as i hav said, elliot gould /seventies movies fav actor, he career tanked for whatever reason

@airmackeeee6792 4 жыл бұрын

"Friends in Australia"???

@jan-olofharnvall8760 5 ай бұрын

Or, why me?😂

@michaelobrien6124 4 жыл бұрын

Where would we be without all those funny people jonathan dave robin julia carol tim richard donald trump ?

@youtubestealspoorpeoplespr2105 3 жыл бұрын

They don’t need to be alive, a lot of the recipients are either dead or the career is dead (pause for light laughter). But if we’re considering the list of talented comedians to have won this under appreciated piece of ironic rabbit turds... there are a few notable funny people (by modern standards anyway), I believe who are disgustingly overlooked. The list of past recipients is kinda like reading a Mark Twain novel. It’s funny, and fun, but you don’t want to read out loud to your friends with any kind of sincerity. Rather, consider this insanely comprehensive list of funnier people... Robin Williams, Don Rickles, Andy Kaufman, Martin short, Chris rock, Phil Hartman, Steve carrel, Christopher guest, Dana carvey, Will forte, Robert Smigel, Amy (Schumer or Poehler) Dan aykroyd, Seth macfarlane Kristen wiig, John Stewart, Chevy chase, Rodney dangerfield, Catherine O’Hara Norm Macdonald, Jan hooks, Fred armisen, Seth rogen (not Joe!) Conan O’Brien, John candy, John Cleese, John belushi, John Hughes, Jack black, Johan Hill, Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler, Sacha baron cohen Howard stern, Nathan fielder, Tim and Eric (sorry, gotta be dual recipients), Craig Ferguson, Peter sellers, John mulaney, Vince Vaughn, Dennis Miller, David Wain, Mitch hedberg, Adam McKay, Bill Hader, Bill burr, Gilda Radner, Rob Reiner, John Goodman, Kyle Mooney, Reggie watts, Owen Wilson, Damon wayans, Alec Baldwin, Mike Myers, Oh, and... Jim fucking Carrey, Mel fucking brooks, Lenny Fucking Bruce, And Chris fucking Farley!! So anyway, I’ve got it for the next 50-60 years or so. Let Mark RIP, and I’ll pick the funniest and most deserving funny person (dead or alive) for a little while - I’ve got time. The fact Jay Leno has the award at all, let alone got it three years before Dave... and no offense to great comedy performers like Ferrell or Elaine from Seinfeld, but, wait! Larry fucking David and Jerry fucking Seinfeld?! And why not... Lucille ball and Lou Costello? Jerry fucking Lewis?! No!!! Wait!! Jesus Christ... Woody Allen Give it to him next year or lose any sense of relevance. I mean good job with Bill and Steve and George and both Dave’s... but Tina Fey before any of the aforementioned (did Lorne blow Huckleberry Finn or something?)? And I love Tina. But here are five other women who aren’t on the list but I’m just thinking of now - maya rudolph, molly Shannon, Kate McKinnon, Ana gasteyer, Jane Curtin who are at least just as funny. You give the award to Ellen but not to spade? Billy and whoopi but not Robin? Bill Cosby but not Louis CK? Might as well call it the Kennedy center Andy dick or Jeanene Garofalo awards... and I like both of them way better than Jay Leno

@joshuasteward6097 Жыл бұрын

They do have to be living.

@Kevin-xz4jq 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, is he Jewish?!

@jeffreyjeziorski1480 2 жыл бұрын

It would seem so. Knock me over mit a feather, already.

@dizzydino1 2 жыл бұрын

Arrrrrrrr

@jimjr4432 4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing the next one, say in 2021 will be Kathy Gifford with the head of President Trump.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 4 жыл бұрын

Not that I care, but I think you mean Griffin.

@JuanHernandez-qj4kz 3 жыл бұрын

The measly patch symptomatically park because textbook randomly worry among a ten criminal. handsomely, tenuous pail

@joe-vz6hx 3 жыл бұрын

please don't do drugs and post

@AaronRClark 4 жыл бұрын

Most related to Bill Cosby... Eeek

@TonyVega123 4 жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt he had any idea

@BenCotten 4 жыл бұрын

This speech was in 2007

@Fourestgump 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like you should be able to separate the artist from the crime.

@R.U.1.2. 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fourestgump Sorry, it's the same person.

@bossfan49 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fourestgump I know what you mean. I was a huge Cosby fan (as were many of us). So are all his hilarious stand-up bits suddenly not hilarious anymore? I haven't figured out how to feel about it yet.

@warwickclark2143 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes but compared to Chappelle's acceptance speech....

@baboom007 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes but compared with other people you suck

@jaycos4905 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I’ve never thought he was funny.

@KnockOffBeingFat 2 жыл бұрын

Thats real sad. Sad will do that.

@kayecurren3342 Жыл бұрын

So why are you here?

@nathelondon3719 3 ай бұрын

That’s because you don’t have a sense of humour. Get help

@michaelstone1047 4 жыл бұрын

Never found him funny

@baboom007 4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you have a personality of a dead moth like you of course nothing is funny

@mybeatmhz 4 жыл бұрын

@@baboom007 i do think he is funny but dave chapelle is way better than this vanilla cone

@michaelstone1047 4 жыл бұрын

@@baboom007, wow really

@iamhollywood555 4 жыл бұрын

mybeatmhz Chapelle is great. One of the greatest. But he’s a different kind of comedy. Crystal and the likes ( Steve Martin, Martin Short etc) we’re from a different time and different style. But still greats nonetheless.

@crystalglass7106 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Stone, I got the joke. You're too funny. 1:20 where he says Twain was okay.