Abominable Travesty Equates Jay Leno and Mark Twain
Snickering car collector Jay Leno, America's foremost mediocrity merchant, was today named the recipient of the 17th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Perhaps there has been a mistake?
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Snooki simultaneously disses The Situation and Dancing With the Stars, a look at Zac Efron's weird acceptance speech, Stephen Colbert celebrates the censorship of Huckleberry Finn, and the internet's beloved golden-voiced homeless man announced the Today Show.
New Edition of Huckleberry Finn to Have All the Bad Words Removed
An Auburn University professor, along with NewSouth Books, plans to release a new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn with every instance of the word "nigger" replaced with "slave," hoping that will make the book more accessible.
Listen to Tina Fey's Jokes About Sarah Palin That Were Censored For TV
When Tina Fey thanked Sarah Palin as she received the Mark Twain prize, she said "My partial resemblance and her crazy voice are the two luckiest things that ever happened to me." Here's what she said that PBS didn't air.
Tina Fey's Famous Friends Pay Tribute at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Presentation
Last Tuesday, Tina Fey was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Last night PBS aired the entire ceremony for the rest of us. It was filled with Tina's colleagues cracking jokes and sending their warmest congratulations.
Was Mark Twain the 'World's First Blogger'?
The Autobiography of Mark Twain just became the number one best-seller on Amazon. This means people have to come up with something new to say about Mark Twain 100 years after his death. Like: was Mark Twain a blogger?
What to Read This Fall
Fall is the best season for reading—it's either the weather or a Pavlovian response conditioned by years of schooling. But: What are you going to read? Here's a preview of some of this fall's most interesting titles.
Craig Ferguson: "Mark Twain Had a Grudge Against Babies"
Apparently, Mark Twain had strict guidelines about when he wanted his autobiography to be published. When Craig Ferguson discovered that no one could publish his book for a hundred years, only one reason seemed logical; Twain was a baby hater.
Mark Twain's 100 Year-old Autobiography Features 'Vibrating Sex Toy'
When Mark Twain died in 1910 he left 5,000 pages of memoir with instructions that they be published 100 years after his death. This year! Want to know what part we're most excited about? It involves a turn-of-the-century vibrator.
Tom Wolfe Attacks Dead Man to Boost Self Esteem
The working man's author decided it was time to take out the iconic Mark Twain for being a bourgeois phony. But maybe old Tom is just upset that he was never able to write The Great American Novel himself?
