Why Bill Maher Is Perfect Choice for Mark Twain Prize

It wasn’t Fake News after all. Bill Maher, the host of not one but two iconic talk shows and a stand-up icon, will be your next Mark Twain Prize for Humor recipient. The Trump-Kennedy Center announced today that Maher, 70,  will join past winners like Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner and Conan O’Brien. The ceremony will be held on June 28 and will be shown later on Netflix. Maher currently hosts HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and the “Club Random” podcast. The comedian made news last year by breaking bread with President Donald Trump after years of excoriating the real estate mogul. The meeting showed Maher another side of Trump, but it didn’t stop him from holding the president’s feet to the political fire. Maher makes perfect sense as a Mark Twain Prize recipient, al