Then I came down and they told me that, oh, there is no, it's a prize, but there is no money. And I was like, oh my gosh. So I think to clear up the confusion for future recipients, maybe you don't want to call it the Mark Twain Prize. If you don't want to call it the award, maybe you could call it the Mark Twain surprise. Surprise and surprise of course being you ain't get no money But that still doesn't diminish how wonderful this is.

Then I came down and they told me that, oh, there is no, it's a prize, but there is no money. And I was like, oh my gosh. So I think to clear up the confusion for future recipients, maybe you don't want to call it the Mark Twain Prize. If you don't want to call it the award, maybe you could call it the Mark Twain surprise. Surprise and surprise of course being you ain't get no money But that still doesn't diminish how wonderful this is. It's a wonderful, wonderful thing to be included with some of my heroes, Richard Pryor and George Carlin and Carl Reiner and Lily Tomlin.

No, because I know there was a big outcry from people. It was trying to get Bill to give his trophies back. You know you f***ed up when they want you to give your trophies back.