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Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize

Pictured: Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carell, Betty White and Tina Fey. This fall, The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize salutes Tina Fey with a star-studded cast of Fey's friends and colleagues.
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Pictured: Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carell, Betty White and Tina Fey. This fall, The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize salutes Tina Fey with a star-studded cast of Fey's friends and colleagues.

Airs Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

This fall, The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize salutes Tina Fey. Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on November 9, 2010, the 90-minute special features a star-studded cast of Fey’s friends and colleagues including top entertainers Fred Armisen, Steve Carell, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Hudson, Jane Krakowski, Steve Martin, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler and Betty White. The evening pays tribute to the humor and accomplishments of the popular writer, producer, actress and comedienne.

Tina Fey is being awarded the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy. In connection with that broadcast, we asked PBS's Facebook fans and Twitter followers what *they* would want to ask Tina. Here are her answers to your questions.
Steve Martin, Betty White, Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan, and many others come to celebrate Tina Fey at The Thirteenth Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize. The show airs on PBS stations nationwide on Sunday, November 14, 2010.

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