The Legacy of American Humor with Cappy McGarr & Kevin Nealon

Cappy McGarr is the Emmy-nominated co-founder of the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and comedian Kevin Nealon has been making audiences laugh since he debuted on “Saturday Night Live.” Associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with McGarr and Nealon on the importance of humor and its role in history, which McGarr captures in his new book, “The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous: Stories from the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Other Comedy Venues.”

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