One of this year’s most prestigious honors at the Spike TV "Guys Choice awards", the “Mankind Award”, will be given to a comedic pioneer whose contributions have led to the betterment of mankind: the most influential voice in comedy today, writer, producer and director extraordinaire, Judd Apatow.

After serving as a producer for the Emmy Award winning television series “Freaks and Geeks,” Apatow has taken the film industry by storm, writing and directing some seminal comedies, including “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” and “Knocked Up,” and producing “Superbad,” “Forgetting...