The IMF 9th Annual Comedy Celebration benefiting the Peter Boyle Research Fund

From left, Paul Shaffer, Fred Willard, Tig Notaro and Heather McDonald perform “It’s Raining Men” to close out the event, which raised $600,000 for the International Myeloma Foundation.

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By Adam TschornSenior Features Writer

Oct. 11, 2015 7:32 PM PT

The International Myeloma Foundation 9th Annual Comedy Celebration benefiting the Peter Boyle Research Fund and supporting the Black Swan Research Initiative raised $600,000 to help battle the bone marrow cancer.

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The 9th Annual Comedy Celebration benefitting the Peter Boyle Research Fund

Comedian Jeff Garlin, one of the evening’s “guest speakers” (as host Fred Willard called them). What he suggested be done in a gazebo can’t be printed in a family newspaper.

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Loraine Boyle, left, with actor Howard Hesseman, backstage at the Saturday event.

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Comedian Andy Kindler, left, and host Fred Willard onstage during the comedy fundraiser, which has raised more than $5 million since 2007.

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Dr. Brian Durie, left, and International Myeloma Foundation President Susie Novis, right, make introductory remarks at the 9th annual fundraiser at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Ventriloquist Jay Johnson, right, and his right-arm man Bob, left, were among the evening’s featured performers.

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Comedian Tig Notaro performing the evening’s final set at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Saturday.

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Adam Tschorn

Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?” and writing down the answers.