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.
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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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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