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Internationally renowned comedian, writer and broadcaster Correale is one of the most requested acts in the comedy chains. Denis Leary teases 'huge surprise' for 24th annual Comics Come Home event. To provide Comfort, Support, and Hope to cancer patients and their families.
Comics Come Home is an annual charity stand-up comedy festival held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event, co-founded by comedian Denis Leary and hockey hall of famer Cam Neely, was first held in 1995 and is now the longest-running comedy fundraiser in the United States. The comedy fundraiser was founded by Hockey Hall of Famer and Boston Bruins President Cam Neely and actor/comedian Denis Leary best known for his role in Rescue Me amongst others. The funds raised during Comics Come Home are critical in helping the Foundation’s mission to provide comfort, support and hope to adult and pediatric cancer patients and their families. Cam Neely started his foundation in the wake of the passing of his mother and father, who both died of cancer. The Bruins legend’s charity helps provide comfort and support to adult and pediatric cancer patients, as well as their families, through initiatives like the Neely House.
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The Center’s innovative solutions will spur patients’ improved health and future wellness, including evidence-based nutrition and complementary therapies as well as state-of-the-art research and education. BOSTON — Comics Come Home, the longest-running comedy fundraiser in the nation, today announced that comedian, actor, and radio host, Jim Breuer and Pete Correale, will join the talented line-up of comedians who will perform at Boston’s TD Garden, November 3. Since its inception, funds raised from the festival have been donated to the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care. As of 2018 the festival had contributed approximately US$11.5 million to the Cam Neely Foundation. Neely played with the Boston Bruins and later became team president; after his mother died of cancer in 1987 and his father in 1993, he founded the charity in 1995 and that same year asked Leary if he were interested in orchestrating a Boston-based comedy benefit show.
It’s possible none of that would have happened without Comics Come Home. A number of stand-out local stand-ups will also be performing, including living legends Lenny Clarke and Steven Wright. Rounding out the lineup for this year are fellow Boston-based stars Robert Kelly, Kelly MacFarland and Joe Yannetty. The performance by Wanda Sykes in 2016 included jokes about then-president-elect Donald Trump, which were booed by the audience; Sykes ended her performance early. Her set was followed by a performance by Nick DiPaolo, whose performance joked about rape and Hillary Clinton, leading to a confrontation with an audience member. In 2017, John Mayer appeared at the festival, playing guitar as Leary and Jimmy Fallon sang a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way".
It’s a full-circle moment for the Brookline native, performing in a show he first experienced as a fan.
Tickets start at $50.50 and are available at tdgarden.com/events/detail/comics-come-home-2019. Launched in 1995, the event has become the longest-running comedy fundraiser in the country, raising over $12 million for the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care. For more than two decades, Comics Come Home has put on one of the best annual comedy shows in the country – all for a good cause.
With the Denis Leary-led Comics Come Home hitting it’s quarter-century mark in 2019, there’s obviously a cause for an all-out barn burner, and the Worcester native has once again set up another absolute banger in Boston to celebrate the occasion. Sign up for updates on all our events and The Cam Neely Foundation. It’s a full-circle moment for the Brookline native, performing in a show he first experienced as a fan. In addition to the laughs, Comics Come Home is also known for its surprise guests. At prior shows, music superstars like Joe Perry of Aerosmith and John Mayer have surprised audiences by popping up on stage.
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Since putting on the first show at the Orpheum Theater in 1995, Neely and Leary have turned Comics Come Home into a powerhouse event. Now held at the TD Garden, the annual festivities feature a who’s who lineup of amazing stand-up comics, with names like Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle and countless other huge stars performing in years past. Founded by NHL Hall of Famer and Bruins President Cam Neely and actor/comedian Denis Leary, Comics Come Home has raised over $11.5 million since inception. All proceeds from the annual show benefit The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care which provides comfort, support and hope to adult and pediatric cancer patients and their families. Proceeds from this year’s show will go towards funding the foundation’s current initiative, The Neely Center for Nutrition and Integrative Care, a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to improving the lives of cancer and auto-immune patients.
Once Comics Come Home returns for its 26th installment this November, it’ll have been a long two years without the annual fundraiser. And by the beard of Zeus — and Jon Stewart — they’re ready to run it back with some major star power. With the exception of Kroll and Mulaney, the lineup is exclusively New England, which is as close to perfect as you can get for a night to celebrate such a milestone, as Leary and co. continue their run as the longest-running charity comedy show in the country. As expected, this year’s lineup is pretty stacked for the 25th anniversary show. Joining Leary on stage will be a number of today’s best comics, including John Mulaney, Pete Holmes, as well as the one and only Bill Burr as he makes his return to the Bay State. We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community.
In a phone interview to promote the 25th anniversary of the show, Leary and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely trade oft-told stories of shows gone by. Neely remembers a crew of local comics like Wright and Steve Sweeney helping to kick off the show in the early years. Then it was staged at the Orpheum Theatre, before moving to the Agganis Arena and most recently to the TD Garden. Leary remembers the late Patrice O’Neal inciting the crowd after a Red Sox World Series win by wearing Yankees gear onstage, and Jon Stewart giving a heroic performance before succumbing to food poisoning in the backstage bathroom at the Orpheum. Alex Edelman’s career comes full circle Saturday night when he steps onstage at TD Garden for Comics Come Home. The appearance caps off a year in which the Brookline native received rave reviews for his one-man show, “Just For Us,” in New York and got to post selfies with comic legends like Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld.
The 2019 Comics Come Home marked its 25th event, and included a guest appearance by Michael J. Fox. For the past 25 years, Comics Come Home has been an unofficial kickoff to the holiday season. Host Denis Leary will gather friends new and old Saturday night at the TD Garden and renew traditions — singing Leary’s “The Song,” speculating about what outrageous outfit Lenny Clarke will wear, welcoming a new Boston comic — this year it’s Kelly MacFarland — into the lineup. It has become as much of a social event for the comedian as it is a charity event that raises money for the Cam Neely Foundation. Stand-up has taken Edelman all over the world, from helping to start a comedy club in Israel to opening for Eddie Izzard in Berlin and Moscow, and spending a few years building his reputation in the United Kingdom. He’s now based in Los Angeles, where he is working on a new television show while making frequent trips to New York.
The signature event, hosted once again by the Bay State’s own Denis Leary, returns for an epic 25th anniversary show later this fall. As announced today , Denis Leary has once again assembled a veritable Avengers-level lineup for this year’s hoedown, which is set to return to TD Garden on Saturday, November 13. Additional comedians may be announced and details are subject to change, so we encourage following @CamNeelyFdn on Twitter hashtag #CCH24 for the latest updates. Breuer and Correale will join this year’s 24th annual Comics Come Home lineup of fan favorites and new faces like; Lenny Clarke, Billy Gardell, Christine Hurley, Robert Kelly, Jessica Kirson, and Brian Regan.
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