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The 2019 Comics Come Home marked its 25th event, and included a guest appearance by Michael J. Fox. For the first time since 2019, Comics Come Home will be held at TD Garden after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the past two shows.
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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. 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.
He’s now based in Los Angeles, where he is working on a new television show while making frequent trips to New York. 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. It’s possible none of that would have happened without Comics Come Home. 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.
It’s a full-circle moment for the Brookline native, performing in a show he first experienced as a fan.
Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $31 million. 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. The Cam Neely Foundation was launched in 1995 by Cam Neely after the passing of his parents, Marlene and Michael Neely, from cancer. This experience created the inspiration to help others living with cancer.
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The Foundation’s goal is to raise enough philanthropic support to fully fund this capital project in the next two years, which is estimated to cost more than $8M to complete. 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 Cam Neely Foundation was launched in 1995 by Cam Neely after the passing of his parents, Marlene and Michael Neely from cancer. This experience inspired Neely, the legendary right winger for the Boston Bruins who now serves as team president, to help others living with cancer. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, The Cam Neely Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization that provides comfort, support and hope to cancer patients and their families.
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. This year’s show is hosted by Denis Leary and includes A-list comedians Lenny Clarke, Chris Distefano, Jimmy Fallon, Sam Jay, Robert Kelly, John Mulaney, Carolyn Plummer, Roy Wood Jr. Additional comedians may be announced and details are subject to change, so we encourage following @CamNeelyFdn on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter #CCH26 for the latest updates. All proceeds from Comics Come Home benefit The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care, which has raised almost $8 million to provide to cancer patients and families. This year Bostonians find themselves hosting the 20th anniversary of Comics Come Home – a comedy benefit started by Dennis Leary that raises money for The Cam Neely Foundation For Cancer Care and The Neely Cancer Fund. Over the last 19 years the benefit has boasted a plethora of top-notch comedic acts, but this year it seems they are pulling out all the stops.
Neely and Leary remained constants, but the lineup of guest comics kept changing . Boston Bruins right wing Cam Neely was just winding down his professional playing career ( ) when a new project came into his life. In 1995 he, along with standup comic Denis Leary, put on the first Comics Come Home event. Mike Skirvin, above left, president and CEO of Bob’s Discount Furniture, with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft at the ‘Bed-Zone BASH’ they hosted at Gillette.
Internationally renowned comedian, writer and broadcaster Correale is one of the most requested acts in the comedy chains. It’s a full-circle moment for the Brookline native, performing in a show he first experienced as a fan. 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. Among the comics who came out, one by one, to do a brief set, were Jon Stewart, Marc Maron, Steve Sweeney, Ken Rogerson, Laura Kightlinger, Steven Wright, Don Gavin, Eddie Brill, and Nick Di Paolo.
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. 100 percent of the event proceeds go directly to The Cam Neely Foundation’s latest venture, The Neely Integrative Center. Announced during CCH25, this innovative state of the art center in Boston will advance the research, education and science based integrative care and nutrition access for cancer and autoimmune. It will be the first of its kind in the United States and is led in partnership with The Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy.
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. Denis Leary teases 'huge surprise' for 24th annual Comics Come Home event. 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".
Tickets for Comics Come Home, which is scheduled for Nov. 12, can be found here. The show's lineup includes Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Chris Distefano, Roy Wood Jr. and Sam Jay, as well as local comedians Lenny Clarke, Robert Kelly and Carolyn Plummer. Leary is an award-winning comedian and Emmy-nominated actor who grew up in Worcester's Main South neighborhood. He is also a proud Boston sports fan and said he loves it when people in New York and Los Angeles start arguing with him about sports.
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Part of the benefit’s lineup was announced this morning, and it looks promising. Dennis Leary , Bill Burr, Jimmy Fallion, Jim Gaffigan, Marc Maron, Craig Ferguson and Lenny Clarke are just a handful of comics that will participating in the benefit. There will be more comics announced over the upcoming months leading up to the benefit.
With the dream of honoring his beloved parents and the hope of helping others, The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care was created to help cancer patients and their families during treatments. As millions of Americans will be diagnosed this year with some form of cancer, an understandable sense of urgency propels the Foundation’s mission. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care is a support- driven 501 non-profit organization that provides comfort, support and hope to cancer patients and their families through initiatives and programs sustained by donations. Massachusetts native Denis Leary is back to host "Comics Come Home" at TD Garden, a comedy show organized by the Cam Neely Foundation that raises money for cancer patients. 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. 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.
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