Wyatt Cenac will be among the DAILY SHOW veterans raising funds for firefighters and their families at Gotham Comedy Club benefit (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Gotham Comedy Club
208 West 23rd St. between Seventh & Eighth Aves.
Monday, August 23, $30 (plus two-drink minimum), 8:30
212-367-9000
www.gothamcomedyclub.com
www.hillcrestfd.org
In November 2008, Hillcrest Fire Company No. 1, which covers the largest fire district and is the second busiest fire department in Rockland County, nearly lost one of its young firefighters in a car accident. As a result of that experience, they organized a nonprofit foundation that benefits firefighters and their families who are in financial need because of medical or personal situations. Last year, Lewis Black and John Oliver headlined a show at Gotham Comedy Club to raise funds for the foundation; this year Oliver is back, along with fellow DAILY SHOW correspondent Wyatt Cenac, DAILY SHOW executive producer Rory Albanese, and former investment banker and DAILY SHOW correspondent and writer Paul Mercurio. The club is also promising a “very special surprise guest.” Fires might be no laughing matter, but this gathering should be pretty damn funny.