Comedians Pitch In

Comedy and camping converged at the Laugh Factory Thursday night as The Jewish Federation’s Entertainment Division hosted the 2nd annual Laugh Out Loud event. The night of comedy raised funds to help over 1,000 inner-city kids attend Camp Max Straus, a residential summer camp located in Glendale and run by Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The all-star lineup included host Chris Kattan, Jeff Garlin, Chelsea Handler (who gave $500 to the Federation), Bill Bellamy, David Spade, Elon Gold and Dov Davidoff. Howie Mandel delivered a taped message from Vegas.  “I think it’s a great cause and I think it’s very important to take this cause in seriousness even though we’re all supposedly funny people," said Kattan. "Usually it’s the funny people that get people to pay attention to these types of situations going on.” (J. Marks)