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
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)