NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) – Paul Mecurio, Emmy and Peabody award-winning comic who works and seems on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, has labored on The Day by day Present with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report and has appeared in his personal comedy specials, solidified his work inside the political area by internet hosting #ComicsForKamala. The Zoom occasion passed off on Monday (August 5).
#ComicsForKamala was a digital gathering that rallied help for Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris. This Zoom occasion featured a powerful lineup of Hollywood’s high comedic skills, together with Ben Stiller, Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Patton Oswalt, Jon Hamm, Cecily Robust, D.L. Hughley, Kathy Griffin, Max Greenfield, Craig Robinson, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Tom Arnold, Sean Hayes, Lake Bell, Rosie O’Donnell, and lots of extra.
The occasion was a part of a broader sequence of digital fundraising efforts spearheaded by California Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell has organized varied calls to interact stand-up comedians in elevating funds and bolstering organizational efforts for the Harris marketing campaign. These initiatives embody notable occasions like Black Girls for Harris, White Dudes for Harris, and the record-breaking White Girls for Harris, which noticed over 100,000 individuals, in accordance with Salon.com.
#ComicsForKamala was a free Zoom occasion, however donations had been requested —and so they had been obtained.
Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman stole the present together with his personal music – set to Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s marketing campaign music, “God Bless the USA.” The star, married to comedic actress and fellow participant Megan Mullally, sang, “So I’m proud to be a Kamala man who has give up the GOP as a result of I can’t simply abide by a person who’s tried for 34 felonies. And I’ll proudly arise and face the details that the boys that I as soon as cheered are a bunch of wingnut white nationalists… Nicely, these guys are fucking bizarre.” You’ll be able to watch his efficiency under.
Throughout Offerman’s almost four-minute efficiency, the fundraiser raised $12,000. Midway via this system, it raised greater than $450,000 for the Harris marketing campaign. By the tip of the night time, Thewrap.com studies it pulled in additional than $530,000.
Saturday Night time Reside (SNL) alum and participant Cecily Robust zeroed in on Trump’s VP choose, Senator J.D. Vance. The Ohio legislator was the goal of a number of roast jokes.
“J.D. Vance appears to be like like a composite of each man that’s referred to as you a bitch on Bumble. Vance is complicated as a result of his rhetoric needs us to panic about immigrants, however his eyeliner needs us to panic on the disco. J.D. Vance has been such a mistake that Trump retains calling him Eric.”
Mecurio, an achieved actor, has starred in his comedy specials for Comedy Central and HBO, showing on exhibits comparable to The Late Present with Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Present and as a satirist on CNN and MSNBC. He hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Inside Out w/ Paul Mecurio and is an award-winning author.
Mecurio had this to say concerning the star-studded Zoom occasion, “It was a tremendous night time and an honor to host the occasion. The truth that we raised over $530,000 was a terrific accomplishment and a credit score to all of the terrific performers and visitors who participated. Enjoying with such nice comedians, actors and elected officers was a whole lot of enjoyable. To not point out, I received to talk with Luke Skywalker himself – Mark Hamill. And that was fairly cool. I might FEEL ‘The Power’ – or it was heartburn.”
You’ll be able to relive your entire occasion HERE.
