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Skyler Stone's Comedy Rocks presents: 11th Annual Spark of Love Toy Drive ft. Kevin Nealon, Craig Robinson, Brett Goldstein, Harland Williams, Jeremy Piven, Mo Welch, Jeff Garlin and more TBA!
Mon, 9 Dec, 7:00 PM PST
Doors open
6:30 PM PST
Hollywood Improv (The Main Room)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
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How it works: Buy a $10 presale ticket now and then each customer must bring an unwrapped toy valued at $15 or more!
Each customer that does not bring a toy will be charged an additional $20 at the door (so it behooves you to bring a toy to save five bucks and of course to help a kid ya Scrooge!).
Any walkup customers with no toy will be charged $30 total.
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EVENT INFO:
There is a two-item minimum purchase requirement in the showroom for all guests.
Seating is general admission, first-come, first-served, with the exception of groups and premium booths.
No cell phone use, photography or video recording is permitted during performances.
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Event Information
Age Limit
21+

Comedy
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon
Comedy
Kevin Nealon is an Emmy and SAG-nominated actor and comedian who sets himself apart from other comedic performers with his unique sense of humor, dry wit and likable demeanor. Nealon is best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and received critical acclaim for his role in the hit Showtime series Weeds. Kevin currently produces and hosts his digital series Hiking with Kevin, and tours his stand-up globally. He will be releasing his latest book, I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame (Abrams), on October 25, 2022. Part art book, part memoir -- the book is full of original full-color caricatures Kevin has created along with funny, endearing personal essays about his famous friends. Nealon’s extensive television credits include the CBS sitcom, Man With a Plan, in which he starred alongside Matt LeBlanc; Showtime’s Weeds, which ran for eight seasons and was honored at the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Golden Globes with nominations for “Best Television Series Comedy or Musical.” In 2007 and 2009, Weeds was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.” Additional television roles include two critically acclaimed stand-up specials for Showtime; and a number of appearances on Hot In Cleveland, Franklin & Bash, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Still Standing. Nealon’s self-produced, edited, and hosted web series Hiking with Kevin is exclusively available on his YouTube channel of the same name. In the series, Kevin interviews his A-list celebrity friends on hikes throughout the country. Past guests include Michael Keaton, Jimmy Kimmel, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Cheryl Hines, Ray Romano, Al Franken, Hilary Swank, Kumail Nanjiani, Kate Beckinsale, Conan O’Brien, Adam Sandler, and more. Nealon has found great comedic success in his extensive film career. In Anger Management, he played opposite Jack Nicholson and fellow SNL comedian, Adam Sandler. He and Sandler also teamed up in Eight Crazy Nights, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, Just Go With It, Blended, and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, the latter of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. In Joe Dirt, Nealon joined another SNL alumnus David Spade. Additional film credits include Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy, Good Boy with Molly Shannon, Bucky Larsen: Born to be a Star with Nick Swardson, Roxanne with Steve Martin and the cult hit Grandma’s Boy, also with Nick Swardson and Jonah Hill. As one of the longest running cast members on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (1986-1995), Nealon created some of the show’s most memorable characters, including ‘The Subliminal Man’ and ‘Hans and Franz.’ Nealon’s recurring role as an anchor on ‘Weekend Update’ helped make the sketch a show staple. In 1988, he earned an Emmy nomination as part of the SNL writing team. In 2008, Nealon released his first book, Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me? - a comical look at the male perspective of pregnancy. Currently, Kevin resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Comedy
Brett Goldstein
Brett Goldstein
Comedy
Brett Goldstein is a British actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer. Known for his role as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, Goldstein received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for each of the first two seasons. He is also the co-creator of the comedy series Shrinking (2023).

Stand-up
Harland Williams
Harland Williams
Stand-up
Comedian and Actor Harland Williams is known the world over for his hilarious movie roles and outlandish stand up and sketch comedy routines. From his unforgettable roles in films such as Dumb and Dumber, Something about Mary, Half Baked, Rocketman, Sorority Boys, Down Periscope and so many more.
Harland has been described as a scene stealing actor whose unique portrayals of his characters keep them etched in the minds of filmgoers everywhere. Add to this his incredible stand up comedy routines, which have been seen on Letterman, The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brian, HBO, Comedy Central and everywhere else.
Described as sharp, witty, unpredictable and original; Harland is the true master of joke telling and crowd interaction. His improvisational skills led to him winning the award for best improviser on NBC’s prime time series, ‘Thank God You Are Here’ (available on YouTube).
Harland Williams is the rare comic artist who has managed to master both Stand Up and Sketch comedy and combine them both masterfully into his shows. Fresh, funny and always full of the unexpected, Harland’s incredible shows are not to be missed.

Comedy
Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin
Comedy
Jeff Garlin’s talent encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and performing stand-up comedy.
He is known as the Executive Producer and co-star of the critically acclaimed “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which recently aired its tenth season, and was renewed for an eleventh, on HBO. As Executive Producer, Garlin was previously nominated for an Emmy Award for “Best Comedy” for their ninth season. He is also known as the patriarch Murray Goldberg on ABC’s “The Goldbergs.” The Goldbergs which is currently in its eighth season.
Garlin’s Netflix stand-up special, “Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago” is currently streaming globally on the platform. Filmed in his hometown, Chicago and on the 37th anniversary - to the day - of his comedy debut, the one-hour special is ripe with Garlin’s signature blend of storytelling and improv.
Last year, Garlin opened his first photography show at the Leica gallery in Los Angeles called “Big Bowl of Wonderful” with part of the proceeds from the print sales benefiting the charity F-Cancer. Upcoming, he will be releasing a book of his photography.
Garlin recently returned to the Toy Story franchise, reprising his role as Buttercup in “Toy Story 4,” which grossed more than $1 billion dollars worldwide. Garlin has extensive voice-over acting credits, including “Paranorman” (Perry Babcock), Disney•Pixar’s “WALL-E” (The Captain), “Cars 2” (Otis) and “Toy Story 3” (Buttercup the Unicorn).
Recently, he co-wrote, directed, and starred in “Handsome,” the first Netflix murder mystery.
In 2012, Garlin authored the nonfiction book, “Curbing It,” (Simon & Schuster), in which he shared his eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Garlin lives in Los Angeles and Chicago. His hobbies include taking naps.

Comedy
Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven
Comedy
A household name for his 2x Golden Globe and 3x Emmy Award-winning performance playing the fast-talking, acerbic Hollywood agent ‘Ari Gold’ in the HBO series Entourage, actor, comedian, and podcast host Jeremy Piven also achieved significant success playing the title role in the British/PBS television drama series Mr Selfridge, the semi-fictional story based on the life of Harry Selfridge, who founded the London department store Selfridge's. Piven has also appeared in numerous successful films, including Grosse Pointe Blank, Singles, Very Bad Things, The Family Man, Black Hawk Down, The Kingdom,Heat, PCU, Old School, Rock N Rolla, Serendipity,Smokin' Aces, and Runaway Jury.
He was most recently seen in the feature film Last Call opposite Oscar winner Bruce Dern and Orange is the New Black star Taryn Manning. Other upcoming films include American Night opposite Oscar nominee Emile Hirsch, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, which will screen at the Venice Film Festival, Legit Wiseguy with Palme d’Or winner and Oscar nominee director Roland Joffe, period drama film The Walkopposite Justin Chatwin and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, and The Systemwhich teamed him up again with Terrence Howard and Tyrese Gibson.
Jeremy Piven is currently working with Kast Media to produce his brand-new podcast “How U Livin’ J Piven,'' where he interviews influential guests such as Jamie Foxx, Tiffany Haddish, Common, Mark Cuban and UFC stars Rashad Evans and Jorge Masvidal, in an intimate and in depth format that showcases his dynamic personality in a never-before-seen way. The show is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Piven is also touring the country with his successful stand-up comedy show, flexing a comedic muscle that few actors have been able to transition over to. The tour will see him across the entire continental U.S. and also take him internationally to the U.K. and beyond.

Comedy
Mo Welch
Mo Welch
Comedy
Mo Welch is a stand up comedian and cartoonist originally from Normal, Illinois. She was named a TimeOut Comic to Watch and performed stand up on CONAN and Comedy Central. Her 10 part animated series BLAIR debuted on TBS Digital in January 2018. Her comics have been published in The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Vice, and more.
Welch is the author of How to Die Alone, published in 2019 by Workman Publishing. Her series Come Out, Come Out, featuring guests like Roxanne Gay and Mae Martin is available on Audible

Comedy
Skyler Stone
Skyler Stone
Comedy
Skyler Stone is a Los Angeles based actor, comedian and writer from St. Louis, MO. He has done stand-up on The Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. He has headlined in over 20 cities and 3 different countries and before headlining, he opened for Jay Mohr, Carlos Mencia, Chris D’Elia, Ralphie May, Damon Wayans & Christopher Titus. He had his own prank show on Comedy Central when he was only 24 years old called CON that he wrote, executive produced, and starred in. The show has found a cult following online and bootlegs of it are distributed frequently. In 2007, Skyler starred in a show called Skyler's Revolution for FOX that he produced with McG and in the same year he was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Short Film for a short that he directed. He is an accomplished voice-over artist who has voiced many top ad campaigns for Coke, Gatorade, Ford, Aquafresh, Walmart, Burger King and AT&T to name a few. He also did VO work on FOX animated films Walking With Dinosaurs, Rio and Marmaduke.
Many top directors have cast Skyler in supporting roles in the last few years (Sir Christopher Guest (For Your Consideration), the Farrelly Brothers (Stuck On You), Michael Bay (The Island), Walt Becker (Van Wilder), Steve Pink (Accepted) and Roger Avary (Rules Of Attraction). He has done guest stars on Rules Of Engagement, Castle, Bones, Two Broke Girls, The Mentalist, CSI, Dollhouse, Dark Blue, Criminal Minds, The Defenders, Zeke And Luther, and Lost. He hosts his own always-sold-out live music-themed stand-up show every month in LA at either the Hollywood Improv or the Comedy Store called Comedy Rocks. Most remember him from his role as one of the cooks in the cup classic feature film Waiting, he played opposite Dane Cook, Ryan Reynolds and Luis Guzman in his kitchen scenes. Skyler starred in his first leading role in a film called Housebroken with Danny Devito (who played his father in the film). He had a famous recurring role as Cousin Mike on Raising Hope on FOX (from My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia). He shot a commercial with Joe Montana for Tide that aired during the 2013 Super Bowl and many know him from his famous Miller Lite commercial that went viral where he screamed on a rollercoaster like a young girl (directed by the Farrelly Bros.). He’s currently recording one of the lead roles in Ice Age 6 and has a horror film due out this year called The Retaliators. His podcast Skyler of Service will be available spring of 2021!

Stand-up
Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson
Stand-up
Beginning as a stand-up comedian, Robinson first made his mark in the comedy circuit at the 1998 Montreal “Just For Laughs” Festival. Now headlining venues and festivals across the country, he does both solo acts as well as full-band sets with his band “The Nasty Delicious.” Before deciding to pursue his comedy career full time, Robinson was a K-8 teacher in the Chicago Public School System. He earned his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University and his Masters of Education from St. Xavier University. It was while Craig was studying education in Chicago that he also discovered his love of acting and comedy when he joined the famed Second City Theatre. Craig is best known for his portrayal of Daryl Philban in NBC’s “The Office” but has also starred in such movies as KNOCKED UP, THIS IS THE END, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2, MORRIS FROM AMERICA, TRAGEDY GIRLS, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME! with Eddie Murphy, TIMMY FAILURE, and MONA LISA AND THE BOOD MOON with Kate Hudson. Craig also starred in his very own sitcom, MR. ROBINSON on NBC, as well as GHOSTED on FOX.