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Tuesday's Scoop: 30 Hours of Jokes, Clark Mystery and LGBT Book Club
Laugh Factory hosts a joke-a-thon to tell the record number of jokes in a day while Carol Higgins Clark signs books and Lambda Literary Book Club meets.
Greetings and welcome to City Scoop. Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 115th day of 2012. Here’s what’s happening in West Hollywood today.
Laughter is the best form of medicine. Comedians Dane Cook and Paul Rodriguez are among the comics who will take part in a 30-hour joke-a-thon to raise money for a Midwest teen who asked for ``something to smile about'' while fighting a rare form of brain cancer. The group will attempt to set a world record for the most jokes told in a day -- 10,000 in total. Jay Leno, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Bob Saget and Marie Osmond have contributed jokes. The jokes start at 1 p.m. at the Laugh Factory.
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Mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark, daughter of mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark, discusses her latest novel Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery at Book Soup. The fourteenth in her series of Regan Reilly mysteries, Gypped involves the title character’s unsuccessful appearance on a game show setting off a whodunit. The session starts at 7 p.m.
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Alternative rockers Our Lady Peace, an esoteric band often compared to Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, plays at the Troubadour. Formed in 1992 in Toronto, OLP is selling out their current North American tour. Grunge band Of Verona opens the show at 9 p.m.
Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, a memoir from British lesbian writer Jeanette Winterson, will be discussed at this month’s Lambda Literary Book Club gathering. Calling the book “magnificent,” Vogue said, “What begins as a tragicomic tale of triumph over a soul-destroying childhood becomes something rougher and richer in the later passages.” The monthly Lambda Literary Book Club meets 7-8:30 p.m. at the West Hollywood Library.
Bands Playing in Town
- Mickey Avalon record release show at the Key Club. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- Dirty Sanchez with Elephant Seal, 4 Billion Souls, Whitley Heights and Aaron Durr at the Viper Room. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- Best of Rock Tributes at the House of Blues. Show starts at 8 p.m.
- The Milk Carton Kids at Largo. Show starts at 8 p.m.
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