Launched in 2006, COMEDY CENTRAL's "Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education" is a biennial/bicoastal benefit for Autism education programs. Produced by Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions, the 2010 event will be hosted by Stewart and filled with live performances, sketches and short films from a roster of comedy all-stars featuring Lewis Black, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Will Forte, Jim Gaffigan, Ricky Gervais, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, John Oliver, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog and more.
This year, "Night Of Too Many Stars" will be held both in New York and Los Angeles, with the New York performance recorded for broadcast on October 2 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The show will premiere on COMEDY CENTRAL on Thursday, October 21 at 9:00 p.m. and feature wrap-around segments from Stewart and other comedic all-stars live from Los Angeles with viewers able to call in to the celebrity phone bank during the airing and donate to the effort while getting an opportunity to speak with celebrity heavyweights who will be manning the phones, including Rob Corddry, Bryan Cranston, Larry David, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Parsons and Sofia Vergara, among others.
"Night Of Too Many Stars," which, together with COMEDY CENTRAL, has raised close to seven million dollars since its inception, benefits a variety of autism education and family service programs across the country, in support of the overabundance of autistic individuals that so desperately need quality services. One exciting new initiative is The Institute for Brain Development – an all-inclusive diagnosis and treatment center positioned to undertake groundbreaking collaborative research into the causes and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. The Institute is the product of New York Center for Autism's partnership with New York-Presbyterian and its affiliated medical school of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College.
"Night Of Too Many Stars" is sponsored by Pepsi Refresh Project and Geico. Event sponsors also include Tommy Hilfiger and White Castle.
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