Stephen Colbert takes part in “Stand Up for Heroes” for the Bob Woodruff Family Fund
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Stephen continues to lend his name, his time and his goodwill to ever more admirable causes; this time, he and many other stars appeared in “Stand Up for Heroes” on behalf of the Bob Woodruff Family Fund (as reported by Jennie a few days ago).
From The Hollywood Reporter:
O’Brien, Williams deposit laughs in Fund
Strike topic on comic’s minds
By Georg SzalaiNov 8, 2007
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NEW YORK – It was a night of laughs and tears in the Big Apple.
Host Conan O’Brien, Lewis Black, Robin Williams, Brian Regan and Bruce Springsteen were among the stars who took to the stage here Wednesday for an evening of comedic and musical performances to benefit the Bob Woodruff Family Fund.
The star-studded “Stand Up for Heroes,” which was part of the fourth annual New York Comedy Festival, brought out a big audience, including such audience favorites as Stephen Colbert, James Gandolfini, Bette Midler, Kelly Ripa, Kimberly Dozier, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams.
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The Bob Woodruff Family Fund helps people injured while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Its emphasis is on so-called “hidden signature injuries” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and combat stress disorders.
After a selection of military music, Bob and Lee Woodruff walked on stage to a standing ovation.
“All these media titans and sometimes competitors united in the same cause,” Woodruff said in expressing his gratitude to the many supporters.
His wife started the laughs by recounting how she bought him a plaque for his 45th birthday after his injury. It said: “If it’s not lethal, it’s no big deal.”
She went on to say she blamed Stephen Colbert who had poked fun at Woodruff in some skits — at which point Colbert got up in the audience to big applause. The Comedy Central star simply quipped that his appearance should be funny — “because my writers are on strike.”
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