Zanies Comedy Club and the Whalen family are celebrating the fifth year of working together to raise money to support the Des Plaines Community Foundation at Standup for Des Plaines V, a special comedy night benefit Wednesday, April 12.
Join us for a night of laughs at the Vernon Hills Park District. Chicago comedians are sure to get your funny bone at our outdoor Comedy Showcase. <br/><br/>Our Headliner, Tim Walkoe was the grand prize winner on ABC TV’s “America’s Funniest People. He has headlined at over 100 comedy clubs nationwide. He can be seen on HBO, Showtime, and A&E. He toured with Kenny Loggins, Whitney Houston, and Elvis Costello. <br/><br/>Dana Ehrmann is our featured comedian. She has opened for Todd Barry, Jackie Kashian, Dan Soder and Charlie Berens. John McCombs is our special guest comedian. He has performed up and down the East Coast and several headlining tours of Europe. He just released his first comedy special (Make a Way to Estonia). He performed at Zanies, The Laugh Factory and opened for Tim Meadows and Michelle Wolf. <br/><br/>Richard Laible is the emcee and producer of this event. He is an Alumnus of Chicago’s world famous “The Second