>>> AS THE SAYING GOES LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE.
FOR SETH ROGEN HIS WIFE LAUREN
WHOSE MOTHER HAS ALZHEIMERS
DISEASE NOTHING CAN BE MORE
TRUE.
>> THEY CREATED HILARITY FOR
CHARITY TO RAISE MONEY.
THE ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW WILL BE
STREAMED ON NETFELIX FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
IT INCLUDES TIFFANY HADDISH,
SASHA BARON COHEN, SARAH SILVER
MAN.
YALL ARE MOVING ON UP.
>> YES.
THIS CHANGES THE BALL GAME.
>> IT DOES.
>> HOW DID THIS COME TO BE WITH
THE NETFLIX PART OF IT?
>> ITS A LIVE SHOW. WE GOT TO KNOW NETFLIXS HEAD OF
STAND-UP COMEDY.
STAND-UP COMEDY.
HE WORKS WITH THE JUST FOR
LAUGHS FESTIVAL.
WHEN HE WENT TO NETFLIX HE TALKED ABOUT US MAYBE PARTNERING
TO BRING THE SHOW TO THE
STREAMING AUDIENCE WHICH WAS
EXCITING TO US, YOU KNOW, AS WE
ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS.
IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING ACCESS TO
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
>> SO YOU JUST PICK UP THE PHONE
AND CALL YOUR FRIENDS BASICALLY?
>> ITS HARD TO ORGANIZE A
CHARITY EVENT.
>> IM NOT PUTTING YOU DOWN. YOU CAN DO THAT.G YOU DOWN.
YOU CAN DO THAT.
>> YEAH.
ME CALLING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND,
YEAH, ITS A LOT OF FAVORS. BUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE HAPPY
TO HELP OUT AND SEEM
APPRECIATIVE TO BE PART OF
SOMETHING THATS HELPING OTHER
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
YEAH.
ITS NICE.
>> LAUREN, ITS SO PERSONAL FOR
YOU AND FOR SO MANY OTHER
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. TELL US WHAT ITS LIKE BEING A
DAUGHTER OF A PARENT WITH
ALZHEIMERS.
ALZHEIMERS.
>> MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED AT 55.
THAT WAS 11 YEARS AGO. SO WE HAVE REALLY --O.
SO WE HAVE REALLY -- >> EARLY ONSET.
>> WE HAVE GONE ON QUITE A
JOURNEY.
JOURNEY.
AT FIRST WE WERE DEVASTATED. JUST HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO, NO
HOPE WHATSOEVER.
HOPE WHATSOEVER. SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE DECIDED TO
START THIS EVENT AND STARTED
TALKING ABOUT IT, SUDDENLY WE
DIDNT FEEL ALONE.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE IN THE SAME POSITION WE
WERE IN AND TAKING ACTION HAS
GIVEN US HOPE WHERE THERE WAS
NONE BEFORE.
NONE BEFORE. AND NOW I FEEL VERY UPLIFTED AND
SO LUCKY TO HAVE MADE SUCH A
GOOD THING OUT OF SUCH A SAD
THING.
THING.
>> MARIA SHRIVER IS HERE A LOT AND TALKS ABOUT STRIDES BEINGT
AND TALKS ABOUT STRIDES BEING MADE.
MADE.
>> ITS TRUE.
>> IN RESEARCH.
>> YEAH.
SHES A CHILD OF PARENTS WITH ALZHEIMERS AND SHE THINKS ABOUT
IT FOR HERSELF.
DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE
CHANGES BEING MADE?
>> WHEN WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY
TEN YEARS AGO OR SO I FELT
DEVASTATED.
DEVASTATED.
THESE DAYS I HAVE A LOT OF HOPE. THERE IS GREAT RESEARCH INTOOPE.
THERE IS GREAT RESEARCH INTO PREVENTION, BRAIN HEALTH AND THE
GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH ALZHEIMERS
IS STILL SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED
COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR DISEASES
THE GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN BEHIND
IT AND GIVEN MORE FUNDING WHICH
IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL LEAD
TO A TREATMENT OR A CURE.
>> SO MANY GOOD CAUSES OUT
THERE.
THERE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO
PUT THEIR MONEY SOME PLACE
BECAUSE THEY WANT IT SPENT PROPERLY.HEY WANT IT SPENT
PROPERLY.
I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH.OU CARE ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH.
VERY MUCH SO.
FUNDING RESEARCH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US AND IN-HOME CARE
IS SOMETHING THATS HELPFUL TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
WITH LAURENS MOTHER ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT MADE THEF THE
ONLY THINGS THAT MADE THE SITUATION MANAGEABLE FOR HER
FATHER WHO WAS THE PRIMARY
CARETAKER AND FOR THE WHOLE
FAMILY WAS WE COULD AFFORD
REALLY GOOD IN-HOME CARE FOR HER
MOTHER.
MOTHER.
WE GIVE OUT GRANTS TO PEOPLE WHO
CANT AFFORD IN-HOME CARE FOR
THEM TO HAVE IT.
>> ITS OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE. >> AND SOMEONE WITH ALZHEIMERS
NEEDS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK CARE.
>> THEY CALL IT THE LONG
GOOD-BYE.
GOOD-BYE.
IT IS.
>> IT REALLY IS.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY
WITH MY MOM FOR 11 YEARS.
SHES WELL TAKEN CARE OF BUT SHES VERY ADVANCED.E OF BUT
SHES VERY ADVANCED. >> I LIKE HOW YOU USE COMEDY.
IT IS A HEAVY SUBJECT.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
BUT YOU ARE USING THE RIGHT TOOL
FOR THAT.
FOR THAT.
>> ITS THE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE. I KEEP SAYING IF WE WERE CHEFS
IT WOULD BE CALLED BAKING FOR
CHARITY.
CHARITY.
ITS THE ONLY RESOURCE WE HAVE
IS COMEDY.
SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD MORE. >> I WISH WE WERE BAKING FOR
CHARITY.
CHARITY.
>> EXACTLY.
IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE FUN. >> YOUR MOM AND DAD ARE HERE?
>> THEY ARE HERE.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
LOOK AT SETHS MOM AND DAD.
ARE YOU PROUD OF HIM?
>> EXTREMELY PROUD.
>> YOU GAVE THEM A MICROPHONE?
THATS HORRIFYING.
THATS HORRIFYING. >> HILARITY FOR CHARITY, BY THE
WAY, IS STREAMING NOW ON