There's a brand new St. Jude fundraising event coming to Evansville, Indiana and it will feature an absolutely hysterical standup comic. Heywood Banks will take the stage at Pat Coslett's Simplicity Furniture for two consecutive nights in August and all proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital .

WHO IS HEYWOOD BANKS?

'Heywood Banks' is hysterical alter ego of Stuart Mitchell, a Michigan-born songwriter and humorist. Stuart starting performing as Heywood in the mid 80s and he eventually won the national finals of the Johnny Walker Comedy Search. That win landed him a spot on A&E's An Evening at the Improv .

That was back in 1988. I was a senior in high school then. I loved stand up comedy and was obsessed with that A&E series. When we met with Pat Coslett to talk a

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