Laugh For Sight

Gotham Comedy Club · New York City · Since 2005

Comedy’s biggest names, one night a year, raising money to fight blindness.

Twenty years of Laugh For Sight. See you back at Gotham in October 2027.

Jerry Seinfeld and Brian Fischler stand side by side in front of a white sponsor wall covered in logos, including Laugh For Sight, Gotham Comedy Club, WFAN Sports Radio, Tequila Patrón, Giving Tree Eyewear and the New York Pet Fashion Show. Seinfeld, on the left, smiles in a dark windowpane-check blazer, white open-collared shirt and jeans. Brian wears a houndstooth fedora, black wraparound sunglasses, a navy sweater with thin red stripes and khaki pants, and holds the leash and harness handle of his guide dog Nash, a yellow Labrador with a graying muzzle, standing across the front of the frame.
Jerry Seinfeld with Brian Fischler and Nash on the Laugh For Sight red carpet at Gotham Comedy Club.

Year twenty, October 2027

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20th

Annual Laugh For Sight

A Monday night in October 2027
Gotham Comedy Club, New York City
Date and lineup coming soon

Laugh For Sight returns to Gotham Comedy Club for its twentieth year in October 2027. Same room, same cause, same blind guy. The date and lineup will be announced here and on our Facebook page first.

Corporate tables, social tables and sponsorships for the 20th annual are open now. Email us and we’ll send the details.

Thank you for 2026

On Monday, October 26, 2026, the 19th annual Laugh For Sight filled Gotham Comedy Club, and the money raised went to The Seeing Eye and InTandem. Thank you to the comedians who gave up their Monday night:

  • Shaun Eli, host
  • Mark Normand
  • Aaron Berg
  • Cory Kahaney
  • Mike Yard
  • Al Lubel
  • Brian Fischler and Wesley

J.K. Simmons came out to see the show, and his photo with Brian ran in PEOPLE’s Star Tracks on October 31, with AOL picking up the feature.

Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket, bid in the silent auction or made a donation, and to Gotham Comedy Club, our home since 2005.

The full 2026 recap

What Laugh For Sight is

Laugh For Sight is a comedy benefit founded by comedian Brian Fischler, who is blind. It started at Gotham Comedy Club in October 2005 and raises money and awareness for retinal degenerative diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease and macular degeneration. Proceeds go to eye disease research, guide dog programs and other blindness causes.

More than 130 comedians have donated their time and talents to Laugh For Sight, including Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Klein, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Bill Burr, Lewis Black, Steven Wright, Gilbert Gottfried, John Oliver, Kevin Nealon, Kevin Pollak and Colin Quinn.

The show has traveled, too: four benefits at the Hollywood Improv, one at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach and one on Long Island.

“Help us on the journey to fight these conditions that cause blindness, but come and laugh along the way!”

Robert Klein

Our story

From the archive

  • Three men stand in front of the Laugh For Sight sponsor wall, with Nash in the foreground. From left: Jim Gaffigan, with reddish hair and glasses, in a black jacket and T-shirt, jeans and red sneakers; Robert Klein, with silver hair and glasses, in a dark coat over a pink collared shirt; and Brian Fischler in a houndstooth fedora, black wraparound sunglasses and a navy sweater with red stripes, holding the harness of Nash, a yellow Labrador who looks off to the left.
    Jim Gaffigan, Robert Klein, Brian Fischler and Nash at Gotham Comedy Club.
  • On stage in front of the Laugh For Sight banner and a city skyline backdrop. Brian Fischler, on the left, in a black fedora, glasses and a light denim shirt, leans forward holding the leash of Nash, a yellow Labrador lying at his feet. Robert Klein, on the right, in an olive blazer, grins and cradles a yellow Labrador puppy in his arms.
    Robert Klein, holding a Guiding Eyes puppy in training, with Brian Fischler and Nash.
  • Three men stand together against a yellow wall hung with framed posters. From left: Robert Klein, smiling, in an olive blazer over a black shirt and tie; Steven Wright, with curly reddish hair, in a navy Boston Red Sox cap, black jacket and blue shirt; and Brian Fischler in a houndstooth fedora and a denim shirt embroidered with Guiding Eyes for the Blind and a dog’s face over the pocket.
    Three legends of comedy. Robert Klein, Steven Wright and Brian Fischler, 2011.
  • Sarah Silverman lies on her stomach on top of a piano, propped on her elbows, holding a microphone out toward the audience, her black boots kicked up behind her. She wears a red Boston Red Sox beanie and a black and white striped top. Behind her is the Laugh For Sight banner, the O in For drawn as an eye, and a red brick wall.
    Sarah Silverman strikes a pose on top of a piano for a largely blind audience, 2010. Photograph © 2010 Petra Rajnicova Photography.
  • Four people stand arm in arm at a dark bar, smiling. From left: Sarah Silverman in a red Boston Red Sox beanie, purple scarf and striped top; Kevin Nealon, tall, in a red argyle sweater under a gray jacket, his arm around her; Brian Fischler in a gray fedora, amber-tinted glasses and a denim shirt embroidered with Guiding Eyes for the Blind and a guide dog; and Kevin Pollak in a black leather jacket over a green plaid shirt, grinning.
    Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Brian Fischler and Kevin Pollak, 2010.
  • Five people stand in a row on stage in front of the starry Gotham sign. From left: Rich Vos, with a goatee, in a black T-shirt with a tattoo on his forearm; Colin Quinn in a black jacket over a charcoal sweater; a woman with long blonde hair in a floral top and layered necklaces; a woman with long dark hair in a black coat; and Brian Fischler in a checked hat, sunglasses and a black shirt, beside a microphone stand, his arm around her shoulder.
    Rich Vos, Colin Quinn, Bonnie Bernstein, Bonnie McFarlane and Brian Fischler on stage after Laugh For Sight NYC, 2012.
  • Brian Fischler and Gilbert Gottfried shake hands in a yellow hallway lined with framed photographs of comedians, beside a door marked Men’s Room and under a red EXIT sign. Brian, on the left, wears a black fedora, black wraparound sunglasses and a black short-sleeved shirt with a white stripe at the shoulder. Gilbert, in a yellow, navy and white plaid shirt and jeans, grins at him.
    Brian Fischler with the late, great Gilbert Gottfried, 2014.
  • Three men pose arm in arm at a bar, with shelves of liquor bottles and a TV behind them. From left: Brian Fischler in a houndstooth hat, sunglasses, a khaki blazer and a blue shirt, holding a green beer bottle; Greg Fitzsimmons in a dark baseball cap and dark jacket over a red shirt; and Pablo Francisco in a black cap, glasses and a denim jacket over a busy printed shirt.
    One moderately funny guy with two extremely funny guys. Brian Fischler with Greg Fitzsimmons and Pablo Francisco at the Hollywood Improv, 2012.
  • Three people stand close together in a hallway hung with framed photographs, the Laugh For Sight banner on the wall behind them. From left: Jenna Elfman, with short blonde hair, in a cream jacket trimmed with gold studs over a patterned blouse; Brian Fischler in a houndstooth fedora, black sunglasses, a khaki jacket and a blue shirt; and Daryl Wright, smiling widely, in a white and black trucker cap, a blue striped shirt and a black jacket with the HBO logo on the sleeve.
    Jenna Elfman, Brian Fischler and comedian Daryl Wright, 2012.

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Who we’ve supported

Laugh For Sight has raised money for organizations that fund eye disease research, train guide dogs and help blind and low-vision people get out and live. The 2026 beneficiaries are listed first.

  • The Seeing Eye
  • InTandem
  • Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
  • Guiding Eyes for the Blind
  • The Animal Medical Center
  • Lighthouse Guild
  • Blind Travel Foundation
  • Blind Baseball Association

More about the causes

As seen in

The photo of J.K. Simmons and Brian at Laugh For Sight 2026 ran in PEOPLE’s Star Tracks on October 31, 2026, and AOL carried the feature.

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