 Cancer not only affects the patient, it affects the people who love and support that patient. Comedians took to the TD Garden stage for the 23rd annual Comics Come Home event in an effort to combat cancer. This is such a great show. I dare you not to laugh. The benefits show was created in 1995 by actor Dennis Leary and former Bruins player Cam Neely, who established the Neely Foundation for cancer research after his parents died from the disease. I love that you guys have the aquarium right between the harbor and a legal sea food. While the show is a night full of laughs, the comics know the heartbreak cancer causes. Jimmy Fallon and Lenny Clark utilized the Neely Foundation's Neely House, where cancer patients can stay during treatment. When my wife went through breast cancer again for the second time, we stayed at the Neely House. Jimmy's dad was there, my wife was there. Over 700 families have been helped by this. Cam Neely saved my dad's life. My dad had prostate cancer and they helped him out and I'll never forget it. Although the comics love performing to raise money for a great cause, they say the best part of it all is coming home to Boston. There's a few cities in America where you really enjoy performing at. Boston is one of those cities. I've done County Hall with Dennis. I've done the Lincoln Center with the God. I trade them all for this. Since its inception in 1995, comics come home as raised over $10 and a half million dollars in proceeds for cancer research. Reporting in TD Garden in Boston, I'm Kristi Matino, BUTV 10 News.