25 Feb

Posted at 21:12h in News, Science

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13 Feb

Posted at 17:37h in Stories, Team, teampage

Jackie Monahan is a comedian and writer. She has been working for Laughter On Call a little less than a year. I was lucky enough to catch up with her between her time with Carmen, who she makes laugh between 10-12 hours a week, and the rest of her jam-packed writer/performer schedule. DKM:...

02 Feb

Posted at 00:47h in Stories

Laughter On Call started as a way to bring some much needed comic relief to my mother. However, in the year since the idea of hiring a comedian to work one-on-one with her to make her laugh, it has become a company that offers so much more. The first growth spurt happened when...

01 Feb

Posted at 04:01h in Stories, Team

[blockquote text="I was late to altar, so to speak, meaning it took me a long time to settle down and get married. Apparently, my mother no longer remembers that I did. Every time my husband visits with me I introduce him to her, “Mom, this is my husband Rick.” She just stares...

01 Feb

Posted at 00:48h in News

The great aspect of living in a city where everyone comes to realize their dreams, is that it’s full of creative people oozing ideas, good and bad. In no other city in the country are the coffee shops standing room only all day long. Whenever people visit and we venture out to...

01 Feb

Posted at 00:46h in Stories

When I first brought my mother to Los Angeles from New York City where she had lived for most of her life -minus a long decade she spent in suburban Connecticut - she was doing okay. Given how enamored she had always been about Manhattan, in that singular way that native New...