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Podcast: The Block Club Chicago Podcast
Episode: Pat Tomasulo Wants You To Laugh Your Face Off
Description: Pat Tomasulo is a man of many talents -- from sports anchor on WGN-TV's Morning Show, to his hilarious standup specials, Pat has been making people laugh for decades.
His wife Amy is one of roughly 400,000 people in the US who suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder doctors classify as one of the worst pains known to mankind. Others simply call it “the suicide disease.”
Pat and Amy started “Laugh Your Face Off,” a comedy fundraiser to benefit The Facial Pain Research Foundation (facingfacialpain.org). After a successful debut in 2015, the event has raised over $4...