Does a night with a slightly tubby, hairy, bespectacled funny man in a water-damaged limo from the 1980s that smells vaguely of weed smoke and the conception of now-twenty year old mistakes sound appealing? Then boy, have we got a deal for you!
Seth Rogen – you might remember him from such movies as Early Bird and North Hollywood – would very much like to make all the dreams you never realised you actually had until now come true, by taking you – yes, YOU! – all the way to Prom!
In all seriousness, this is pretty cool and it’s for a pretty solid cause.
Hilarity for Charity is an organisation that raises funds to benefit research into Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as helping sufferers of the disease and their families cope with the illness. Each year they run an enormous multi-genre bill called the Hilarity for Charity Variety Show, which in the past has featured performers like Paul Rudd, Bruno Mars, Tenacious D, Aziz Ansari, The Backstreet Boys, Mindy Kaling, Kevin Hart and Samuel L. Jackson, to name but a few.
This year they’re offering people the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to attend the variety show VIP style with Seth Rogen as your date/new best pal/awkward celebrity companion for the evening. The best part? The contest is open INTERNATIONALLY, meaning we Aussie kids are well in with a shot at winning. Awwww yeah!
If you do happen to be the lucky one, you’ll be flown to the city of angels, where Seth himself will pick you up in a limo from a four star hotel, and from there you’ll travel to the event, walk the red carpet, take a bunch of awkward prom photos, and generally live like a bit of a legend for the night.
All you gotta do to be in with a shot is throw a few bones the way of Hilarity for Charity and you’re in. The more you donate, the bigger your chance of winning. And hey, even if you don’t win, the charity is offering up some pretty sweet swag in exchange for giving to their fundraising drive; ranging from sweet t-shirts, to “brownies”, to a personalised drawing of you done by the guy who did all those incredible dick drawings for Superbad.
In fact, you know what? Seth probably explains all of this better himself.
You can get behind the campaign – and get your name in the hat for a decidedly 420-friendly evening of Rogen – over at their Omaze campaign website.
It’s for charity, kids. Remember that.
