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SETH ROGEN: First, I should answer the question
I assume many of you are asking.
Yes, I'm aware this has nothing to do
with the legalization of marijuana.
JACOB SOBOROFF: You're used to seeing
Seth Rogen in hysterical, and somewhat juvenile, situations
in film or on TV, but you're probably not
used to seeing him in a suit and tie appearing
before a congressional committee to testify
about a serious subject, like Alzheimer's disease.
Seth has a very personal connection to the disease
through his own family.
SETH ROGEN: After forgetting who she and her loved ones were,
my mother-in-law, a teacher for 35 years,
then forgot how to speak, feed herself, dress herself, and go
to the bathroom herself, all by the age of 60.
JACOB SOBOROFF: How disappointing is it that only 2
of the 18 senators on the committee
showed up for Rogen's testimony.
SETH ROGEN: Americans whisper the word
Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word
Alzheimer's.
And although a whisper is better than the silence
that the Alzheimer's community has been facing for decades,
it's still not enough.
It needs to be yelled and screamed to the point
that it finally gets the attention and the funding
that it deserves and needs.
JACOB SOBOROFF: His presentation was certainly informative,
but, as you probably expect, he was
able to bring levity to what is otherwise
a very, very serious subject.
SETH ROGEN: That's right.
The situation is so dire that it caused
me, a lazy, self-involved, generally self-medicated
man-child, to start an entire charity organization.
JACOB SOBOROFF: Rogen and his wife,
Lauren, have created what's called Hilarity for Charity.
It's an organization that raises money,
it raises awareness, and holds a star studded annual event.
Last year they made half a million bucks.
You've probably seen Seth and his wife talking about this.
They have been everywhere from Larry King
to HuffPost Live, where I actually had a chance
to sit down with Lauren last year.
LAUREN MILLER: I'm incredibly lucky to have
such a wonderful, supportive husband who was been not just
good to Alzheimer's personally, with my own family,
but he's able to bring an awareness to the disease
that it unfortunately doesn't have.
JACOB SOBOROFF: It really is cool
when someone like this, someone so famous, so funny,
can use their celebrity to bring such a big spotlight on such
an important subject.
Chances are you or somebody you know has been affected
by Alzheimer's.
Even Charlie McDonnell has a touching story.
CHARLIE MCDONNEL: Alzheimer's is something
that has affected me personally.
My granddad, Joe, had Alzheimer's,
and unfortunately passed away.
Seeing him go through what he did was hard for me.
And that's just me.
I can't even imagine what it must have been like for him.
JACOB SOBOROFF: There are a ton of great videos
out there to find out more about Alzheimer's,
about current research, about treatments,
and some really wonderful personal stories.
We put together a playlist for you with much, much more.
And you know what?
Get involved.
Go to hilarityforcharity.org, or go down into the description.
All the links you need are right there.
SETH ROGEN: I don't know if you know who I am, at all.
You told me you never saw "Knocked Up," Chairman, so--
TOM HARKIN: I will wager this is the first time
in any congressional hearing in history
that the words "knocked up" have ever been--
SETH ROGEN: Oi, you're not gonna like the rest of this, then.