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Comedian Jimmy Pardo's (LAist Interview) popular and hilarious podcast, Never Not Funny, hosts their first ever all-night webcast telethon tonight (Pardcast-a-thon) from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. This all-nighter is a fundraiser to benefit The Smile Train, a charity focused on repairing the cleft lip and palates of afflicted children in developing nations.

Pardo will be joined by co-host Matt Belknap (LAist Interview) and comedian Pat Francis. This special evening will also feature a string of special celebrity guests who have not yet been announced. Some past ones have been: Jon Hamm, Andy Richter, Adam Carolla, Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, and Greg Behrendt.

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Tonight 20/20 takes a look inside the life of comedian and host of "Deal or No Deal" Howie Mandel

Mandel, who earlier this week released Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me, a frank and funny memoir about the star's struggles with OCD, allowed ABC News' David Muir to follow him for two weeks from the set of "Deal or No Deal" in Stamford, CT to his enormous home here in Los Angeles to his penthouse in Las Vegas' MGM Grand.

The 54 year-old native of Toronto tells ABC about the origin of his signature greeting - the fistbump; "In my mind [my hand] is like a petri dish. ... Otherwise I would spend the day, as I have in the past in my life in the men's room rubbing and scrubbing and scalding." Mandel also reveals the struggles of his childhood; As a child he did not tie his shoes because of his unhealthy fear of germs. Mandel, to this day, will not wear shoes with laces. A husband of 30 years to his wife Terry and father of three children, Howie also opens up about living at OCD with his family - he's been known to wear a surgical mask and rubber gloves when one of his loved ones are sick.

Despite the obstacles that OCD has thrown at Mandel, he manages to stay in the spotlight as one of the biggest names in comedy. Tune in to ABC's 20/20 tonight at 10 p.m. for a fascinating look at this funny man.

You can meet Mandel December 8th at Barnes & Noble at The Grove, he'll be offering fistbumps and signing copies of his new book.

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SHOPPING
Moods of Norway on Robertson has treats planned for Black Friday shoppers today: Complimentary champagne and waffles and 15% off purchases.

FILM
This is the final weekend for Hitchcock: The British Thrillers series at LACMA. Tonight’s double feature includes The 39 Steps and Number 17. The films in the series were directed by Hitchcock between 1930 and 1939, the year he went to Hollywood to make Rebecca for director David O. Selznik. Tickets $10; $7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID. $5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.

CHRISTMAS
Put down the turkey and gravy. It’s officially the Christmas money spending shopping season. Pasadena holds a big tree-lighting ceremony and party for Santa's arrival in the Courtyard at One Colorado tonight at 6 pm. Attendees are encouraged to donate a toy to the Charles Cherniss Toy Drive to receive a complimentary photo with Santa.  

MORE SHOPPING

There’s a 20-40% sale off the entire Munky King store on Melrose all day today. Sanrio and Mimobots are releasing an exclusive Hello Kitty Flash drive which means...goody bags: The first 50 people will receive gifts from Sanrio, Lucasfilm and Munky King. Also enter to win Hello Kitty prizes.

POP-UP SHOP

The Rockwell Ice Cream Truck is making the rounds of LA and Orange County roads this weekend offering collectibles each day ranging from exclusive tees to pillows to duvet covers to a limited zine+cd with Arkitip and everything in between. The Rockwell Brand is the brainchild of graphic artist/illustrator/typographer/designer Parra, who was the Amsterdam red-light district's best kept secret. To find out where the truck will be this weekend, follow partner Stones Throw on Twitter.

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The one who is a guy's first great love,
the one who got away,
the one that years later he still thinks he could pick up on the way her hips move when she's feeling particularly flirty, or that he knows the exact shade of her eyes. The one who he would always get shivers from, just holding her hand, or kissing her forehead.

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It's a holiday weekend, and like most weekends, the LAPD is out to yank drunk drivers off the streets. This weekend they've got two DUI checkpoints, scheduled for 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Tonight the LAPD will be on North Fairfax Avenue at Melrose Avenue [map]. Saturday night they're at South Figueroa Street at West 33rd Street [map].

As always, the goal in sharing the information is not to help intoxicated drivers avoid being caught, but to work with the LAPD to promote the use of designated drivers and discourage driving under the influence, period. Sober motorists may wish to plan to re-route themselves at those times in order to ease traffic through the checkpoints, where drivers "will be stopped momentarily while an officer explains the reason for the checkpoint."