Here's a photo from the event I've been writing about here. In the front row, you have — reading left to right — Shelley Berman, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Mort Sahl and Harry Shearer. Behind them, it's Richard Lewis, Jay Leno, Norm Crosby, Hugh Hefner, Ross Shafer, Drew Carey and Albert Brooks. And then way in the back, you have your Kevin Nealon.
Hefner wasn't a performer. He was just there as a friend and patron. Ross Shafer was one of the organizers of the gala. Somehow, Paula Poundstone, Bill Maher and Jack Riley didn't get into this shot…but isn't it a great picture, anyway?