Houston's charity standup show for veterans
Operation Comedy Therapy
Created and hosted by Kenny Webster. Uncensored standup, cold drinks, and a room full of people who still say the Pledge out loud. The jokes are filthy. The cause is not.
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What it is
Operation Comedy Therapy is standup for grownups. It is not politically correct, nobody checks the jokes with a committee, and Kenny warns you up front that there will be language. The comedians show up for free, and the money goes to people who actually earned it.
Proceeds now go to Wheelchairs For Warriors, which builds custom fit wheelchairs for veterans and first responders injured in the line of duty. These are not the hospital loaners with the squeaky wheel. Earlier shows raised money for Camp Hope and the PTSD Foundation of America right here in Houston, and Kenny has also taken the show to the PTSD Foundation for sober shows for the veterans living there.
Kenny Webster created Operation Comedy Therapy in 2013, before he ever cohosted The Walton & Johnson Show, and he is still its CEO. Jesse Peyton is the creative director, and Kenny says Jesse has been in charge for more than half of the show's run. By Kenny's count the first one drew roughly 30 people. Then 50. By 2025 the crowd was several hundred. Somewhere along the way it became a Walton & Johnson Show tradition, and Steve Johnson has worked the stage too.
“It is not politically correct, it is very raunchy, it is very mature.”Kenny Webster, on the air
Think of it as a fundraiser where the only thing anybody gets offended by is the bar tab. The government spends your money on things you would never approve. At Operation Comedy Therapy you can watch exactly where it goes: onto the stage, as a giant check, and then under a veteran who earned a better ride.
The shows so far
It started in 2013. The early shows were small and the paper trail is thin, so here is everything on the record.
The first one 2013
Houston
Kenny says the first one drew roughly 30 people. Date and venue are lost to history.
2015 Sun, Sep 6, 2015
Houston area
Benefiting veterans
Listeners asked to buy extra tickets and hand them back so deserving veterans could get in.
2015 December 2015
Houston area
Benefiting the PTSD Foundation of America
Tickets sold at Boyert Shooting Center. Sold out.
Show #3 Sat, Mar 19, 2016
iHeartMedia Theater, Houston
Caroline Picard, Tim Mathis and Theodore M.E. Taylor, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting Camp Hope
Show #4 Fri, Dec 2, 2016
Southern Star Brewery, Conroe
Theodore M.E. Taylor, Tim Mathis and Kenny Allen, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting PTSD Foundation of America and Camp Hope
Only 150 tickets.
Show #5 Sat, Dec 16, 2017
Houston area
El Gringo and friends
Tickets were nearly gone a month out.
2018 Sat, Aug 4, 2018
iHeartMedia Houston
Tim Young with Mikey V and Clinton Shorter, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting Camp Hope
2019 Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Athena Gun Club, Houston area
El Gringo, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
One fan called it the best one yet. Tacos and bourbon were involved.
2021 Sat, Jun 19, 2021
American Legion Hall 654, Houston
Jesse Peyton, Tim Mathis, Spenser O’Neill and special guest Randal Reeder, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
The first standup show back after the pandemic. Sold out.
2022 Sat, Dec 3, 2022
Giant Texas Distillery, Houston
Alex Stein, Jesse Peyton, Tim Mathis and Erik Knowles, hosted by Kenny
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
2023 Fri, Oct 20, 2023
Giant Texas Distillery, Houston
Jesse Peyton, Nathaniel Amador and Erik Knowles, hosted by Kenny and Steve
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
2025 Sun, Oct 5, 2025
Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston
Chad Prather, Jesse Peyton, Kenny Webster and Steve Johnson
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
Kenny said on the air that this one raised over $100,000.
2026 Sun, Sep 6, 2026
Tejas Brewery, Houston
Hosted by Kenny and Jesse Peyton, with Christian Alexander, Harrison Loftin, Nathaniel Amador, Jordan Cavarubbio, Srsly Melissa and Darius G
Benefiting Wheelchairs For Warriors
Kenny said it brought in about $70,000 for disabled military veterans.
Photos from the front lines
Help a warrior roll
You do not have to wait for the next show. Kenny says the vast majority of what you give to Wheelchairs For Warriors pays for an actual wheelchair, built for one veteran's body and one veteran's life. It is tax deductible, which means for once the IRS is on the same side as the troops.
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