Spending time with your shitty family is nothing to laugh about. Unless you're laughing about Uncle Stan's work history - that is pretty humorous. But otherwise the forced family time coming your way promises to be a big crap sandwich. Chances are good you'll need something to distract you from all that pain and suffering on the home front this holiday weekend. Enter the Tacoma Comedy Club, and the three-for-the-price-of-one awesomeness scheduled for Thursday. Catch topnotch comedians Adam Norwest, Susan Jones and Andrew Rivers as part of a show that kicks off at 8 p.m. Along with all the gritting your teeth that's synonymous with the holiday experience, find time to laugh a little.

[Tacoma Comedy Club, 8 p.m., $10, 933 Market St., Tacoma, 253.282.7203]