This was a short, last-minute trip so comedy opportunities were going to be limited. However I think I did pretty well.

Due to taking different routes to NYC I arrived on the Friday several hours before my girlfriend. Mid-afternoon options are limited to open mics so I headed along to the Peoples One Minute mic at Otto's Shrunken Head. The format had changed a bit since I was last there (or maybe it's always different on a Friday) but it passed the time and I had the exact same conversation with host Jimmy as I've had on two previous occasions. It's nice to be so memorable.

My big opportunity for standup was Sunday night as my gf was heading off to see Madonna in Brooklyn. Revisiting Bad News: It's A Comedy Show at The Cherry Tree seemed logistically sensible, given that Madonna's venue was just a short walk away. It wasn't quite the standard as my previous visit but I enjoyed Dan Wilbur and Aparna Nancherla. I was temporarily blessed with having the drunkest man in the world sit beside me but fortunately he lurched off after 20 minutes.

As this gig finished just before 9pm I had several options to follow it up with another show, including an open mic at Old Man Hustle and something at the Creek and the Cave in Queens. However I was quite keen to revisit Comedy at the Beauty Bar on the lower east side of Manhattan and the transport to get there was favourable. I arrived just as the host was finishing so basically saw every comic. As before Jeff Arcuri, who is a producer of the show, was by far the standout act.

Monday was our last night in town and as ever, it's hard to turn down Frantic at Stand NYC. As with our previous visit it was hosted by Kerryn Feehan rather than the incredible Aaron Berg. Fortunately he was one of the acts and spent the first few minutes of his set ruthlessly and hilariously tearing the audience apart. I stayed for nearly 2 hours but there were still comics coming on. TJ Miller was billed to appear but hadn't by the time I left. What was probably most notable was someone dying so hard that they got allocated a -2 on my rating system. That takes them into a very exclusive club.

Trip Stats

Show seen - 4

Free drinks won - 1 (BN:IACS)

Expenditure - $5