Alternate Writes

Writer’s Guide to New York City

 

Carpe Diem Comedy Club

I was never the best stand-up comic, which made my meeting with Terry all the more unlikely. I was sixteen and had just finished a set at the appropriately titled New York Comedy Club in midtown Manhattan. I was third or fourth in a bringer show. To all of those unaware of how comedy clubs work, this meant I had to drag along a couple of unwilling friends and family, in this case my mom and Gary, a friend of the family who lived in…