Signor Ferrari, using his usual combination of tact and finesse, asked me why I hadn’t written about the New York comedians’ strike.
First of all, let me start by saying that Ferrari’s provocative question is a bit of an inside joke. I am a union-yes guy from a union family going back to my grandparents. I am thrilled that the New York Comedians Coalition, has banded together to try and force the showcase clubs in New York to increase comics’ pay. The idea that I would be a scab is - in a very limited, and not laugh-out-loud, kind of way - hilarious. Regardless, I couldn’t be a scab if it wanted to. I don’t play in clubs very often, I don’t get paid on the rare occassions that I do play them and - most importantly - there hasn’t been a strike. I haven’t written about the possibility of a strike before for a couple of reasons.
