Honking with laughter - Comedians put on the first drive-in stand-up show in NYC

W/S Comedian Jay Nog standing on the bed of a pickup truck while performing in front of a live audience at Bel Aire Restaurant & Diner in Astoria, New York
W/S Jay Nog during the stand-up show
M/S Jay Nog
M/S Man watching the show from his car
W/S Cars parked for the show
M/S People watching the show from their cars, car honking
W/S People watching the show from their cars, cars honking
SOT, Jay Nog, stand-up comedian: "I haven't been on stage in 73 days for a live audience. The last time was in Michigan in March. So, it was weird. I mean, I've done some Zoom shows but it's not like riding a bike, company, you know, being up there, you are thinking about your jokes a little bit, you are rusty and also this is not really a regular audience. So, you see people laughing in their cars and they are honking their honks, and [inaudible] at you and you hear laughs here and there but it was actually strange but I felt good to actually just get up there in front of people again. But if this is going to get regularly, it is definitely going to take getting used to it just like any room or a kind of different venue."
M/S People watching the show from their cars *CUTAWAY*
M/S People watching the show from their cars, some people wearing face masks
SOT, Jay Nog, stand-up comedian: "You are going through people's cars when you have an audience where you are on top and with each other, you are connecting with a human being. Here you go through a windshield which is tough. And [puts on his mask] safety first. And it's just weird you need to worry about sanitising the mic and having gloves and a lot of things you just didn't think about. And it's weird because you actually don't hear the laugh."
M/S People watching the show from their cars *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Jay Nog, stand-up comedian: "It's just different. It's like the Zoom shows, I don't want to get used to those but seems like everybody is enjoying themselves so that what matters the most."
M/S People watching the show from their cars
W/S People watching the show from their cars
W/S Venue
SCRIPT
Comedians held the first drive-in stand-up comedy show for residents of the New York City borough of Queens, on Tuesday, as coronavirus restrictions continue to be gradually eased across the city.
Comedian Jay Nog can be seen standing on the bed of a pickup truck while performing in front of a live audience at Bel Aire Restaurant & Diner in Astoria, who honked their horns in addition to laughing and applauding to the jokes.
"You see people laughing in their cars and they are honking their honks, and you hear laughs here and there but it was strange," Nog said. "I've done some Zoom shows but it's not like riding a bike, company, you know, being up there, you are thinking about your jokes a little bit, you are rusty and also this is not really a regular audience."
He added, "Everybody is enjoying themselves so that what matters the most."
The United States remains the hardest-hit country by the coronavirus in the world, with more than 1.6 million confirmed cases and nearly 100,000 deaths with the virus as of Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.