Maeve Higgins: Comedians are stumbling their way back to funny

Stand-up is immediate in the way few other crafts manage to be — so we can't just ignore Covid, writes Maeve Higgins.

Audience members line up outside the Comedy Cellar on April 2, 2021, in New York City. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

BACKSTAGE at New York’s iconic comedy club, Comedy Cellar, masked and standing in front of a poster that says ‘Cover Your Cough!’, comics Sam Morril and Ray Romano discuss being back performing.

“Well, it seems like people are dying for it,” says Romano. There’s a pause, and then both men burst out laughing. “Wait, that’s a bad choice of words — a real bad choice.”