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CHRIS URSOJune 9, 2021
ORLANDO Some nights, on his long drive home, he conjures up reasons to see the nightclub again.
It’s past midnight, usually, when he leaves work and pulls off at the Kaley Street exit. He drives past the blue hospital signs, past the dusty warehouse district where a museum is slated to rise. He makes a right turn onto South Orange Avenue, toward the stark black sign.
Kelsey Cook's stand-up special was released earlier this year on EPIXs Unprotected Sets. She made her late night debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, followed by A Little Late with Lilly Singh on NBC. Her other television appearances include Comedy Centrals This is Not Happening, AXS TV Presents Gotham Comedy Live, Punchline on FOX, Uproarious on FUSE and Greatest Party Story Ever on MTV. She has spent the last six years touring in over 60 cities across the country.
He explained it more during a recent phone interview with the Naples Daily News before his shows June 11-13 at Off The Hook Comedy Club (see more details at end of story).
“I saw a big Ford F-150 in Butler, Pennsylvania, just leave early, with its big lights coming on, Bargatze said. He went up and down every aisle trying to find the exit. It was very noticeable.
Before recording the Netflix special last fall, audience members had to be tested for COVID and they wore masks during his show. I’ve never performed outside with an audience wearing masks, he said. You see all their eyes. Most of the people s eyes don’t look like they’re on board with what’s going on.”