COMICS GRIN & BARE IT
Nude stand-up
These comedians are the butt of every joke.
Long Island City’s “Naked Comedy” show features comics that do stand-up in their birthday suits.
The 90-minute show every three months at The Creek and the Cave Restaurant and Bar on Jackson Avenue showcases seven comedians in the buff, plus an opening set by producer Alison Klemp.
Klemp (inset), 29, who strips down to her red heels, says, “It’s like an adrenaline rush equivalent to sky-diving.”
Billy Procida’s jokes once fell limp in front of a special guest.
“I bombed in front of the woman I lost my virginity to,” the 27-year-ear-old funnyman recalled.ed.
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Procida — hostt of “The Man-whore Podcast”” — gained confidence after being stripped of all dignity. “That’s the worst thing that can happen to you on stage ever,” he said. “Since then, I’m not afraid to go on stage anymore. It couldn’t be worse than that.” Kaytlin Bailey, 30, the show’s founder who has performed a dozen times, said, “Stand-up comics are all addicted to the same drug: stage time. Doing this is the most extreme version of that same drug.” The show was first staged as a farewell party for Bailey’s friend, but proved so successful that The Creek and the Cave’s owner, Rebecca Trent, asked to make it a staple. Klemp said the show isn’t meant to be sexy. “I dardare someone to maintamaintain an erection throuthrough the show,” she said. “It’s not sexsexual; it’s just an ininteresting experrience for everyone.” Audience members are also encouraged to undress, “to create a ‘ we’re all in this together’ atmatmosphere,” said BaBailey. BBut, please, no phphotos. The only imimages allowed arare mental ones.