Tyler, TX — A nurse at UT Medical Center has been approached by several comedy club bookers and one late night representative after he was seen tapping on a patient’s ventilator and asking, “Hey, is this thing on?”
“I don’t think now’s the time to be thinking about comedy shows,” remarked a panicked Calvin Monaghan, who has been employed at the hospital since 2017. “Seriously, is this thing turned on? Because if not, we’ve got a big problem. This man could die a very preventable death in just minutes if we don’t turn this friggin’ thing on, you know what I mean?”
Monaghan went on to describe how he plans to balance life as a new comedian with his busy schedule working at the frontlines of an unprecedented pandemic.
“Are you kidding me?” he exclaimed as he pushed several people out of the way while attempting to locate a wall socket. “I’m not a comedian, I’m at work, and this is serious! You don’t think COVID is a threat? It was enough to take my wife! And I mean really, take her! Now stop goofing off and help me find a plug for this here breathing machine!”
Some of the most popular comedic venues in the area are now eagerly anticipating the nurse’s performance debut.
“I can tell this kid is a natural,” said Buck LaBoshe, general manager and talent booker at The Ten Gallon Ha-Ha Club in Ivanhoe. “Not only did he hit us with some comedy gold, but he stayed so dedicated to the bit. We tried to ask him if he’d like a weekend spot and he kept looking at us like we were crazy, trying to assist the patient as though he were really dedicated. Can’t wait to have him here.”
In addition to his meteroic rise to the top of the Texas comedy scene, Monaghan managed to save his patient’s life, a miracle for which he thanks the other nurses, as well as the bartenders and waitstaff.
By Tyler Dark.
The Bringer 