Modified On June 1, 2009
By the power vested in us as editors and publishers of SHECKYmagazine.com, we hereby declare June to be Drop A Comic Off At The Airport Month!
That’s right: There’s nothing that will endear you to a standup comic more than taking him/her to the airport. He saves money on parking or shuttles or car rental, he sleeps an extra hour or so, he just feels good about the world. And, he will most likely be willing to return the favor when next you are needing a ride to the airport. (Think about it– who has a better schedule for taking a friend to the airport? Provided that there’s no bookings to get in the way, that is.)
Shuttles are a bitch– Some shuttle rides we’ve been on have been real nailbiters– “Are we going to make it? Why is he going that way? Who are these people?!” And the only time we ever took public transportation to the airport, we almost didn’t make the flight– we ended up banging on the door of the jet at the end of the jetway! (You couldn’t get away with that these days, no sir!) And Philadelphia International (perhaps the least customer-friendly airport in the country) has just jacked up their long-term parking rate to $11 a day! Pirates! Sometimes, we get a decent one-way rate between our local Budget Rental office and the airport, but other times, for reasons having to do with yield management or fleet management or the vagaries of the Budget computer system, the rate is unrealistically high.
So, this month, drop a comic off at the airport! (We’re talking to comics, too, not just civilians!)
And next month we will declare July to be Pick Up A Comic At The Airport Month!