Wanted to share a recent experience seeing Shane at the Aristocrat in Austin
Just got back from 30 days in NYC and saw Shane’s story on IG. Clicked it and there were tickets for a show in Austin and I realized the story was 27s old. Bought two tickets immediately. Showed up and there were maybe 40-50 chairs in the whole place. Show was sold as “Shane Gillis and Marcus King”.
Anyways, one of Shane’s Philly comedians opened the show, then Matt McCusker, then a black dude I hadn’t see before (really funny), then Shane Gillis did about 30 mins of brand new material. Of course he was working out some kinks which actually made it even cooler to witness. There’s something fun about seeing a comedian work out their material before they do it at an arena or Netflix special.
If that wasn’t enough, after he was done, he said to stick around for drinks as Marcus king was going to perform. They removed all the chairs and Shane & friends were just walking around the bar chilling. I walked by him multiple times but honestly most everyone was keeping it chill and not trying to bug him too much. Then Marcus king crushed it for over an hour and even at one point Shane came on stage and did a random country song 😂
This honestly felt like a movie where I got to hang with one of the funniest guys in the world. My only regret is I wasn’t drinking or I definitely would’ve dapped him up and made more of an effort to start a convo. Even after Marcus was done, people just kept hanging around the bar with Shane, Matt and everyone else. Truly was a once in a lifetime experience. Oh, and the cherry on top - tickets were only $23. INSANE!!