Antique Joke Show

Cory Kahaney understands the specific madness of waking up at 4:00 a.m. to hunt for online promo codes in an incognito browser window. Her premise is simple: the code exists, someone has it, but it will never be you. The routine spreads into the barrage of shipping alerts that follow buying basic household supplies online, arriving at a plea for a single customer feedback button tailored to her demographic: a customer who neither complained nor returned the item, so take the five stars and move on.

It is traditional New York club comedy delivered with the economy of someone who has spent thirty years working rooms. Kahaney arrived at this 2024 Comedy Dynamics release, directed by David Thies, after decades of steady touring, appearances on Last Comic Standing, and co-writing Zarna Garg’s 2023 streaming hour. The stage setup is stripped down, leaving her to run through the mechanical irritations of adult life without theatrical gimmicks.

She takes aim at airline customer service representatives who refuse a flight change after a 49-minute hold and immediately ask if there is anything else they can help with.

The rest of the set circles family life, second marriages, and domestic survival, anchored by Kahaney’s claim that her personal retirement plan is simply having a stroke.