Her long evening shift ought to be over, but theres still work to do. In an attempt to get her charting done tonight, she retreats to the quiet of a utility room and sits on an old broken-down commode.

Its then that Ivy Push— too tired to do a stand-up routine— breaks into her “sit-down” comedy, giving us a hilarious monologue on such issues as euthanasia, the doctor-nurse relationship, and resuscitation of the terminally ill.