Patrick Combs tells the amazing-but-true story of how he deposited a $95,093.35 junk-mail check marked 'non-negotiable' - hoping to spread a little banking cheer to tellers - and how it erupted into a staggering and funny David vs Goliath-like adventure that still continues today if you count his internationally touring, award winning, off-Broadway one-man show entitled, Man 1, Bank 0.
What happens after the bank cashes the ridiculous check? To name only a few things: angry banking officers threatening "jail time" and "death"; the nation's leading authority on banking coming out of retirement; astonishing legal twists; and worldwide media coverage (including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Good Morning America and calls from Letterman & Leno).The show sold out in New York during its off-Broadway run at the Lambs Theatre in the heart of Times Square. It also sold out at HBO's 2004 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival held in Aspen; sold out its six show run and garnered "Critic's Choice" at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston; sold out its 10 show run in Winnipeg where it created 3 hour ticket lines, hundreds were turned away and it garnered the "Best of Fest" award; sold out the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles; won "Best of Fest" at the San Francisco Fringe where it also sold out and was awarded "Best Solo Comedy"; sold out in Auckland where it was an official selection of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival; sold out in Montreal and won the Just For Laughs prize for Best Comedy.Videos