Drive-in entertainment is having a moment. The Bel Aire Diner, which has recently experienced wild success with its drive-in movies, is not only reviving the retro film-watching format, but applying it to live comedy shows.
Less than a month after kicking off its drive-in series with a screening of “Grease,” the Astoria eatery hosted a stand-up show in its adjacent parking lot Tuesday. “Bel Aire was laughing out loud today when the comics came to town,” the family-owned diner posted following the event. “Such a fun and interesting evening out.” For the comedy drive-in, a lineup of comedians with credentials including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Comedy Central and Netflix’s “The Degenerates” stood in the bed of a pickup and