Passengers boarding Tampa International Airport's SkyConnect train were greeted by an unusual site recently: a stand-up comedian there to entertain them on the four-minute ride between the main terminal and the rental car center.

Whether they enjoyed the unexpected show, or simply endured it, see for yourself by checking out the short film Plane Train, which captured one of the more unusual sites at the airport this year.

Comedian John Jacobs spent a full day "headlining" train cars full of confused travelers, along with his host Clark Brooks, who introduced him. Another local comic, Josh Santos, shot and directed.

The comics had permission from the airport, which, "We couldn't believe it, because the airport is so strict. But they were like, 'Sure, why not?'," Jacobs said.

A lot of Plane Train is watching Jacobs bomb repeatedly. It may have been a weird experience for the passengers, but it was possibly even stranger for Jacobs who spent a whole day performing the same five minutes of material back to back to back for a new, literally captive audience every time.

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The working comedian has plenty more material, but the airport gave him one rule: he had to work clean. He said he went through "everything I'd ever written" looking for jokes that couldn't possibly be offensive to anyone, and that five minutes was what he had.

"It was pretty traumatic. I'd say about 40 percent of the trains either liked it, or were at least okay with it. The other 60 percent hated it," Jacobs said. "One woman heckled me on the very first train. She shouted 'get a haircut!' right as she was getting off. I was like, 'you waited five minutes to tell me that?'."

Plane Train had a premiere at Villagio Cinemas in Tampa last week.

Contact Christopher Spata at cspata@tampabay.com or @SpataTimes on Twitter.