This past year has been a tumultuous one, and it’s been particularly hard on the performing arts. Audiences too have suffered from the dearth of live music, theater, and stand-up comedy. Jeremy Nunes, 37, a comic from the small town of Dawson, Illinois, and father of two, has been hustling during the pandemic to make ends meet and provide a little bit of comic relief for the rest of us. Nunes had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. Jeff Foxworthy was one of his primary influences, and he enjoyed watching “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” as a kid. The mornings after the shows he would recite Leno’s monologues. As he got a little bit older, he became intrigued by Jimmy Fallon’s work on Saturday Night Live. His family owned a trailer park in his hometown, and it was expected for him to take over the business. “Instead, I …