21.   None of these other new-millennium holiday specials is too appealing, either.

22.   On Monday nights, the special is a perfect cioppino.

23.   Off-season specials are always a particularly good value.

24.   Other diners fear that specials are the leftovers, used to clean out the fridge.

25.   Predictably, an HBO special is the first thing in the works, because stand-up comedy is really his only destiny.

26.   Rarely are specials volunteered.

27.   See a lot of people have gotten the impression that Seifert believes the Mr. Rogers special is some kind of lucky talisman.

28.   Silverman predicted that the special would be one of the biggest events of the television season.

29.   Some, mostly the veterans who knew just how special this moment was, stayed to enjoy it as long as they could.

30.   Specials are often available.