1.   Favoring black pantsuits, Rosie does her opening monologue from behind a desk.

2.   He broke ratings records in radio, revolutionized television by perfecting the opening monologue and always left audiences hungry for more.

3.   He seemed tightly reined, hobbled by an opening monologue stingy on laughs and long on political shtick.

4.   He perfected the device of the opening monologue, frequently devoted to anecdotes involving his wife, Miriam, and daughter, Randy.

5.   Her opening monologue was flat, second-rate standup, and she appeared to be going through the motions all evening.

6.   His opening monologue included lame jokes about House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the new DreamWorks SKG, CBS and film critic Roger Ebert.

7.   In his opening monologue, Marquez muses that Venezuelan history might have been different had South America been settled by the English and the entire United States by Spain.

8.   In her opening monologue, DeGeneres said she believed it was important that she remain as host.

9.   It was apparent in his skits and especially in his opening monologues.

10.   Jay Leno, David Letterman and others have made Enron a standard part of opening monologues and skits.