11.   Like Jerry Seinfeld, Leifer is a veteran standup comic and indeed assumed to be the model for Elaine on his show.

12.   Other general managers were mortified by the signing and Offerman became a target for standup comics, columnists, and talk-radio callers.

13.   Reassessing his life, Allen emerged from jail to embark on a career as a standup comic.

14.   Roseanne will open with a monologue, playing off people in the studio audience like she did as a standup comic.

15.   Spencer, a very likable standup comic, at least is smart enough to keep his opening monologue tight.

16.   Standup comics are all over the schedule, either in full-length specials or clips grouped around a single theme.

17.   The annoying Martians are all played by mediocre standup comics.

18.   There was a time when it was considered unladylike for women to be funny, and the smoke-filled world of standup comics is still mostly male.

19.   This new ABC sitcom stars two standup comics discovered at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

20.   To play Smart, the producers chose Don Adams, a standup comic and actor.