31.   Letterman chooses to be a funny man, not a political analyst.

32.   Nobody can believe NBC actually hired Bob Uecker, a funny man but totally inappropriate in this setting.

33.   Of late, however, Selig has needed his funny man around more and more.

34.   Or how about skinny funny man Will Smith?

35.   Packer is a very funny man who for eight years was headmaster at an alternative school in Washington, D.C.

36.   That is what happened to Bob Uecker, whose reputation as a funny man collapsed during the postseason on NBC when he was on TV too much.

37.   The difference is, he has parlayed all these cultural reference points into a career as an acclaimed funny man and coiner of catch phrases.

38.   The exchange also went to show what a prankster and funny man Bush fancies himself, a persona on vivid display last week.

39.   The first actor to hit that mark was the funny man Jim Carrey, who had scored in several crude comedies.

40.   These funny men and women know that people are initially uncomfortable looking at and listening to them poke fun at themselves and their plight.