1.   Booms and The Sarge are both former stand-up comedians.

2.   Not bad, Becker suggests, for a former stand-up comedian whose early attempts to fashion the Caveman material into a comedy act met with disparagement.

3.   The former stand-up comedian figures he looks like what he sounds like, a skinny white guy.

4.   Aoshima, a former TV comedian, was elected last month and has called for cuts in city spending.

5.   Aoshima, a former TV comedian, was elected last month.

6.   In April, voters in Tokyo and Osaka chose former comedians as their mayors.

7.   Incumbents appeared set to win in the other gubernatorial races across Japan, including the race in Osaka, where former comedian Knock Yokoyama held a commanding lead.

8.   The former two comedians told gags.