1.   Although Ms. Marr was principally known for her role in encouraging her son as a performer, she was herself a professional comic and talent spotter.

2.   At the Comic Strip, auditioners never know what professional comics will be performing with them.

3.   -- Professional comics who perform regularly at big clubs, like the Improv, and have appeared on TV.

4.   But at least one professional comic sees the study as flawed.

5.   But the UCLA team discovered something else that could put professional comics out of business.

6.   Giraldo is a Harvard Law School graduate who quit his practice several years ago to become a professional comic.