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| | Did You Hear the One About . . .? - New York Times |
 | | Ben Bailey, a New York comic whose show is scheduled for broadcast on April 21, said he, too, had fantasized about making "Comedy Central Presents" for years - so long, in fact, that the dream sets all comics put together in their heads had become unusable, cannibalized for shorter television appearances. |
 | | Lou Wallach, Comedy Central's senior vice president for original programming and development, said it was no accident that comics like Mr. |
 | | Wallach said "Comedy Central Presents," with its half-hour sets, its longevity and its formidable roster of alumni (Darrell Hammond, Lewis Black, Kevin Nealon and Carlos Mencia among them), is a standard-setter for the genre and a keystone for Comedy Central. |
| www.nytimes.com /2006/02/12/arts/television/12tv-cover.html?ex=1297486800&en=7627118257b0f0db&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (592 words) |
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