"Last Comic Standing"

The three stand-up comic judges appear to be bent on eliminating everyone except other stand-up comics. For instance, I thought the ventriloquist whose dummy had his own dummy was quite inventive, but he's gone. Also lost was one of my favorites on Monday night, Jared Logan. His classic, unpredictable line, "Will everyone born out of wedlock, please stand to the side," (the context of which was not completely understandable) was quite memorable.

ALSO: The new NBC summer offering, "Persons Unknown," started strong last week, but grew somewhat derivative and less fascinating last night. Hints of "The Prisoner" BBC 1968, and "The Truman Show" 1998, snuck in. Just like the ax that mysteriously appeared at the plane crash in "Lost," a large van materialized last night to further the plot, and got us to dreading that the clever ending we are hoping for may be diluted over the upcoming couple of months.