Clean comedians laughing all the way to the bank

May 15, 2008 Required reading for most comedians looking for a new angle on their schtick might include a dictionary of street slang, a copy of "Grey's Anatomy" and maybe even an international guide to vulgarities. [...] there's a growing subset of comics and corporate event planners going in the opposite direction of traditional edgy comedy -- by keeping it clean. [...] Pomarolli, a regular sketch performer on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," found that being Christian was a motivation for keeping away from blue material.

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