WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Beneath a string of holiday lights, they rest by the dozen in the unusually chilly air.

YARDLEY, PENNS. — Seinfeld character Elaine Benes once told pal Jerry Seinfeld, “Ugh, I hate people.”

WABASH — “My dreams began in Wabash,” said Last Comic Standing Finalist Michael Palascak. “It came from within when I overheard other people being funny. I knew I was funny, and people just didn’t know it yet.”