If Mary Dimino looks familiar to you chances are you've come across her luminous smile on television. As well as appearing on Comedy Central, New York Undercover and various sketches on Letterman and the Conan O'Brien show, Mary has become one of the hottest young talents in the TV commercial arena. Although Mary takes pleasure and pride in urging viewers to taste yet another Dunkin' Donut or perhaps aiding in the campaign against smoking by suggesting Nicorette Gum, her own true first love is stand-up comedy.

Make no mistake about it, Mary's perky humorous brand of comedy is extravagantly funny but if you think she's nothing more than a standard-bearer for the gentler sex, don't count on it. Mary's growing popularity with comedy club audiences has as much to do with her sharp on-the-money observations about the foibles of human behavior as it has to do with the belly laugh jokes that are liberally sprinkled through her act.