Komedy Korner

By Harriet Barovick, Hilary Hylton, Lina Lofaro, Tam Gray, David Spitz and Flora Tartakovsky

SINGLED OUT New Jersey officials recently admitted that some state troopers used race as a factor in pulling over motorists. We gave comedians an hour to come up with their best joke on the issue.

Margaret Cho: I've never been stopped by the police, but one time my Japanese friend and I were stopped by a group of kids who yelled, "Chinos ruin everything!" We weren't angry because we weren't sure whether they were talking about us or the pants. See, they could have been really racist or just fashion conscious.

Al Franken: The only solution I can see is for white people to start committing more crimes.

Mike Royce: Every single person on the N.J. Turnpike is going at least 112 m.p.h. The cops should be pulling everybody over. The turnpike is the "rainbow coalition" of speeding.

William Stephenson: A brother can't drive a Lexus without pushing dope? Supposing he hit the Lotto number?

Kate Clinton: I think we'd all be a lot safer if the police would just pull people over who are on car cell phones.