LYMAN - I wondered if what happened on Sept. 11 changed the mood for comic mayhem in a New York setting.

Riding Tsunami Cycles and armed with explosive equipment, they wreak comic mayhem on those who would try to disrupt Earth's equilibrium.

The result is comic mayhem; a steady game of one-upmanship that ultimately leads to matrimony.

"Fortinbras" operates on a far less ambitious plane, but it is a ripping yarn and offers Keith Reddin a role in which he can commit comic mayhem.

Angela's attempts to break away from the Mob result in comic mayhem and a climactic showdown in a honeymoon suite in Miami.

And despite its comic mayhem the show raises the specter of the E-word, education.

This English writer's ribald update is decidedly for grown-ups, with booze, drugs, rape and murder thrown in for comic mayhem.

Once again, he inadvertently creates comic mayhem during a show.

He turns up in all sorts of unlikely places and creates comic mayhem which Jason has to sort out.

But the damage is only minor, and a golden opportunity for colossal comic mayhem is thrown away.