After Dinner Speakers: Dennis Learey, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Chris Isaak

Boston-born Denis Leary is the snearing, tousle-haired comedian who popularized the cautionary phrase "two words." Leary's routine goes something like this: "Regarding Bill Clinton's foreign policy, two words: Jimmy...Carter." Best known for his many MTV appearances, Leary excells in playing characters who wavered between quiet sarcasm and howling insanity. His one-man show No Cure for Cancer premiered in New York in 1991, scoring a hit with its "intellectual guerilla" comedy. Leary's several film stints have included National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon (1993), Judgment Night (1993), and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995). Thus far, Leary's best screen showing has been as the beleagured burglar and reluctant kidnapper in The Ref (1994).