You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man.

Combs began his professional career as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s. He was then admitted to the psychiatric ward of Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale California and placed on a 72-hour mental observation hold. Combs also portrayed himself in episodes of In Living Color and 227 in Family Feud sketches and made an appearance on the TNN television series The Statler Brothers Show where he did a stand-up comedy routine.

Combs began his professional career as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s. The show aired on CBS and was in syndication until 1994.