CREATE TABLE table_53436 ("Year" FLOAT, "Nominated For" TEXT, "Award" TEXT, "Category" TEXT, "Result" TEXT)

Name what was nominated in years before 2002 for most popular comedy performer at the national television awards
SELECT "Nominated For" FROM table_53436 WHERE "Year" < '2002' AND "Award" = 'national television awards' AND "Category" = 'most popular comedy performer'
SELECT "Nominated For" FROM "table_53436" WHERE "Award" = 'national television awards' AND "Category" = 'most popular comedy performer' AND "Year" < '2002'