SHECKYmagazine archive for September, 2004
(72 posts)
Behrendt To Appear On Oprah
Standup comic Greg Behrendt is white-hot these days. He and Liz Tuccillo have collaborated on a book (see below) and […]
L.C.S. Commentary
Now that Last Comic Standing has degenerated into a confusing, muddled mess, it is with some sadness that we say […]
L.C.S.: "…Time to call it quits?"
Marc Berman, writing in his Wednesday Media Week column, said the following: …Father of the Pride built from lead-in Last […]
Anybody Wanna Talk Career Obstacles?
A SHECKYmagazine reader writes: Dear SHECKY person: I have been searching the net for information about Theodore, a monologist who […]
Ron White Pilot From WB
From an unidentified source: WB is moving along with a comedy special that will also act as a pilot for […]
Cantrell Gone! Pescatelli Gone!
As everyone probably knows by now, they’re gone. Sorry, we were at an open mike. We’re watching the whole sorry […]
Last Comic Standing, Season III, Episode # 304
Might not have any real-time commentary for folks on the Eastern or Central Zones– might go to an open mike […]
Louis CK Inks Comedy Deal W/HBO (Via Tommy James)
Tommy sends along word that Nellie Andreeva, writing in the Hollywood Reporter, says that: Louis C.K. will headline a comedy […]
A New Poll!
We’ve set up a new poll! Who among the choices we’ve listed would you like to see do standup comedy […]
Poll Results! Data Analysis!
We have results from our “How Long Have You Been Doing Standup?” poll. And we don’t quite know exactly what […]
Your Tax Dollars At Play
In an item entitled “One Funny Workout” comes this, from the October 2004 Shape magazine: Laughing hard for just 20 […]
Email Trouble…Re-Send…Over…
Hey, SHECKYmagazine.com readers, associates, all others: If you’ve sent us an email sometime in the last two weeks and you […]
Brother Dave? A Christian Comic?
NO! We did a little surfing and found that, in spite of album titles like “Rejoice, Dear Hearts” and “Kick […]
Vinyl Word: Brother Dave Gardner
Brother Dave Gardner Ain’t That Weird? (RCA Victor LSP-2335) It’s the return of The Vinyl Word! One of our favorite […]
Traci Skene's Close Encounter With An Icon
In her latest column (uploaded minutes ago), Traci Skene manages to drop such names as Daryl Dragon, Mother Teresa and […]
Jury Duty Called
Becasue the guarantee of trial by jury extends to a broader range of cases than in any other nation, the […]
Did She Actually Say "POSSIBLE?"
Looks like Dave Attell has signed a deal with Fox, according to Hollywood Reporter. Here’s our favorite part: Given his […]
Mitch Fatel CD Giveaway Is Over!
THANK YOU ALL! We have our winners! Five lucky SHECKYmagazine.com winners will receive a copy of Mitch Fatel‘s Miniskirts & […]
Gone From L.C.S. Season III: Holcomb & Joyce!
We each called one. We each are batting .500, to put it another way. The only good thing that Jay […]
Last Comic Standing… Huh?!! What?
Okay. We suspect that they’re making up the rules as they go along. They just extracted two comics from each […]
MoveOnPlease.org Started By Former Philly Comic
One of the Founding Fathers of comedy in Philadelphia (He ran the fabled Comedy Works on Chestnut St. for much […]
Big Move, Paul Ogata, Installment #2
Paul Ogata‘s second Big Move is up! “Hey, you’re the comedian guy,” the voice clarifies. With nothing to do besides […]
Zany OnThe Telethon/Rodney To Recover
The MDA Labor Day Telethon kinda snuck up on us. Bob Zany is hosting right now. He’s been a regular […]
Baggin' Followed By Boxin'!
Ready for a fresh flip on standup comedy? We didn’t think so. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- The street art of […]
Kilborn Replacements?
CBS is floating not one but four possible replacements for the departed Craig Kilborn. In an article that’s popping up […]
Correction! And A Follow-Up!
We linked to a column in the Las Vegas Sun last week, but we hosed up the URL on it, […]
Rodney's In The I.C.U.
Things aren’t looking good for Rodney. Then again, this would be his fourth hospitalization since March 2000. Stay tuned. LOS […]
Seminole Hard Rock? (Courtesy of Tommy James)
According to a story in the Miami Herald Andrew Dorfman is shuttering Uncle Funny’s Comedy Club and opening a new, […]
Heffron Got Hosed!
John Heffron, in his own words, in the August 30, 2004, issue (#498) of US Weekly, on the rapid re-start […]
Enter Stage Right
There’s an item on the Fox News website about how it’s okay to be a comedian who comes from the […]
Kirson: Out! Kahaney: Out!
The comics whose names begin with “K” are gone. We’re having trouble with Blogger, so our previous post didn’t make […]
Ralphie May…Episode 1, Season III
What was that? Or, as the kids say, (or, as Ralphie May might say) What’s up wid dat?! We’re referring […]