SHECKYmagazine archive for December, 2004
(55 posts)

Call her a Mom-ic? A Mom-edian?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 31st, 2004

Nick at Nite is seeking the Funniest Mom in America. Follow the link to the page that will enable you […]

The path folowed by Jeff Valdez

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 31st, 2004

A short item in the Pueblo Chieftain gives a brief history of Jeff Valdez Jeff Valdez grew up the youngest […]

Eddie Murphy's house is on the block

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 31st, 2004

Hey– Anybody wanna buy Eddie Murphy‘s house? Here’s what it would take: If you’re trying to do the math in […]

Kevin Spacey– former comedian?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 29th, 2004

In a Kevin Spacey interview in the Orlando Sentinel (on the occasion of plugging his Bobby Darin biopic), is the […]

Laptops aren't meant for laps!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 28th, 2004

Dean Haglund, the standup comic who gained fame as the geek on The X Files, apparently is a geek in […]

Germany's Letterman is back

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 28th, 2004

The WWW is burning up with the news that Germany’s top comedian has returned to television after a year-long hiatus. […]

Comedy Festival on late Sunday TV

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 28th, 2004

There’s nothing worse than hearing, just minutes before you’re heading to bed, “Coming up next after Action News, ‘Comedy Festival.’ […]

Pryor on Insider

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 28th, 2004

Did anyone see the footage of Richard Pryor on syndicated gossip television show The Insider? We knew Pryor was in […]

Carlin enters rehab for "wine and Vicodin"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 27th, 2004

The San Jose Merc News reports that George Carlin will enter rehab to treat his dependence on wine and the […]

Comedy in our daily lives

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 27th, 2004

We caught “Oceans Eleven” on cable. We weren’t so dazzled that we would seek out the sequel in the theaters. […]

NYT finally does Vaughn Meader right

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 26th, 2004

The New York Times has an exceptional piece on Vaughn Meader, who passed way earlier this year. When he died, […]

Toledo Blade notices live standup

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 26th, 2004

Three (or perhaps even four) cheers for The Toledo Blade and staffer Mike Kelly, who are running a Year in […]

Army Wall of Fame seeks autographed pics

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 26th, 2004

Just got the following email: Subject: Army Wall of Fame Dear Comics of SHECKYmagazine: Hooah! I’m hoping you can help […]

Dave, Biff, Paul tape Christmas Eve show in Iraq

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 26th, 2004

Word on the wires is that David Letterman took the show to Camp Taqaddum in Iraq and taped in front […]

Comics find nuke carrier security laughable

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 24th, 2004

What to make of this? A doc came over the cybertransom from one Warren Durso, an L.A.-based comic on tour […]

Fair use? What's fair use?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 24th, 2004

Just received the following email: As the sole owner of the published Jim Carrey interview, I hereby request the removal […]

Toronto, as seen through The Eye

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 23rd, 2004

The Eye, a weekly entertainment rag that keeps track of Toronto’s entertainment scene, ran a sort of Year in Comedy […]

"It's not personal, Michael. It's business."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 23rd, 2004

A reader sent along the following comment:”Recap of the last handful of posts: You’re anti-union and pro-war. You can’t imagine […]

"I remember my first time…It was Modesto…"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 23rd, 2004

We got a nice email yesterday from a fellow from Manteca, CA, by the name of Tom Bickle hipping us […]

Black visits the Low Country

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 23rd, 2004

On the occasion of Lewis Black‘s impending visit to the University of South Carolina Beaufort on Tuesday, an article in […]

Comedians in NYC rumbling with owners

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 23rd, 2004

No less an institution than the New York Times has seen fit to comment on the current skirmish (alluded to […]

Comics say the darndest things

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 22nd, 2004

We’ve been getting email for a couple years now from one Karel Beer, an expat Brit who lives in Paris […]

Carrey hitting the bricks for Lemony Snicket

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 22nd, 2004

Jim Carrey calms down long enough to give a straight interview to (Name of author vidnictively withheld by SHECKYmagazine.com) of […]

What happens when you assume?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 21st, 2004

Under the title “Rebuilding an Antiwar Movement for 2005,” a writer on a website that seeks to coordinate various anti-war […]

Ding Ho Reunion Show raises cash for cancer

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

The comics in Boston are having a rollicking time for a serious cause: Comic Lauren Dombrowski, who started out in […]

A correction… and repairs

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

The folks at Blogger have fixed the glitches on their end, so we’re posting like there’s no tomorrow. Unfortunately, there’s […]

South Asians coming to a club near you

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

From India New England Online (talk about your niche publications!), comes word that film director Piyush Dinker Pandya (“American Desi”) […]

Now that's more like it…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

Two posts in the last 24 hours highlight the eagerness with which some members of the media are willing to […]

It's not just our imagination…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

This from the Duluth News Tribune, among their listings for Entertainment Best Bets: There’s nothing like seeing your sweetie in […]

Nashville comedy cats get Tennessean exposure

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2004

A gang of enterprising comedians in Music City got in the face of Tennessean Senior Writer Tim Ghianni to the […]

Mendrinos' Year-End Review, IN NY

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 16th, 2004

Must reading for any comic living in (or planning an assault on) NYC, the latest installment of IN NY is […]

Unknown Hack toils for Home Theater Mag!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 16th, 2004

Remember those releases you signed when you appeared on those television shows back in the early nineties? Well, there’s a […]

At the B Bar with the boys

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 15th, 2004

We wound our way down Rte. 30 to the Borgata to hang with (L to R) J. Jay Brown, Joe […]

Peter Anthony HTML Goofup Fixed

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 11th, 2004

I have been alerted to the problem of not being able to reach the Peter Anthony column…I checked it out […]

A dark day in the Windy City

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 11th, 2004

If you go onto the Chicago Comedy Festival website, you’re greeted by a black screen with the two tiny words […]

Lucien Hold

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 10th, 2004

We heard last night, hanging out with a few comics at the Borgata, that Lucien Hold, the GM and talent […]

David Brudnoy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 10th, 2004

We couldn’t let the passing of David Brudnoy go without some sort of comment. He was the best radio talk […]

Turning Bipolarity into Hilarity

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 9th, 2004

An article in Metro, the Silicon Valley’s Weekly Newspaper, talks about comic Beth Schumann‘s incorporation of her bipolarity into her […]

Canadian Satellite Radio draws nigh!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 9th, 2004

The Canadians are cautiously circling satellite radio. The New York Times reports today that, when (no longer if) it’s approved, […]

Peter Anthony speaks from North of the Border

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 8th, 2004

Since April 1, 1999, the day we launched our magazine, we’ve always had a tremendous number of readers from Canada […]