SHECKYmagazine archive for February, 2005
(50 posts)
Johnny Carson tribute at last night's Oscars
Among the many time-saving ideas instituted last night by Gil Cates was, it seems, a horrific compression of the tribute […]
Adam Gropman, Carb Orator!
It’s the latest Observational Humor column from Adam Gropman! Live free or diet, says Gropman: I don’t hate everything about […]
Chris Rock's Oscarcast writing crew
Special material written by: Chris Rock Lance Crouther (You’ll remember him as one of the members of the Mary Wong […]
We are soooo immature
Note, in one of the smaller signs below, the 1st Taste restaurant. (“Meet me at the 1st Taste. It’s in […]
It's official: Slate pegs Rock as a conservative
In a piece entitled “The William F-ing Buckley of stand-up,” John Swansburg, writing for Slate, says: “I can play the […]
Comedy in Afghanistan? Yes!
From a Christian Science Monitor article: KHOST, AFGHANISTAN– Mubariz Bidar would give Robin Williams a run for his money. He’s […]
Aspen moving to March? Not a chance!
Tommy James hipped us to an an item in the Aspen Times saying that resort owners in the mountaintop Denver […]
TV Guide's tribute to Johnny
While we’re not a huge fan of TV critic Matt Roush’s prose, the tribute that TV Guide ran in their […]
Standup follows us wherever we go
While gigging in Richmond a coupla weeks ago, we picked up the complimentary Richmond Guide, stacks of which grace all […]
SHECKYmagazine Editor in D.C. Examiner
Never too late for a delayed blow of one’s own horn: SHECKYmagazine.com Editor Brian McKim appears on the Op-Ed page […]
Engvall's looking to re-do your mobile home
Courtesy of Tommy James: WB is moving forward with a new project called Mobile Home Disasters with host Bill Engvall, […]
Saget in Lauderdale thru Sunday
We don’t normally herald a personal appearance (except maybe our own!), but a mini-profile of Bob Saget in the Broward […]
Mark "The Shark" Drucker
Although he wasn’t a comedian, Mark Drucker was familiar to many of the comedians who lived in or passed through […]
Comedy contest quandary! Our calm reply.
We got an email in which a readers asks: “Can an amateur ‘sell out’?” We always thought that the concept […]
Corrections, catching up…
In our Nickelodeon Funniest Mom posting, we left out the URL for Regina Smith‘s website. How unlike us. Regina, you […]
TBS greenlights Shore and Shore
Pauly Shore has finally convinced someone (in this case, the folks at TBS) to buy his idea for a reality […]
Hunter H. Thompson, author, journalist
SHECKYmagazine.com editor Brian McKim: Hunter Thompson and I shared a birthday (same day, different year, I might stress). When I […]
His parents are not amused…
The Delhi Newsline is carrying an article profiling one Vir Saran Das, a 24-year-old who, while studying investment banking at […]
Cosby will not face charges
As of 6 PM this evening, the Montgomery County prosecutor said that Cosby will not face charges in the sexual […]
Nick's Funniest Mom, Cherry Hill division
Last night’s Nick At Nite Search for the Funniest Mom show at Rascals in Cherry Hill, New Jersey was headlined […]
Who won the Grammy for best comedy album?
A reader, Stuart McAllister, writes: The Grammies were just a few days ago and I saw Jon Stewart won the […]
Rolling Stone talks to Carson (1979)
Tommy James sends along the URL of a Rolling Stone interview with Johnny Carson from 1979. But everyone has a […]
A second Aspen? In Vegas? Huh? Wha?
Tommy James sends along word that Backstage has a wrapup of the goings on last week in Aspen. But the […]
Is Chris Rock's "controversy" contrived?
If we’re to believe today’s item in Variety, Chris Rock is/was in danger of being bounced as host of the […]
Still time to submit tapes to Houston Fest
Stephan Rubin, of the Houston Comedy Festival, tells us there is still time to submit tapes to the Houston Comedy […]
Comedian/impressionist Bill Sacra
Inspecting our stats, we noticed that a bunch of people hit us by using the keyword “Bill Sacra.” Turns out […]
Houston Comedy Festival April 3-10
Houston is having a comedy festival April 3-10, 2005. How come we didn’t tell you about it sooner? Yeah! How […]
Boston-area comics meet/greet; Kevin Knox ill
Just got an email from Boston, publicizing an upcoming gathering at Ed Regal’s Emerald Isle in Dorchester, just south of […]
Paris gig changing venues
For the past seven years, Karel Beer has been importing comics from all over the English-speaking world to entertain folks […]
Bernie Mac battling sarcoidosis since '83
It killed Reggie White, but Bill Russel’s got it. It kills five per cent of those who have it, but […]
XML whacky…My Yahoo says "No new messages!'
Editors’ note: They musta fixed everything. The headlines for all of our wonderful postings over the last 72 hours or […]
Keely Smith interview (Shecky Greene Alert)
Keely Smith has a new CD out (“Vegas ’58”), so Bruce Fessier of the Palm Springs Desert Sun interviewed her. […]
Aspen? Oh, yeah… Aspen! Aspen's going on.
Aspen starts tonight. They’ve wacked up some of the comics into groups, cleverly labeled A, B and C. Hit here […]
NYT brings cutting-edge 1983 references back!
The NYT article on the latest developments in the New York Comedians Coalition has quotes from Cary Hoffman, Coalition co-founder […]
Cosby story gets curiouser and curiouser
The DA with jurisdiction in this case has been on the local newscasts a lot (he’s Bruce Cutler and he […]
Wackiness in Nassau County: Jokesters arrested
What to make of this NYT article, sent to us by Tommy James? …Harvey Kash, and the friend, Carl Lanzisera, […]
Comedy seminar, Rascals, Cherry Hill, NJ, FEB 5
Rascals Cherry Hill comedy club was the site of the most recent “What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Standup […]
Comedy not as easy as it looks…
From Saturday’s Macon Telegraph, sportswriter Michael A. Lough writes: Chris Berman’s shtick on ESPN may be the most tired and […]
Will Montel quit his day job?
Goerge Szalai, writing in Hollywood Reporter, says that Montel Williams is looking to get into the funny business: Emmy-winning daytime […]
Interview: Aristocrats editor Emery Emery
SHECKYmagazine.com interviewed the editor of the film The Aristocrats, standup comic Emery Emery, asking technical questions, practical questions, philosophical questions: […]




