SHECKYmagazine archive for March, 2005
(33 posts)
A wide range of emotions at SHECKYmagazine.com
We’re saddened by today’s news here at SHECKYmagazine. We had always thought highly of Mitch Hedberg and we worried about […]
XM tribute to Hedberg
Shotgun email from XM Satellite Radio: On April 2nd XM Comedy 150 will feature cuts from Mitch’s recorded works along […]
Confirmation/Update
(Update 12:23 PM EST) We have confirmed through two reputable sources that Mitch Hedberg died yesterday, March 30, 2005. A […]
Mitch Hedberg, March 30, 2005
(Update 12:23 PM EST) We have confirmed through two reputable sources that Mitch Hedberg died yesterday, March 30, 2005. A […]
New comedy club in Los Angeles
Word on the street is that there’s a new club at the Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles. We […]
Ajaye on Deadwood
We just got an email from Franklyn Ajaye: My character, “The Nigger General Samuel Fields,” will be introduced this Sunday, […]
Try not to think rubber chicken
Chicken chain Popeyes is launching a $30 million “Stand up for flavor” ad campaign, starring comedian Bruce Bruce. “We’re trying […]
A golden age of standup in Vegas?
In the March 20 issue of Showbiz Weekly (the one they hand out in the airport and in the hotel […]
Broadband for all at McCarran!
We’re waiting for our flight. This is Brian at approx. 4:25 PST, in the mezzanine overlooking baggage claim at McCarran […]
The horror– Joke-E-Oke won't go away…
Where to begin? From a recent Wired article: Karaoke is soooooo 1990s. For those who’d rather make people laugh at […]
H.O.T. Military Comedy Tour, Twenty-Nine Palms
We’d like to thank Kelley Coe and Carol Farnum, our hosts while we were on the base here in Twenty-Nine […]
Obligatory Shecky Greene reference
From the Everett (WA) Daily Herald review of Woody Allen‘s latest movie: Allen’s joke-writing recalls a different era– the era […]
DVD's killed comedy!
Just kidding, of course. This item appears in Variety: Consumers have spent more than $82 million on DVDs featuring the […]
29 Palms tonight.
Sorry for not blogging much over the past few days– we’ve been busy travelling and designing a website or two […]
Mandatory Shecky Greene reference
From an AP story on Friday night’s Vermont victory over Syracuse in the NCAA playoffs: WORCESTER, Mass. – He is […]
Reality television? Surreality television, maybe.
Just watched an episode of National Body Challenge, on the Discovery Channel, this one focusing on Jodie Wasserman, an NYC […]
Update on Letterman son kidnap plot
AP reports, at 9:15 EST, the following: A painter working at David Letterman’s Montana ranch was charged Thursday with plotting […]
"Plot to kidnap Letterman's son?"
The horror! We’re watching ABC’s Jake In Progress, (which, by the way, is very good!) and the crawl from the […]
Comedian to be extremely made over
Steve Mittleman has gone under the knife on an episode of Extreme Makeover, to air next Thursday, March 24. Check […]
The reviews are coming in…
A reader writes: Just saw “The Aristocrats” at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. Exceptionally hilarious. (Believe it or […]
Again with the "self-destructive!'
Columbia Pictures has bought the film rights to playwright Seth Greenland’s debut novel The Bones for director David Mamet and […]
LA Times on Leno and gag order
As we reported here yesterday, Judge Rodney Melville has clarified the gag order on Jay Leno. Leno will be permitted […]
Judge says Leno can tell Jackson jokes
At a hearing today, Judge Rodney Melville clarified his gag order as it applies to Tonight host Jay Leno: Responding […]
Friend of SHECKYmagazine on TV Sunday
Paul F. Tompkins has landed on a television show. We aren’t paying any attention to any reviews, as we want […]
Comics need vacations, too.
The site has been neglected over the past four days. SHECKYmagazine went on vacation. Pictured above is one of our […]
50 States, 50 Shows, 50 Days
We are very envious. In what is being billed as “The Greatest String of One Nighters in the World!,” three […]
David Brenner caught using "C-word"
According to an AP story Jay Leno, who has been subpoenaed in the Michael Jackson molestation case, might be barred […]
Drew Hastings visits the Glass City
Fortunate indeed are the citizens of Toledo and surrounding area, for Mike Kelly of the Toledo Blade writes about standup […]
Newhart to be Desperate Househusband
Bob Newhart has snagged a recurring role on the ABC series Desperate Housewives. Newhart will play Morty, the estranged boyfriend […]
Standup Mag Editor Slips On 2nd Peel!
SHECKYmagazine.com readers might recall that, way back on AUG 27, we posted on this very site an account of an […]
Prisoners to get standup lessons
Tommy James sends along the following, from Ananova.com: Prisoners get comedy lessons A prison is offering criminals comedy courses. Winchester […]
Restrictions on cable? Maybe in Alaska
Of course, this will never even get anywhere near a vote: WASHINGTON (Reuters)– Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said […]
Foxx: I will see you in Poughkeepsie…
If only Halle Berry had standup comedy to fall back on. This quote is from Jamie Foxx, backstage after winning […]