SHECKYmagazine archive for March, 2005
(33 posts)

A wide range of emotions at SHECKYmagazine.com

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2005

Shotgun email from XM Satellite Radio: On April 2nd XM Comedy 150 will feature cuts from Mitch’s recorded works along […]

Confirmation/Update

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2005

(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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2005

Word on the street is that there’s a new club at the Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles. We […]

Ajaye on Deadwood

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 30th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 28th, 2005

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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 25th, 2005

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 25th, 2005

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 24th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 24th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 24th, 2005

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 24th, 2005

Just kidding, of course. This item appears in Variety: Consumers have spent more than $82 million on DVDs featuring the […]

29 Palms tonight.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 23rd, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 20th, 2005

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.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 19th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 18th, 2005

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?"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 18th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 17th, 2005

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 17th, 2005

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!'

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 16th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 12th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 11th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 11th, 2005

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.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 11th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 6th, 2005

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"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 5th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 4th, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 3rd, 2005

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 2nd, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 2nd, 2005

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 2nd, 2005

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 1st, 2005

If only Halle Berry had standup comedy to fall back on. This quote is from Jamie Foxx, backstage after winning […]