SHECKYmagazine archive for May, 2005
(33 posts)
Just for Pitching? Deadline June 10
Hop onto the Just For Laughs website to see who will be performing there this year. The full list is […]
The HellGigAmerica guys have done it!
The Hell Gig America boys are soaking up the rays in Kona right now, having completed their crazy mission to […]
SHECKYmagazine Interview: Woody Woodbury!
We interviewed Woody Woodbury! A fascinating chat with a man who made his mark in live performance, television, recording and […]
XMRadio: Memorial Day special
It’s not as much of a downer as you might think– XM Comedy’s Memorial Day Salute to the Comedians Who […]
Festival Just For Laughs Roster announced
If you subscribe to variety.com, you can read the Variety Article. Barring that, there’s always the JFL website. Click around […]
Vinyl Word: First Family Rides Again (1981)
The cover, of course, is a parody of Vaughn Meader’s “First Family” album covers. And the album itself is Rich […]
Brits in a funk: Humor down, glumness up
Agence France Presse writes that “Britain is suffering a sense of humour failure, with laughter levels three times lower now […]
Friars flex the funny muscle in NYC
Lawrence Van Gelder, writing in the New York Times: Jack Benny was there. So were Groucho Marx; Milton Berle; Alan […]
I am woman, hear me squirt!
“DEAR ANDREA: I am a woman, and I ejaculate…” So begins a letter to alt.sex.column in the San Francisco Bay […]
WINNERS: National Lampoon's Lost Reality 2!
We have our winners in our National Lampoon’s Lost Reality 2 DVD contest! Grand Prize Winner M. Simmons of Rendondo […]
It's official: The Joke is dead.
Hey: Anybody interested in a large, steaming pile of horse manure? Warren St. John, writing in Sunday’s New York Times […]
Casinos and comics: Perfect together
A copy of Southern Gaming caught our eye as we were exiting the rest room at an Arkansas travel center. […]
David Steinberg resurfaces
In this week’s TV Guide: CHHERS to TV Land for bringing the wry David Steinberg back to the talk-show circuit […]
Frank Gorshin, impressionist, actor, comedian
From the AP obit, on his Riddler experience: “It really was a catalyst for me,” Gorshin recalled in a 2002 […]
Comedy CD's for the troops
Karen Rontowski is sending out the following to all comedians: I am working in conjunction with WeThankOurTroops.com to start a […]
Chappelle tells Time that he's not crazy
MIA MTV-owned star Dave Chappelle tells giant media conglomerate Time that, “I’m not crazy. I’m not smoking crack. I’m definitely […]
Kathy Griffin losing sight in one eye?
Geraldo had her on for the final segment of his Fox News show last night. Seems that the spunky actress/comedian […]
Heffron CD Contest WINNERS!
We are pleased to announce the winners of our John Heffron CD Contest! JOSHUA HENNE So. Orange, NJ KELAU JACKSON […]
Miller axed at CNBC
A Yahoo news story says that Dennis Miller and the show named after him “will tape its final episode Friday […]
Comedy festival in paradise
Although their website is, to put it charitably, incomplete, the organizers of the 1st Annual Hawaii International Comedy Festival assure […]
Chappelle checks into "facility"
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Dave Chappelle has checked into a mental health facility in South Africa. Read the Associatd […]
Brian Copeland's "not a genuine black man"
Sam Hurwitt, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, details the path from idea to one-man show, to book, to possible […]
Yet another Big Move? Yes. Chris Mata
Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1999, when Rich Williams wrote the first series of The Big Move columns […]
SHECKYmag Gropman's sketchgroup to appear
Now, normally, we don’t pay any attention to sketch comedy (ya gotta limit your editorial focus, elsewise, you’ll drive yourself– […]
Chong being sued by Marijuana-logues producers
An msnbc.com article on Tommy Chong explores the bind Chong found himself in as people in the audience of “The […]
"Intense personal issues" delay Chappelle
Things don’t look good for our hero. Check out the latest, a Newsweek article on Chappelle that attempts to get […]
Philadelphia Market Report
We casually and unapoligetically refer to the Philadelphia comedy market as the worst comedy market in the country for its […]
Catch comes to Atlantic City
Comedy club chainlet Catch A Rising Star has announced the opening of a club in the Resorts Hotel-Casino in Atlantic […]
Barry Katz says goodbye to Boston Comedy Club
Comedian Alex House was present when super agent Barry Katz relinquished ownership of his Boston Comedy Club (82 W. 3rd […]
Chappelle's Show suspends production indefinitely
An Eonline report from 90 minutes ago: In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Comedy Central announced that the highly anticipated third […]
We have 3 Cable Guy CD WINNERS ! ! !
It’s Tuesday morning and, like we promised, we held our drawing and we have three winners (we couldn’t find our […]
The original Jokeoke strikes back
You’ll recall that we ran an item or two about a gang of “cool hipsters” (Wired magazine’s characterization, certainly not […]