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SHECKYmagazine archive for July, 2005
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Vegas Sun's Laugh Lines columnist exiting
We’re not too happy to report that Lisa Ferguson is filing her very last Laugh Lines for the Las Vegas […]
"Those people stunk?"
In an interview to appear in this Sunday’s Seattle Times, this exchange takes place between Seattle Underground proprietor Ron Reid […]
Mittleman's makeover re-broadcast tonight
What would we do without Reality TV Magazine? “Episode 318” – Witness the first celebrity Mom mini-makeover of Linda, a […]
Comics battling troubles on Guam
Three cheers (at the very least) for Ralph Rivera. He’s doing something for the kids who get cancer on Guam. […]
The subject line was, "You ask…"
The body of the email, from Slade Ham, was, “…and you shall receive.” The photo below was attached. Left to […]
J.F.L. 2005: Stuff we forgot…stuff we remembered!
In the hectic four days of J.F.L. coverage, we try to give readers an idea of what it’s like to […]
Bonnie McFarlane on Late Show Friday
As in Friday, July 29, 2005. Check your newspaper for local time and channel.
Aristocrats editor Emery Emery interview
Way back in February, we interviewed Emery Emery, the man who edited The Aristocrats. There were many people who were […]
Comedia 2005 Award Winners
Sunday night they gave out awards to some of the films in the Comedia program. In the feature films section, […]
Tom Ryan, West Palm, Comedy Corner, etc.
SHECKYmagazine.com contributor Tom Ryan gets quoted in two recent Palm Beach Post pieces. The first article is a look back […]
Coming… to a theater near you: Aristocrats
Bob Tourtellotte writing for Reuters on The Aristocrats, which opens in theaters Friday: As punchlines go, it’s not that funny. […]
SHECKYmagazine Just For Laughs 2005!
In our 96 hours of 2005 JFL coverage, we managed to upload 9,189 words of copy and augment that with […]
Just For Laughs 2005: SATURDAY
It’s Sunday evening, 9:38 PM, we’re heading south on I-87. We’re still two hours from home. How did that happen? […]
Just For Laughs 2005: FRIDAY
“How are you doing?” We were asked Wednesday night. After a moment of reflection, we replied, “Placid.” That’s right. This […]
Just For Laughs 2005: THURSDAY
It looks rather like one of those engagement pictures in the Times, does it not? Actually, it’s just that Gary […]
Just For Laughs 2005: WEDNESDAY
Seven years? Let’s see… ’99, ’00, ummm… That’s right, this is our seventh year covering the Just For Laughs Festival. […]
Just For Laughs preview
We crossed the USA/Canada border today at 1 PM. Got to the Royal Vic at about 2:17, encountering no traffic […]
Comics Only Poker Tournament Details!
Okay, okay, when you compare it to some of the big, fat televised poker tournaments out there today, $1,000– a […]
New columns, new content! Restored art!
In just the past few weeks, Bill Bunker, Doug Hecox and Adam Gropman have penned new columns for you, the […]
The Vinyl Word: Our Hero… Pat Cooper
From the liner notes of “Our Hero…Pat Cooper”: “Cooper was earning his living as a bricklayer and catapulted ino the […]
The end of Hollywood as we know it?
Maura Dolan, writing in for the Los Angeles Times (we got it from The Standard, China’s Business Newspaper), writes the […]
No doubt the perp had dialup
From Mosnews.com, entitled “Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered”): Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of […]
Straight.com's trove of comedy articles
After seeing our concentrated assailing of the media in recent postings (and after seeing our quote from Newhart), Vancouver journalist […]
Fool disclosure: PHL City Paper writer also comedy producer?
On Friday, we posted (“Dumbass Quote of the Year Award”) a link to an article in the Philly City Paper […]
Ask Bob Newhart a stupid question…
…get a splendid answer. Bob Newhart is interviewed in the July 17 Parade Magazine. James Brady’s In Step With… feature […]
Is your Montreal hotel on strike?
According to a USA Today article, all labor hell has broken loose in Montreal! Seven Montreal area hotels have reached […]
Cable Guy profiled in Phila Inquirer
David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer has a huge piece in the Sunday edition’s entertainment section (and teased, with a […]
SHECKYmagazine loses its mind! ! !
Just got the following from an avid reader of SHECKYmagazine.com: Well, it’s official– you’ve lost your mind. To hear you […]
Dumbass Quote of the Year Award
It’s always disheartening to see a journalist, while spilling ink on standup comedy, simultaneously promote standup comedy while administering a […]
Chapelle/Chappelle still AWOL
Doug Herzog, president of Comedy Central, briefed The Hollywood Reporter on the status of Dave Chapelle after the channel’s presentation […]
Robert Klein's autobiography reviewed
It’s called “The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back” and it’s published by Simon […]
Bill Bunker takes to the road!
How many of us recall that heady period in our standup tutelage when we could actually feel the progress as […]
ThinkFilm unclear on the concept of censorship
Hollywood Reporter is reporting that AMC has decided not to exhibit “The Aristocrats,” on any of its screens. The distributors […]
Where have all the columns gone?
Self-described “Confused reader” Josh Hoover writes: Hey Brian and Traci, I enjoy reading Shecky and catching up on the latest […]
Report: Living wage all the rage?
Late last month, The Public Policy Institute of California, published a 23-page report on living wage laws and their effects […]
Forget "edgy!" Give us "Inclusiveness!"
We got a press release from the folks at Sierra Mist, the soft drink that would kill 7-Up if it […]
Poker and comedians– Game Show Network
Poker has never been hotter. Comedy has never been hotter. So, it occurred to us that a comedians-only Texas Hold […]
Poker Tournament Update/Technical difficulties!
We’re getting emails from folks who want to be kept abreast of any and all developments concerning the upcoming (November […]
Gropman 's college roommate ruminations
We all had ’em: College roommates. Adam Gropman has had some doozies. Check out his latest Observational Humor to see […]
Hedberg's life, death chronicled in Ent Weekly
In Entertainment Weekly’s “The Rise and Fall of comedy’s Kurt Cobain,” on the stands July 8th, Daniel Fierman tells about […]
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