SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2005
(43 posts)
Foxx profiled in Parade
Fluff with detail is how we describe those Parade profiles. This one is on Jamie Foxx who, he claims, went […]
Joke book for kids from Leno
A short item in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer told of a book, co-written by Jay Leno and Tonight writer, called “How […]
Sock Modeling? Doug Hecox? Read Further
In “Pride Goeth Before a Sock Modeling Contract,” columnist Doug Hecox mulls killing two birds with one stone next month […]
We're not answering your email?
Does it seem like you send SHECKYmagazine.com an email and never get a reply? Please re-send any correspondence if you’ve […]
Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser
Gina Brilion embraces bottle of Poland Spring while Leighann Lord embraces Gina Brilion The Female Half of the Staff shared […]
Tony Perkins bagging NYC for D.C.
Hollywood Reporter reports the following: Good Morning America weatherman Tony Perkins will leave the show December 2 to take a […]
Factory/Carlin poster essay contest
The Laugh Factory is finding creative ways of driving people to their website. This time, they’re asking fans to write […]
Another Shecky sighting
An article in the Desert Sun, the newspaper of Palm Springs and environs, details the goings on at a recent […]
Send Bunker to Vegas!
Midnight October 31 is the deadline for voting in the Wendy’s Comedy Challenge! Let’s get to it and vote for […]
Peters… Russel Peters
Just read the following online in the Toronto MetroNews:. After a 16-year stint on the North American standup circuit, (Russell […]
Comedy Competition or Contest: Response
Just got an email response to our recent posting about the recent San Francsisco Comedy Competition. We aren’t in the […]
Kelly Moran UPDATED
From the Moderated alt.comedy.standup newsgroup, posted by Darryl Rhoades: For those of you who might not have heard, Kelly Moran […]
Memphis Funny Bone closed
Sharp-eyed reader Tom Bickle alerted us to a posting on the John Bizarre blog: I walked over and the staff […]
Comedy Competition or Comedy Class?
Got this in our inbox. We’re fairly certain it’s the real deal. It was allegedly sent to all the participants […]
CMT's American Revolutions: Country Comedy
The Female Half of the Staff caught the second half of a CMT American Revolutions documentary while channel surfing last […]
Circle the comedy wagons…
Just got a genuinely humorous press release (those are so rare) heralding the launch of a new comedy tour: Just […]
Photographic fallout: Vegas, October 2005
Center: Milo Tremley, alias Prof. Milo, alias James Lee Reeves. Left: Amber, alias Mrs. Prof. Milo. Right: Traci Skene, alias […]
Jon Stewart deflates windbags at ASME
Fishbowl provides a blow-by-blowhard account of a Sept. 30 appearance by Jon Stewart at the American Society of Magazine Editors […]
One Night Stand #64: Bonnie McFarlane
In our half of the country, it airs (can we even say airs any more, now that it technically doesn’t […]
Blue Collar stays
From the Hollywood Reporter: On Sunday, WB will replace the double dose of sketch comedy Blue Collar in the 9 […]
Rocket's final stage
Associated Press is reporting that SNL cast member Charles Rocket, who was found in a field near his home with […]
Change the only constant in Vegas
You have until Nov. 17 to get a 3/4-lb. Mega Dog at the Westward Ho. Photo credit: Susan Hawkes It […]
Quotes from comics in Vegas magazines
Andrew Dice Clay, in Las Vegas Weekly, on being asked his about his placement as number 95 in Comedy Central’s […]
Comic turned producer seeks footage
We got the following email: My name is Brian Catalina. I’m a former stand up turned TV producer who is […]
Bonnie McFarlane/Slade Ham/Funniest Mom
We’re still at the Riv, where the hi-speed wireless connection is flickering and always threatening to crap out. So we’ll […]
Our archives are all better now
In a previous post, we alerted all to the fact that the magazine’s archives, from June to present, were inaccessible. […]
Who is in Vegas this week?
The Stagebenders, Mike Burton and Gary Brightwell are at the Improv. Tommy Drake, Al Ducharme and Mike Donovan are at […]
Nobody wants to follow Shecky
From FOS Neil Lieberman: Dearest Shecky Magazine, This is Neil Leiberman (The Comedy Coach®), your San Francisco connection for comedy. […]
We're headed to Vegas!
By the time this posts, we’ll be touching down in Las Vegas, arriving just in time to start a week […]
Sneak peep of Patriot Act at Egyptian Theater
Comedian/Filmmaker Jeff Ross’ will be on hand for a sneak preview of his wonderful film “Patriot Act” at the Egyptian […]
Bunker takes Wendy's Comedy Challenge
SHECKYmagazine columnist Bill Bunker writes: I just got some great news, and could use your help. After clicking to the […]
Johnny's mark, desk, clock auctioned off today
According to a Houston Chronicle article, the desk, clock and other items from the Tonight Show set are to be […]
Underground threat undermines Underground Fest?
Adam Gropman, Dough Hecox, Brian McKim, Chris Rich, Traci Skene, occupying power table at NYC’s Laugh Factory. PHOTO CREDIT: Adam’s […]
UN to take control of internet
From the UK Guardian article, “Breaking America’s grip on the net “: A number of countries represented in Geneva, including […]
Hecox: Interesting folkers, these comics
The latest column from Doug Hecox, Writer of Wrongs, has him dropping such names as Emo Phillips, Dom Irrera, Chris […]
SHECKYmagazine at the 2006 NYUCF! BUY TICKETS ! ! ! $5 is a BARGAIN !
Hit the Laugh Factory Times Square website and click on that tiny link that says “Buy tickets” and a small […]
Carrot Top on The Strip
We’re a little late to the party, but Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Sept. 22 that: […]
"Queen Latifah plays my mammoth girlfriend."
Ray Romano “hasn’t retired from standup,” according to an Associated Press report. Romano clarifies things: “I don’t know if I […]
Nipsey Russell
From the Associated Press bio: “Born in Atlanta, Russell launched his television career as Officer Anderson in the 1961 television […]
Seriously Delayed Assistance, LIVE!
L to R: Alan Marx, Chris Coccia, Chris Rich, Kris Clayton Described thusly: “Some of America’s funniest comics have joined […]