SHECKYmagazine archive for January, 2006
(45 posts)

CD Giveaway! We have our winners!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 31st, 2006

Three lucky SHECKYmagazine readers have won Ron White‘s new CD, “You Can’t Fix Stupid!” We would like to congratulate Tran […]

She's funny! I'm outta here!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 29th, 2006

FOS John Kensil alerted us to an article in the British newspaper, The Independent, ” Why men don’t fancy funny […]

Is that your interface…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 27th, 2006

…or did your neck throw up? As comedians, and as comedians who run a website, we constantly seek to determine […]

Comedy Central content peddled via iTunes

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 26th, 2006

Over the cybertransom comes a press release from Comedy Central about how… …COMEDY CENTRAL is launching on iTunes today, with […]

"I just want you to knowthat cursing sells."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 26th, 2006

From an interview with Jim Gaffigan in the Iowa State Daily: To be completely honest, when I did my album […]

"…it has to be full sexual intercourse…"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 25th, 2006

Reuters is reporting that the majority of people in a study that had sex were “the least stressed and had […]

Goldthwait's movie at Sundance.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 25th, 2006

A Salt Lake City Trib article about Bob Goldthwait‘s movie. The Bobcat directed a film and it debuted at Sundance. […]

E! dumps on Dunk!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 24th, 2006

The last two paragraphs of an E! Online story written on the occasion of the release of a syndicated version […]

Comedy Central seeks World's Best Comic

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 24th, 2006

Hop onto the Comedy Central website to vote for the “World’s Best Comic.” That’s right, we said the WORLD’S BEST […]

A trek to perform in The Green State

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 24th, 2006

We had a blast performing at our “non-traditional comedy venue” last Saturday night, the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT. Great […]

HBO, "Luckey Louie" and Louis C.K.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 23rd, 2006

“I have come to the conclusion that the making of laws is like the making of sausages–the less you know […]

Stewart honored by Soccer Coaches Assoc.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 23rd, 2006

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Marc Narducci wrote in a story in yesterday’s Inky that Jon Stewart received the National Soccer Coaches […]

Norm MacDonald to focus on standup

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 23rd, 2006

FOS and journo Guy MacPherson, writing for canada.com, says Norm MacDonald is back on the live stage: “I’ve kind of […]

D.I.Y. at Syracuse

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 23rd, 2006

If you can get around the photograph (which is the size of a throw rug), there’s an interesting article in […]

And the comic joked on…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 23rd, 2006

…as the Big Four shrivel to nothing on the world market, this item appears in The Detroit News: Fake newscasts […]

Comic Blair Shannon, 46

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 22nd, 2006

Cincinnatti Enquirer story sent to us by reader Michael Lively says that Blair Shannon was shot and killed in a […]

Sarah Silverman: Toxic conservative?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 21st, 2006

John Birmingham, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald (“It’ll be all right on the night”) confirms a pet theory of […]

"Casting" has begun for L.C.S. IV

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 21st, 2006

From NBC: Casting for Last Comic Standing 4 has already begun, with talent scouts traveling to major cities nationwide to […]

Hawaii Fest postponed

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 20th, 2006

A mass email from the organizer of the Hawaii Comedy Festival, originally scheduled for May 18-21 of this year, says […]

Embracing mildly disruptive technology

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 19th, 2006

We have a myspace. We just uploaded it, so we only have one friend– Tommy James. (And, so far, he […]

Seeking Higher Ground in Burlington, VT!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 19th, 2006

The publishers of SHECKYmagazine.com will be performing this Saturday night (Jan. 21) at Higher Ground in So. Burlington, VT. There […]

Last Comic Standing– AGAIN!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 18th, 2006

Extra! Extra! Read all about it: BURBANK – January 18, 2006 – The Emmy-nominated series “Last Comic Standing” will return […]

A week @ Borgata Comedy Club

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 17th, 2006

SHECKYmagazine editor Brian McKim flanked by John DiCrosta (l) and Paul Bond in the Borgata Comedy Club green room Sunday […]

Trop to implode soon? Long live the 'Dike!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 17th, 2006

An item in Eye on Vegas: It would appear that the long rumored implosion of the Tropicana Hotel & Casino […]

Us: Seacrest says "Griffin out!"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 17th, 2006

Us Weekly reports that mean old Ryan Seacrest flexed his ever-growing muscles and bumped Kathy Griffin out of her regular […]

Canadian comics are eh?-political

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 16th, 2006

Sarah Boothroyd, writing in The Ottawa Citizen (“Ottawa’s humour and politics rarely stand up together”), on the current state of […]

"Open ass, insert stick here.."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 14th, 2006

An article in the Savannah (GA) Morning News (free reg. req.) contains an account of a recent staging of the […]

Atlantic City: Who is in town?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 12th, 2006

Olympia, the young lady who cheerfully checked us in at the front desk of the Borgata apologetically warned us that […]

I found my thrill…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 11th, 2006

A CNN-IBN reporter, a vegetarian, is tasked with reporting on the best biryani in NYC, so she brings along the […]

Emerson intros American Comedy Archive

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 11th, 2006

Billing it as “the first academic collection of its kind,” Emerson College is introducing the American Comedy Archives. The Boston […]

Bombing in Uganda is bombing in Seattle…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 9th, 2006

…is bombing in Cleveland, or London, or Mumbai. It is but a small paragraph in a hefty article (“Manufacturing Laughter” […]

Allan Johnson, Chicago Trib columnist, 46

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 8th, 2006

Discovered this among the AP obits: CHICAGO (AP)– Allan Johnson, whose career started as a copy clerk and ended as […]

Comedy Central CD/DVD GIVEAWAY WINNER!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 7th, 2006

We have a WINNER! Stephen C. Knowles, of Beacon, NY He’s the lucky winner of Harland Williams‘s “Har-Larious,” a full-length […]

Sports comedy pilot seeks slot

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 6th, 2006

According to the Daily News, comedian Paul Mercurio has produced (along with The Ben Stiller Show and Mad TV veteran […]

Tonight Show coming to a phone near you

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 6th, 2006

This year’s Comdex (weren’t they just saying a year or two ago that Comdex was no more?) brings us this […]

"The New Mencken" to host Oscars '06

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 5th, 2006

Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, Latimes.com are all reporting that New Jersey’s own Jon Stewart will host the Academy Awards ceremony on […]

Sellout Comedy Tour is coming to town

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 5th, 2006

Four comics, BT, Louis Johnson, Vince Morris and Billy D. Washington, have been packaged into The Sellout Comedy Tour, and […]

Will & Willie debuts on AM SF radio

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 4th, 2006

Check out “WILL, WILLIE, WHY?”, an item on the blog Radio Equalizer, for an early review of KQKE 960 AM’s […]

Cable Guy lays cable, gets new customer

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 3rd, 2006

According to an anonymous source, Larry The Cable Guy, aka Dan Whitney, is expecting a child in August. Can “Git […]

"Meanyheads since 1999!"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 2nd, 2006

Hop on over and read the interview with Patton Oswalt on website/chat board/portal Aspecialthing.com, in which Oswalt displays his special […]