SHECKYmagazine archive for May, 2006
(37 posts)

Pardo interview? Right here.

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

We noticed, from our stats, that people are searching for Jimmy Pardo. We interviewed him. We also did a Question […]

It's far worse than we had imagined…

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

Of all the nights to have DSL problems! Last Comic Standing… where do we begin… Let’s get this straight: Larry […]

Tonight: 2 hours of Last Comic Standing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 30th, 2006

Can you take 120 minutes of Last Comic Standing? It’ll be alot easier to digest if you read our near-real […]

Last Jackass Standing: Terry Morrow of SHNS

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

Terry Morrow, a blowhard who scribbles for The Knoxville News Sentinel (and whose nonsense is then ejaculated through the entire […]

"Patriot Act" to air on Showtime

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

Jeffrey Ross‘s fine film “Patriot Act” will be shown on Showtime this weekend. Tivo it, if you must. We saw […]

Last Comic Standing, the countdown begins

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

Catch our most meaningful and info-packed posts on the upcoming season of L.C.S. here and here and there’s another one […]

A trend? We can only hope.

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

Examine this: The Gotham Comedy Club Thursday May 25th, 7:30 PM Each Show Features Four 20-Year Veteran Headliners Plus A […]

Darren Carter The Party Starter

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

Here, depicted with SHECKYmagazine.com braintrust, is Darren Carter, at the bar at the Punchline in Atlanta. Hard to say which […]

Peter Kay voted funniest person alive

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

Peter who? Fear not, American readers, you’ve not fallen asleep for 20 years and awakened to a new world in […]

Charlie McCarthyism defeated in our lifetime?

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

The saga limps along. We’re beginning to think we’re witnessing the end of the experiment in terror known variously as […]

Summer in the city: Helium gets creative

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

It’s a short blurb, on Philadelphia’s Helium Comedy Club Specials page, but it represents an innovative way to get comedy […]

Track your plays via XM fan site

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

Have you submitted your sound files to XMRadio? Are you wondering if they’re being played? Wonder no more. Hop onto […]

Sleazy alternative media maneuvers

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

In Westword, the alterna-rag out of Denver, the following is penned by Amber Taufen: Standup comedy hasn’t evolved much since […]

Swim in The Soup tonight

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

We here at SHECKYmagazine are big fans of E!’s The Soup and a new episode airs tonight at 10 PM […]

Are you going to Just For Laughs?

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

The WWW’s most beloved magazine about standup comedy fully intends to head to Montreal for the EIGHTH YEAR IN A […]

Last Comic Standing– Surprise twist?!

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

SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want to know how Last Comic Standing ends, you might not want to read the […]

Charlie McCarthyism gone!

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

Just got the following from an anonymous source, in an email signed only with “CP”: I feel the need to […]

Let's call it "Charlie McCarthyism"

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

Perhaps the first ones to be taken out back and shot will be the ventriloquists. Or maybe the hypnotists… or […]

Hatchet's buried in Godwin v. Rose

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

In the following post, we mistakenly identified Mr. Godwin as a “song parodist.” As the bulk of his output most […]

"Horribly offensive" or "satire?"

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

On Tuesday, AP reported (“Cingular Pulls Offensive Ringtone”) that Cingular Wireless had pulled a ringtone from its website after complaints. […]

New comedy festival? This time, it's Atlanta.

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

The folks at Atlanta’s Showcase Comedy, in the Buckhead section of town, are fixing to throw a festival. This one’s […]

Corporate comedy? Team buliding? Which is it?

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

We read this in a PRWeb press release entitled “Chicago Company Launches First Ever Corporate Comedy Tour” from “a leading […]

It's cool to be a comic, Pt. XXIV

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

Yet another Hollywooder claims to have been/admits to having been a standup comic. This time, in an interview with AP […]

What a country!

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

Unbeknownst to us, Yakov Smirnoff has been toiling away at the University of Penn, just across the river from us, […]

Standup comics lend their voices

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

Check out the article in Backstage.com on how standup comics are perfectly suited for doing commercial voiceovers and for voicing […]

Comedy Central wants you!

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

FOS Tommy James sends along a link to a fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal about Comedy Central and […]

Reality TV? No…Reality.

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

We check into the Desert Sun’s (Palm Spring, CA) website once in a while to check out Darrell Smith’s Star […]

SoCal's Comedy District down, not out

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

FOS Dan Rosenberg writes: After 11 years in Culver City, San Gennaro is closing on May 15th. Thus, The Comedy […]

Matt Long, Comedian

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

Comedian Matt Long died late last month. A short item in the Ventura County Star says that Long, “…walked in […]

Penn & Teller's favorite comedy albums?

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

A brief Wall St. Journal piece on how Penn & Teller… …honed their comedic timing while listening to comedy cassettes […]

NYT, NYP followup on Colbert

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

It worked. UPI, in a short item entitled “Colbert controversy delivers ratings” reports: The New York Post said the routine– […]

We have a WINNER!

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

Congratulations to El Arntson of Moorhead, MN! Using our Random Number Generator, we have determined that El wins Lewis Black‘s […]

Should we call it CyberHeckling?

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

This is a first. A comedy club patron, so incensed by his treatment at the hands of a comedian, motors […]

Catch it on Netflix? DVD? MovieBeam?

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

“TV Set,” Jake Kasdan’s “precisely observed portrait of the television pilot process” debuted at the Tribeca Film Fest last weekend. […]

Mitch Hedberg Tribute, Acme, MPLS, 04/30

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

From the Acme Comedy Company Myspace profile (Hit “View my: Pics”). They say more pics are to come.

Where have all the Bob Hope's gone?

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

This year, it was Stephen Colbert who bobbled things at the White House Correspondents Dinner. We suppose they can’t resist. […]

Charm City gets a new comedy club

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

It’s official: According to the Baltimore Business Journal, Rascals will occupy the Inner Harbor spot left empty by the fleeing […]