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SHECKYmagazine archive for June, 2006
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How not to suck as an emcee
From FOS Dan Rosenberg, comes the following: The “How Not to Suck as an Emcee” Workshop. Join Dan Rosenberg (author […]
October 2005 Archive? Restored!
For some odd reason, the last 18 days or so of our October 2005 archive file were missing. A lot […]
Gropman's latest column… in Grop-land!
If you want to read Adam Gropman‘s latest column, hop on over to Grop-land, the home of his blog! In […]
Last Comic Standing, Episode Whatever
It’s way past midnight, Vegas time. We’re at the Riv through Sunday with Bruce Baum, and we’ve got two shows […]
Nice newspaper… who books it?
Todd Barry has another essay in the Sunday New York Times. I was pretty sure I knew who had sent […]
Friar vs. Friar!
There’s a rift between the West Coast Friars and the East Coast Friars, according to a recent NYT article (Free […]
SHECKYmagazine @ JFL: A photo montage
We put together a photo montage with a music bed, displaying several dozen photos from the past seven years of […]
Rauf Lala is "Hasi Ka Shahenshah"
Do not adjust your browser. The above title simply means that Rauf Lala is the winner of the Great Indian […]
"Most experienced comedy show in NYC!"
Thus did George Sarris, co-producer of The Masters Series at Gotham, describe last night’s installment (in a myspace bulletin he […]
"Thirtyish" cousin of rape accuser speaks!
Standup comics are always popping up in major news stories! Now there seems to be a comedian near the epicenter […]
P.C. : The comic's worst enemy?
From an interview with Tommy Tiernan that appeared on Irish Echo Online, on bringing his “often controversial brand of humor” […]
"Dolemite" seriously ill
From Ballerstatus.net comes a report that Rudy Ray Moore is in intensive care in an Inglewood hospital. Tubes, monitors and […]
Quote for the back of our next T-shirt?
Boston Globe Correspondent Nick A. Zaino III, in the Friday, June 23 edition of his regular “Comedy Notes” column: There […]
TV oddities Pts I and II
FOS Stuart McCallister writes: Not sure if you watched NBC’s new show– America Has Talent! (or whatever it is called) […]
Should have bought trip insurance
A Charleston Gazette story, subtitled “Mild-Mannered Insurance Agent Tries Hand At Standup,” tells the story of Dave Stacy, who gets […]
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Last Comic Standing on the Queen Mary
April Macie GONE! Stella Stolper GONE! But first… Clark tells them that there’ll be a “Head to head competition between […]
Comedytown Project seeks tapes/dvd's
We got a request from Pat Wilson to alert comics that she’s soliciting video/pics, etc. for the second Comedytown Project. […]
Random thoughts on Tourgasm
When we said nice things about Dane Cook’s docu on HBO, we expected that some folks would disagree with our […]
Saldana's Red LCS Envelope SOLD!
We posted about it a few days ago. The final price was $107.51 and the lucky high bidder was Doug […]
My weenie has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R
Spotted the following cryptic item in US Weekly, under the heading, “John Gets No Love From Jennifer”: John Mayer may […]
Seeks posters of comedians
Just got the following over the cyber-transom: I am working on a book of the “History of Stand up Comedy […]
Raise the age of comedy consent!
Just read the breathless press release about a 9-year-old boy doing comedy. (We won’t link to it because the website […]
Technology/standup heads off Armageddon
From a Reuters article Three standup comedians from Pakistan have jested their way to the finals of a popular Indian […]
Unnamed journalist goes mental
A journalist (who has also done comedy for over a decade) emailed us, trying to get himself some publicity and […]
It's not paranoia…
Here’s the lede of an article by the (PA) Patriot-News’ David Jones. It’s a story about how a Penn State […]
"Over 100 years of experience" @ Gotham
Deatils are up on the Gotham website for Thursday’s “Master Stand-up Series: Over 100 years of experience packed in one […]
Last Comic Standing? First Reviewers Walking!
If this is true, we’ve about had it with Last Comic Standing. Follow the link above for a description of […]
Last Comic Standing? El Amañar!
Sorry, we’ve been watching the World Cup coverage on Univision a lot lately. Spanish is creeping into our daily usage. […]
Blowback from Tourgasm review
Everyone into the pool! We felt the need to bring a reply to a comment up to the surface. Enjoy: […]
"I went to World Cup… for lunch."
Separated at birth? Comedian Taylor Negron (right) bears a striking resemblance to U.S. Mens Soccer coach Bruce Arena. Or is […]
Tom Shales is a wanker
One of our readers, Darrin Hensley, alerted us to the Washington Post Tourgasm review by the ever dyspeptic Tom Shales. […]
LAST COMIC STANDING RED ENVELOPE
THE AUCTION IS NOT OVER! We reported Monday night that 3,089 people viewed it and 16 bids were recorded and […]
Where the comics are in charge?
FOS Terry Reilly hipped us to a short piece in the Wall Street Journal, by Julia Angwin, on the WWW’s […]
Tourgasm debuts on HBO
The new HBO documentary (they insist it’s a reality show) is wildly entertaining. And it all comes down from the […]
Joe Restivo not dead! Joe Restivo dead!
Editors note: See this posting, from Dec. 1, 2007 on the death of Joe Restivo, the comedian. What are the […]
Drew Carey's World Cup junket!
Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures is a Travel Channel series that “follows comedian Drew Carey as he journeys across Spain to […]
Zarqawi dead! Tibetan comic seeks fresh blood!
(Ya gotta love the internet! So, we’re reading a bizarre story about a Tibetan comedian (“Tibetan comedian works to preserve […]
"Damning with faint praise."
The Male Half of the Staff remembers his Old Man explaining to him the meaning of this phrase once. Not […]
Multiplatform killed comedy!
We just read a curious story about how Microsoft has signed Demetri Martin to a hairy deal. He is now […]
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