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SHECKYmagazine archive for July, 2006
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MyHeritage's "Inner Celeb" machine
One of the most emailed stories on the WWW this past weekend was a fluff piece entitled “Website Reveals Your […]
Libertarian Stanhope "drunk with power!"
Doug Stanhope is running for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for the 2008 presidential race. (“Drunk with power” is his rallying […]
Reflections on "The Hands Bit"
We haven’t seen a comic do the “hands bit” in quite some time– the one where the comic invites someone […]
Comic to run against Venezuela's Chavez
Jorge Rueda, writing for the AP, (found in the Washington Post): Benjamin Rausseo, better known as the “Count of Guacharo,” […]
Bonnie McFarlane on CBS Saturday Early Show
SHECKYmagazine columnist Bonnie McFarlane will be on the CBS Saturday Early Show tomorrow morning. The show airs from 7 AM […]
Vinyl Word: The New First Family, 1968
John Byner, David Frye (identified here as “Dave”Frye) and Will Jordan are among the perpetrators of this Bob Booker & […]
Our MySpace is UP (UPDATE)
As of 1:04 PM EDT, we’re back up! We assume that all the other profiles that were missing have also […]
Dane Cook…Vancouver…controversy
So, this past Saturday night, while a huge chunk of the comedy business is having a swingin’ soiree in Montreal, […]
Aristocrats tonight on HBO @ 11 PM EDT
Check your paper for local listings. Read our interview with Emery Emery, the man who edited the film. Read our […]
HBO film, talent submission deadline, address
It’s that time of year: The HBO Comedy Festival (or “Aspen” as it is more commonly known), will be in […]
Stupidvideos and Foxatomic
From a press release on Yahoo! Financial: StupidVideos.com, the leading user-generated video site for humorous stunts, bloopers, standup comedy and […]
Just For Laughs 2006… bits and pieces
As we catch up on our sleep and recover from five days of Festival (five, if you include travel, which […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 409
Roz is gone. Anthony Clark is still standing… barely. We just wasted the last hour playing guess the punchline… and […]
Just For Laughs FINAL is up (Scroll down)
Here’s our experiences at the 2006 Festival Just For Laughs. All 7,037 words and 28 photos… in chronological order. Thanks […]
SHECKYmag hit: WALL STREET JOURNAL
From today’s Wall Street Journal, Technology Section, Page 11; SHECKYmagazine is included in a boxed item, “Blog Watch” by Keith […]
Last Comic Standing to return in June 2007
Using a nautical theme, Hollywood Reporter reports that: (NBC Entertainment President Kevin) Reilly announced he has invited back some of […]
Just For Laughs 2006: SATURDAY (FINAL)
It was an historic win! The Industry beat the Artists– the first such win by the Industry types in the […]
Just For Laughs 2006: FRIDAY
It was the eleventh State of the Industry address starring Andy Kindler. (Hard to believe we’ve only missed the first […]
Just For Laughs 2006: THURSDAY, Pt. II
Left to right: Brian McKim (Old Face), Jordan Carlos (New Faces), Adam Devine (New Faces), at the Hollywood Reporter party […]
Just For Laughs 2006 THURSDAY
We took in Just For Pitching Thursday at noon in the Delta. A less than capacity crowd watched six sitcoms […]
Just For Laughs, 2006 WEDNESDAY
Yeah, it’s Thursday, but the upload is all about Wednesday. We got in at about 4:15 or so. Not enough […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 408
For the first time, we are speechless.
MySpace Comedy officially launched
Non-news to us. According to Reuters, Yahoo! and a host of other sources, “MySpace on Tuesday officially launched a new […]
"…an entertaining distraction"
There’s a Toronto Sun article on third-year Toronto Argonauts (CFL) running back John Avery (“Avery’s laughing it off”), who is […]
Just For Laughs preview
Normally the JFL folks are tight-lipped about who will be included among their New Faces and their Masters series. Not […]
"Take my clothes… please."
From UPI comes a report that the city fathers in Austin, TX, are trying to shut down a male strip […]
Caveat vendor
The following came in an email, from more than one source. It details the efforts of a venue (whose name/location […]
"…and he never got a dinner."
The above is the appropriate headline supplied by FOS Joe Starr for this post which links to the LA Times […]
The 2006 Boston Int'l Comedy and Movie Festival
We’re heading up to Boston for their festival this year. The last time we were in that festival was in […]
Last Comic Standing, The Roast Episode
Gabriel Iglesias gets caught with a Blackberry. Yawn. We knew he was kicked off eventually, but we weren’t sure of […]
Funny even if you're not in the biz…
Click to this Youtube video from season III of Chappelle’s Show. Insiders will love the Barry Katz impression. Outsiders will […]
Bringer shows… the debate continues
Got the following email from a reader: Dear SHECKYmagazine: I’m just starting out in comedy and am pretty much lost […]
Advice Goddess: "Comedians ugly."
Amy Alkon, whose Advice Goddess column is syndicated to several dozen alterna-rags throughout America, fields the following question in her […]
Kevin James backlash
Has anyone noticed an increase in anti-Kevin James chatter in the Mainstream Media? Since the Emmy nominations were announced, there […]
Cats that look like Hitler
Some of the finest websites are the ones that are the simplest. Cats That Look Like Hitler is such a […]
Rusty Ward CD taping in NYC
Former SHECKYmagazine columnist Rusty Ward sends along the following: Join comedian Rusty Ward for the recording of his upcoming CD, […]
Kevin James, Denis Leary nominated
Kevin James has been nominated for a Best Actor award, as has Denis Leary. We saw James’ friend John Henson […]
Seeking comedians who are 84 inches plus
We got a letter from J.J. Leslie, whose bio starts this way: Currently, the Guinness Book of World Records is […]
Hummina, hummina, hummina…
…it’s the only thing we can say after reading the following statement from Brit TV producer Adam Tandy (the article, […]
Our archives are fixed again…
…you probably didn’t know they were broken. Seems that we gooned up the archives FTP path sometime back in June… […]
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