SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2006
(51 posts)
Firefox/Mac OSX problem
We made some changes over the weekend…if anyone is still having problems getting the site to load, send us an […]
McKim & Skene–Comix Cafe, Buffalo
We proclaimed it to be one of the ten great places in America to sit down and watch standup (in […]
Kathy Griffin on gender inequity
Kathy Griffin, in the course of flogging her current 25-city tour, in the (L.A.) Daily News: When I was starting […]
Square peg? Meet round hole.
Andrea Kay, self-described “career whisperer” in the Asbury Park Press (“Don’t force yourself to fit in”): Most people, though, end […]
Halloween 1969
The Female Half of the Staff as a sorceress.
Temple University News Reunion
The Male Half of the Staff attended a reunion of Temple University News-ers. It was to celebrate the 85th anniversary […]
Al Martin opens Broadway Comedy Club
Click here to get the expanded, interactive version of this: That green arrow is the newest addition to the comedy […]
Nick's Funniest Mom 3
As described on the Nick website “Funniest Mom 3 is a six-part series on Nick at Nite which follows these […]
Shecky sighting in Vegas!
Listed under “Sightings” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Norm! (the gossip/news column of the R-J’s Norm Clarke): Righthaven LLC has […]
Handing out Beavers up north
They handed out the 2006 Canadian Comedy Awards (They call their awards “Beavers!”) last night in London (Ontario, ya hoser!), […]
Good God!
We got a press release from Comedy Central crowing about the launch of two “broadband series,” exclusive to ComedyCentral.com. They’re […]
Leno quizzed by Miami Herald
Jay Leno, interviewed for the Miami Herald by Glenn Garvin, in anticipation of his appearance tonight at the Seminole Hard […]
Rolling Stone chewing off its own arm
Mere months ago, Rolling Stone named him “Hottest Comic of the Year.” (Or was it “Coolest Comic of the Year?” […]
Who's running Firefox with Mac OSX?
A reader has informed us that he can’t seem to get SHECKYmagazine.com to load on his Firefox browser, using Mac […]
Seattle Comedy Competition fires up Nov. 1
The 27th Annual Seattle International StandUp Comedy Competition begins Wednesday November 1, 2006 at the Liberty Theater in Puyallup, WA, […]
Sierra Mist's Comedy Challenge finalists up
You have until October 30 to vote for Ian Bagg, Eddie Ifft, Jen Kober, Josh Sneed, Randy Kagan, Steve Wilson, […]
Tom Wilson and Co. @ Helium
Above, from left to right: Tom Wilson (“Biff Tannen” in the Back to the Future trilogy), David James and Kevin […]
Brian Regan quietly sells out theaters
Read about Brian Regan’s career and approach to comedy in this Ann Arbor newspaper article. I purposely want my topics […]
Pit Stop Comedy from TBS
October 23, on TBS, look for Pit Stop Comedy featuring the standup of J. Scott Homan, Tim Wilson, Jon Reep, […]
Real Men battle it out in A.C.
That’s A.C., as in Atlantic City, not Air Conditioning. Although there was air conditioning at the Comedy Stop at the […]
Catching up with Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers is at the Keswick (in suburban PHL) next weekend and at Resorts this weekend. The Philadelphia City Paper […]
Where are the bouncers (Followup)
Lengthier video of the now infamous James Inman attack video are available here and here. The first link goes to […]
Security to the stage…Security to the stage
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy saw a fan emerge from the shadows during a set at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, […]
Comic artist makes art of comics
Self-described “puertorican pittsburgher” Paulette F. Poullette offers her “quality homemade independent media,” (which is, near as we can tell, comic […]
Can you handle another Cook article?
Sure! Why not! A sharp-eyed reader tipped us off to the lastest one. What is it about Dane Cook that […]
Attention Central CT radio listeners:
The Male Half of the Staff will be presenting The SHECKYmagazine Report on WICC, 600 on your AM dial, Central […]
Atlantic City and comedy: Perfect together
The Sands is coming down. The folks who bought it, Pinnacle, are going to demolish the casino and the tower […]
Where are the bouncers, Pt. II
Check out this video of an incident at the Seattle Underground (at least we think it’s the Seattle Underground… there’s […]
Aspiring Boston comic killed in crash
From the Milford Daily News: State police said Harland was driving in the left lane when he lost control of […]
Jerry Belson, comedy writer
Reading the LAT obituary in the online version of the Indy Star, we are staggered by the eye-popping resume of […]
Joe Rogan in the Daily Orange
Nobody gives interview like Joe Rogan. He’s in Syracuse on Sunday, with Charlie Murphy and John Heffron, when the Bud […]
Wanda Sykes Saturday on HBO
Is it possible that Wanda Sykes is making her HBO debut this Saturday? Yes, it is. We would have guessed […]
"This next comic has been seen on YouTube…"
It’s the future. The not-too-distant future. And the internet looks radically different than it did just 12 months earlier. How […]
Jay Wendell Walker wins SFCC
We totally forgot it was going on. Then we get the following, in a press release: Longtime standup comic Jay […]
Faux Bush Bridges on tour with Babs
The airwaves are crackling with news that Barbra Streisand felt compelled to castigate her audience last night after the diva’s […]
"Hip, southern comedy" at Sahara
Kicking off last night, the Sahara in Vegas is presenting Redneck Comedy Live! in their Sahara Theater. The ensemble cast […]
Studio 60 on Sunset Strip: The Fantasy
Anyone see tonight’s episode? The hourlong drama, a fictionalization of SNL, has plenty of Aaron Sorkin’s snappy, Bringing-Up-Baby dialogue and […]
Comedy in the AC
Who is in town in Atlantic City this week? (Besides, of course, the Female Half of the Staff, with Peter […]
Sierra Mist contest (Continued)
We posted on October 5 about how the Sierra Mist/MySpace folks had made some changes to the contest with regard […]
Forty lashes with a wet canoodle
“PAIR CAUGHT CANOODLING IN A BOOTH,” is the screaming headline of a NYPost Page Six item that describes Dane Cook […]