SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2006
(51 posts)

Firefox/Mac OSX problem

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Andrea Kay, self-described “career whisperer” in the Asbury Park Press (“Don’t force yourself to fit in”): Most people, though, end […]

Halloween 1969

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

The Female Half of the Staff as a sorceress.

Temple University News Reunion

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

They handed out the 2006 Canadian Comedy Awards (They call their awards “Beavers!”) last night in London (Ontario, ya hoser!), […]

Good God!

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the Milford Daily News: State police said Harland was driving in the left lane when he lost control of […]

Jerry Belson, comedy writer

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 15th, 2006

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

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

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

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

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…"

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

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

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

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 10th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 10th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 10th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 10th, 2006

Who is in town in Atlantic City this week? (Besides, of course, the Female Half of the Staff, with Peter […]

Sierra Mist contest (Continued)

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

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

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

“PAIR CAUGHT CANOODLING IN A BOOTH,” is the screaming headline of a NYPost Page Six item that describes Dane Cook […]