SHECKYmagazine archive for November, 2006
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Mooney, Dolemite say no to N-word
Legendary comic Rudy Ray Moore (aka “Dolemite”) has sent out a myspace bulletin urging all comedians to cease use of […]
Yellow Wiggle quits!
The Yellow Wiggle (Greg Page to us adults) has quit, according to Reuters. He had a double hernia operation a […]
Leno sues joke book compiler
According to the LA Times, Jay Leno is suing Judy Brown, editor of such joke compilations as “Joke Stew” and […]
Op-ed in the P-I, feature on in the Weekly
Seattle comic Brad Upton guested on the op-ed page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, giving the persective of a veteran comic: […]
Holiday Gift Suggestion?!
Go here to order “Shecky Greene Live In Las Vegas,” the CD (“His mugging, dialects, impressions, ad libs, and song […]
Tschritter wins Seattle competition
Damonde Tschritter took the top prize in the Seattle International StandUp Comedy Competition. He hails from Vancouver and the vowels […]
Friedman loses election, comedian status
Now that Kinky Friedman has lost the election for Texas governor, the MSM doesn’t feel the need to dig up […]
Media whore/extortionist Gloria Allred on the case
Gloria Allred is repping the two audience members who were “wounded” by Michael Richards’ tirade at the Factory. The Chicago […]
Mobile phones? First the music, then the funny.
In an article in Converge Digest, Roman Polz, senior marketing manager of the Mobility division for Agere Systems, makes ten […]
Richards an anti-Semite? A jew?
Just when you thought the story couldn’t get weirder, Richards is accused of making anti-Semitic remarks in the past. And […]
Old guard at the New Wave
Happy Thanksgiving to all! For the past few years, on the evening before Thanksgiving, it has become an informal tradition […]
When Middles Could Fly
In plowing through the mounds of paper here at SHECKYmagazine HQ, we came across the above itinerary. It’s a little […]
Canadians weigh in on Richards meltdown
A Canadian Press article seeks insight into the Infamous Factory Meltdown by quizzing Yuks mogul Mark Breslin and some comics […]
Thanksgiving approaches…
This film was shot by comic Travis Simmons. Enjoy. Thanks.
New Orleans weighs in on Comic Relief
From FOS Bill Dykes: Let me state for the record that watching Comic Relief (both live and on tape) was […]
Richards apologizes on Letterman via bird
Here on the east coast, Seinfeld is just now being introduced on The Late Show. Word of this appearance and […]
Iraqi comic found executed
From a Washington Post story (“Spoofer of Iraq’s Chaos Becomes Another Victim”): For the last three years, Walid Hassan had […]
Cesspool of hate– Two-drink minimum!
If you must, read this piece of garbage from pompous douchebag Nikki Finke about the Michael Richards incident. Here’s the […]
Kramer in hot water UPDATE
“WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL” warns TMZ.com next to the video clip of Michael […]
Seattle winds down to five finalists
November 26 is the date for the final. The Underground is the place. These are the finalists. One will come […]
Sierra Mist Winner
Steve Byrne won. Congratulations to Mr. Byrne.
"Richard Lewis called me a gigolo."
(Before you read this, take a moment to read our interview with Richard Lewis from our October of 1999 issue.) […]
We gave up after 3-1/2 hours…
…we tried, honestly, we did. Watching Comic Relief on HBO, then switching over to the slightly delayed simlucast on TBS […]
Fake newsmen interviewed in RS
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were interviewed in Rolling Stone. The two come off as new Age Marx Brothers (playing […]
HBO Fest peaks tonight
Comic Relief is on HBO this evening, featuring the one-named comics (Billy, Robin and Whoopie). The HBO website arrogantly says, […]
HBO launches internet comedy channel
The Reuters article, like a handful of others over the past few months, is only a couple hundred words or […]
Caliendo on Letterman, trashing Norm
What the heck was that? Caliendo, on Late Show (as part of Impressionist Week), in the middle of his set […]
Variety says standup back
What took them so long? We suppose that this piece was written from a hotel room in Vegas, which is […]
Borat Backlash, Pt. II
Alfred Lubrano, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, talks to some of the most weakminded, humorless people on the planet in […]
Let the Borat Backlash begin!
The weasels at ABC News, who so slavishly followed the media pack when building up the anticipation prior to the […]
The Sierra Mist Five
The Sierra Mist Standup or Sit Down Finale will present Steve Byrne, Sarah Colonna, Eddie Ifft, Jen Kober and Jordan […]
CBS News wakes up briefly
A short piece on that network’s Sunday Morning Show talked about how comedy is big business. They talked to Denis […]
Perfect face for comedy?
An Ananova item tells of some scientists who “blended the features of 20 top comics to come up with the […]
It's Impressionist Week on Letterman
You may recall that Letterman had Ventriloquist Week a few weeks back. This time, it’s mimicks who get spots each […]
First they came for the 7-Eleven bits…
The folks in Ithaca College’s Comedy Club are upset. With good reason. The club is a regular meeting of a […]
Big hair, satin jackets, Italian frames!
It’s The Female Half and The Male Half (Photo credit: Chris Coccia) in a photo taken backstage at Philadelphia’s Comedy […]
Comics behaving badly
A sharp-eyed reader sent along a link to a story on channel 2, the CBS affiliate in L.A. Katt Williams, […]
SNL's Fey gives comics their due
The AVClub has an interview with Tina Fey in which she acknowledges the art form: AVC: Did you ever do […]
SHECKYmagazine maligned on film site UPDATE
Editors note: FilmThreat.com has removed the offensive passage cited below. We thank them for their quick response. Mr. Goebel’s response […]
L.A.: Comics With Cameras, Nov 6!
As Steve Ochs has so helpfully pointed out (and as we neglected to inform you): “Sheckymagazine.com readers can get on […]