Listen to the SHECKYmagazine Podcast!
- A YEAR LOCKED DOWNMr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, truth, common sense and trust have all succumbed to a totally different virus! Will history, art and "Breakfast At Tiffany's" be the next victims? Is that a light at the end of the tunnel, or is it the headlight of the Woke Express? Give us a listen and find out!
- Comedians Are Energy ConductorsIn Episode 18 of the SHECKYmagazine PODCAST, Brian and Traci vent about the 198-day (and counting) lockdown, flying, Sophie Tucker, ancient alien astronauts and ENERGY-- why we lack energy, why we need energy and how comedians are super-conductors. Tune in now-- but STAY AWAY from the CANS!
- Is It Over?Brian McKim & Traci Skene, podcasting from locked down Las Vegas, NV, consider whether standup comedy-- LIVE, the way it oughta be-- will ever come back from the Great 2020 Fear Porn Lockdown Pandemic Panic! Is life over? Is the career history? The future, as always, is uncertain. Listen in as we speak for the […]
The Authors
Shecky! Alumni!
Dan Rosenberg
…& Lester
Tim Cavanagh
Paul F. Tompkins
Mitch Hedberg
Mack Dryden
Jamie Alcroft
John Curtin
Joey Yanetty
Pete Fogel
Kip Addotta
Bob Zany
Wayne Cotter
Richard Lewis
Andy Kindler
Jimmy Myers
D J Hazard
Nehl Bobal
Sheila Kay
John Bizarre
Doug Benson
Jim Shubert
James Gregory
Gabe Abelson
Paul Gilmartin
Hal Sparks
Bob Harris
Paul Bond
Grover Silcox
Basile
Bobby Collins
John Wing
Brian Whalen
Rich Williams
Steve O.
Jeff Shaw
Ryan Wilner
Brad Slaight
Harland Williams
Joe Rogan
Triumph
David Feldman
Steve McGrew
Dan Barton
Rob Becker
Matt Weinhold
Bobby Gaylor
Steve Silberberg
Jeffrey Ross
Dave Little
Vince Vieceli
Marc Jaffe
Dick Cavett
Buddy Fitzpatrick
Stephen Kruiser
Suzy Soro
Jeff Allen
Doug Stanhope
Kid Dave Miller
Brian Kiley
Gary MuleDeer
Jim David
Judy Carter
Drew Hastings
Andrew Gropman
Rabbi Bob Alper
Dan French
Robert Hagearty
Chuck Savage
David John McCarthey
Mrs. John Hughes
Jason Stuart
Rick Overton
Steve Eblin
Jack Mayberry
Tom Parks
Charles Viracola
Rusty Warren
Robert Dubac
Jeff Marder
Joe Dunckel
Evan Davis
Veronica Mosey
Troy Conrad
Matt Davis
Mat Becker
Lewis Black
Dan Carlson
Jan McInnis
Joe Dixon
Larry Getlen
J.D. Sidley
Jeff Klinger
Tony Camin
Bill Engvall
Pat Mac
Anwar Richardson
Mary Ann Nichols
Rita Rudner
Larry “Bubbles” Brown
Jim Morris
Brett Butler
Kathleen Madigan
Todd Barry
Roger Ritenhouse
Marc Maron
Doug Hecox
Tommy James
Emo Philips
Lord Carrett
Jim Gaffigan
Eddie Gossling
Tom Rhodes
Etta May
Ron Zimmerman
Ross Bennett
Franklyn Ajaye
Chris Zito
Argus Hamilton
Costaki Economopoulos
Laurie Kilmartin
Jimmy Pardo
Leslie Thomason
Bill Bunker
Vinny Badabing
Henry Cho
Jonathan Katz
Dave Pavone
Larry-Bob Roberts
Brian Hennigan
Kenneth Nichols
Rich Vos
Dave Mordal
__________________
Traci Skene & Brian McKim
SHECKYmagazine
Editors, Publishers
© Copyright 1999-2022 SHECKYmagazine Published by Independent Together
Perfect face for comedy?
An Ananova item tells of some scientists who “blended the features of 20 top comics to come up with the perfect face for comedy.” See the results below.
“The characteristics of a feminine face imply that the person may be agreeable and co-operative, which can be causal in our first impressions of comedians as being friendly and funny,” say the eggheads. And that “a round face, small forehead and wide nose, with soft feminine features, is most likely to make us laugh.”
The Male Half has a large forehead, a long, narrow face, a thin nose and sharp masculine features. All along he’s been convinced it was the glasses that made some audiences hostile.
No Responses
Reply to: Perfect face for comedy?
On Amazon.com! Only $1.99!
Traci Skene Kindle Single hilariously skewers traditional social and sexual mores as well as modern feminism. "This book is a prime example of quality over quantity."
"This book made me laugh out loud! ”
Our Book!
He’s awfully pale for an aggregation of twenty top comics. No Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Dave Chappelle?
Apparently ambiguous hair is also the mark of a great comic?
Your not-so-astute observation has been noted. It is quite obvious that the result is a white person. We would also point out that it is a male and not a female. But where does that get us?We hope you’re kidding. We grow weary of the race/gender/ethnicity police looking over our shoulder. (See post above about Comedy Central’s Herzog. Our admonition of him is meant as a parody of political correctness.) They were the top 20 <>British<> comics. We suspect that <>Lenny Henry<> was busy the day they took the photos.We don’t cook the food, we just serve it.In a private email, someone pointed out how much the composite resembles an amalgam of <>Larry Miller<>, Charles Grodin and <>Billy Crystal<>. We concur.
… or a very young Albert Brooks, who, in my opinion, still has the perfect face for comedy. They should follow up with a “perfect voice” composite, though I don’t know what the middle ground between Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor would sound like.
No, I wasn’t kidding. But it wasn’t about being politically correct. I wasn’t saying that they SHOULD include black comics, just that I couldn’t imagine any list of top 20 comics wouldn’t have had at least two black comics on it, and that would’ve led to a much darker image.Of course I was the one being ethnocentric in assuming that it was top American comics. I don’t know who the top British comics are so obviously I also don’t know what they look like.Apparently though, they look like Art Garfunkel.
FYI — this is exactly what my headshots looked like from GlamorShots. Indistinct in the face, blurry around the edges… me in a nutshell! My GlamorShots photographer was an impressionist (and, no, that’s not a Rich Little callback).
I don’t recognize the facial features, but the throat and shoulder hair is defiantely Robin Williams.