Benefit for Paul Rudeen in May

Jim Blumenfeld writes: I am pleased and excited to announce that the “Paul Rudeen Benefit for MADD” show will be […]

Jay Wendell Walker checks in

This year’s San Francisco International Comedy Competition winner, Jay Wendell Walker sent us the following: Can’t thank you enough for […]

"Pleasant & Gross" hits the street

That’s right, Brian McKim and Traci Skene have produced their very first audio CD– 66:41 of hilarity! We thought that […]

Edwards in for '08– Frank King celebrates

Standup comic Frank King, who bears a striking resemblance to ’04 vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, has at least another year […]

Gallagher sued for breach of contract

An AP article says that a Florida firm is suing Leo Gallagher. We’re not exactly sure why from reading the […]

The Top Ten Comedy Stories of 2006

1. Michael Richards melts down at Laugh Factory And what followed was a circus parade of various figures saying and […]

Those who exited the stage for good in '06

We’re posting again. And we went through the year of postings to assemble a list of those folks who were […]

Dan French: "Escape From LA"

One of our most popular columnists, Dan French, has surfaced. He last wrote for us when he landed a gig […]

Holiday wishes!

James Brown, 73

The hardest working man in show business has taken his final bow. Brown died this morning. Brown was performing to […]

Comedy at Philly's Electric Factory

That’s Bonnie McFarlane onstage at the Kid Chris-Mas Holiday Spectacular on Ice. The Electric Factory is just over the Ben […]

DiPaolo gets radio gig in NYC

From Radio Ink: Standup comedian, Comedy Central fave and frequent “Howard Stern Show” guest Nick DiPaolo is joining Stern’s longtime […]

Dr. Will Miller on ADD & comics

After we posted about the forensic counselor who declared that all comedians have attention deficit (“It’s official: Standup comics are […]

Boosler/HuffPo/Kramer meltdown/withering fire

Check out Elayne Boosler‘s reasoned rejoinder to the nonsense that’s pooled around our ankles since the Kramer Meltdown. The rule […]

Peter Boyle dead at 71

Peter Boyle, Ray Romano‘s TV dad for ten years, died. What comic doesn’t love “Young Frankenstein”? Boyle died Tuesday evening […]

Club owner admits Pauly Shore hoax ADDENDUM

From club owner Rob Jenkins: The Pauly shore incident was definitely a hoax. we planned it all weekend long and […]

Pauly Shore knockout a hoax? UPDATE

TMZ.com is reporting that the Odessa cops say that the whole thing’s a hoax. Of course, the press release from […]

"Hey, fuck you. He paid to be here just like the rest of us." UPDATE

According to the Defamer, the clip originally appeared on YouTube, but was taken down at the request of Shore’s reps […]

Free speech zone @ L.A.'s Comedy Union

A sharp-eyed reader has notified us that Associated Press is shooting out an article about Enss Mitchell’s declaration that his […]

Rosie in hot water

A NY Post item says that The Asian-American Journalists Association was fuming after O’Donnell mocked the Chinese language and Chinese […]

YouTube rival coming? Of course!

A Reuters item quotes a Wall St. Journal article that says that CBS, Viacom, NBC and Fox are in talks […]

Hitchens explains "Why Women Aren't Funny"

Rumpled British wit Christopher Hitchens holds forth on the subject of humor and gender in this article for Vanity Fair […]

Laugh Your Aspen Off Saturday night

An Aspen Times News article hypes Saturday night’s Laugh Your Aspen Off comedy show at Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale, CO. […]

It's official: Standup comics are sick

From a Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer article by Kaffie Sledge, speculating on why Michael Richards acted like an asshole, comes a […]

We're pretty sure it's called "acting"

AP movie writer David Germain embarasses himself in his review of “Unaccompanied Minors” by complaining about what the director has […]

Ian left holding the Bagg by Dick (UPDATED)

AP is reporting at 5:20 AM today that: Dick issued an apology through his publicist. “I chose to make a […]

Curse of Bemidji strikes again!

We received the following email from comedian Jason Resler: Dear Traci: I just wanted to tell you that I just […]

"Dear SHECKYmagazine.com…"

A sweet piece in Slate by Bryan Curtis about a major-league ballplayer who finally replied to his request for an […]

Letterman with CBS through 2010

Letterman and the network confirmed what was reported in September– they’ll be working together for another 4 years at least. […]

Out of the mouths of babes…

Well, add the D.C. Improv to the list of clubs that won’t be calling us because of our big cyber-mouths! […]

LA Weekly runs letter from SHECKYmagazine

Here is the letter that we sent to LA Weekly after the disgraceful tirade by their “crotchety columnist” Nikki Finke […]

Brian Regan @ Scottish Rite Theater

Brian Regan (l) and Paul Mecurio in the basement of the Scottish Rite Theater in Collingswood, NJ. We’ve passed by […]

Tales of the Nicholl Fellowship

Standup comics Mark Matusof and Al Carpenter (pictured below with their new friend, Oscar ™ is Matusof in the center […]

"Toilet-mouthed slime" we are

Generalizations are the rule in an opinion piece by Ted Sherman, entitled “Surprise!! “Kramer” Not Alone In Smut Standup Spotlight” […]

WSJ story on clean comedy

Someone posted Jeffrey Zaslow’s article in today’s Wall Street Journal in its entirety on the Philly Comics’ Newsgroup. (We’d post […]