SHECKYmagazine archive for June, 2007
(65 posts)

Rascals gone in 16 hours

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 30th, 2007

Rascals in Cherry Hill, NJ, has two more shows tonight, then it shuts its doors for good. The folks at […]

Mort Sahl's 80th celebration, take two!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

Photo credit: Dan Rosenberg FOS Dan Rosenberg was also present at the bash in Brentwood. Take in his account, then […]

Humorless busybodies force Seinfeld apology

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

Check out this TVSquad item from June 22, about how Jerry Seinfeld, during promotion for his upcoming “Bee Movie,” said […]

Who was at the Mort Sahl tribute?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

As promised, a rundown of the activities at last night’s Mort Sahl 80th birthday bash at the Wadsworth Theater in […]

Aleman disses Piers and hassles The Hoff!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

View the 21-second YouTube video in which comic Ricardo Aleman

Aleman punctures Piers, hassles The Hoff!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

Witnesses say that Ricardo Aleman got decent laughs during his set at the New York leg of the reality talent […]

Garofalo on failure

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

Bill Muller of the Arizona Republic spoke to Janeane Garofalo who voices Colette in “Ratatouille.” It’s not the first time […]

U.K. comic protests smoking ban

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

Chortle, “The UK Comedy Guide,” has a story (original, we think) on comic Liam Mullone who is rebelling against “extremists […]

Carlos DoSouto, aspiring comic

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

A brief obituary of 25 year-old Carlos DoSouto of New Bedford, MA, contains this in paragraph five: “He was a […]

Coroner's report on Richard Jeni

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 29th, 2007

From The Smoking Gun.

Last Comic Standing: Episode 3

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 28th, 2007

We can hear the thunder, faintly at first, as the front approaches from the west. And WCAU, the NBC affiliate […]

Comedy is easy. Dying is hard.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 27th, 2007

Apparently, comedy is hard. And dying, it turns out in this case, is pretty easy– especially with the able assistance […]

On Mort Sahl

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 27th, 2007

AP is running a story by John Rogers on the occasion of Mort Sahl‘s 80th birthday. In it Sahl is […]

Comedy galaxy visible at Sahl event

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 26th, 2007

SHECKYmagazine will have a correspondent present on Thursday evening when Mort Sahl is honored in Brentwood. Legendary comedian, pundit and […]

Black: "Take care, you little pricks!"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

Lewis Black, at a press conference in anticipation of his appearance at the Bonnaroo Festvial in TN last weekend, confessed […]

Email troubles continue MONDAY A.M.!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

We’re still having email trouble. However, if you send (or re-send!) email to us at bmckim(at sign)mindspring.com, it’ll get to […]

Standup in Kenya

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

We just love reading about comedians who live and work in other countries. The Standard.net, a site providing news and […]

Comedy Stage on CMT

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

That’s Country Music Television. They’ve been running a comedy showcase series for a few months now called Comedy Stage. The […]

Griffin on aging and other matters

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

In anticipation of her upcoming turn at the Lyric Theater in Baltimore, the Sun ran a mini-interview with Kathy Griffin. […]

Comedy for at-risk Jerusalem teens

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

Israel-born comedian Avi Liberman has, for five years now, produced a comedy tour of Israel which benefits Jerusalem’s Crossroads Center, […]

Oswalt in NYT on arti$tic freedom

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

Joe Rhodes of the New York Times interviews Patton Oswalt on the occasion of the release of “Ratatouille,” in which […]

Japanese comics aren't running any more

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 25th, 2007

There, on asahi.com, amid headlines like “Chartered flights between Tokyo and Shanghai to start in October” and “JVC, Kenwood OK […]

U.K. Independent's Jacobson on Manning

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 23rd, 2007

The death of Bernard Manning also brings out this column by Howard Jacobson. In it, he compares the knighthood of […]

Drinking in Vegas on $11 a night

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 23rd, 2007

Comedian Kevin Downey, writing for UsedWigs.com, embarks on a debauched evening of thrifty drinking. And lives to write about it. […]

Technical dificulties

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2007

We were down for about 90 minutes this morning… in correcting the problem, some posts were temporarily lost. They have […]

Laughter is the best seretonin reuptake inhibitor

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2007

Spotted the following listing under “Comedy” in the Vancouver online mag Westender.com (ultra-cool, ironic, minimalist punctuation theirs): stand up for […]

Seeking L.C.S. analysis?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2007

If you’re looking for our Last Comic Standing bloggage, just scroll down a bit and you’ll see it. Thanks!

Two of our favorite clubs– GONE!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2007

Rascals Cherry Hill will close soon, its last show will be Saturday, June 30. It was originally supposed to last […]

Send your CD/DVD to Iraq, via Van Nuys

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2007

Just received an email from comedian Karen Rontowski, who is seeking comics’ CD’s and DVD’s for Comedy For Our Troops. […]

LCS UPDATE: Season 5, Episode II REVISED

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 21st, 2007

L.C.S. Joke of the Day: What do you give a pig with a sprained ankle? Ant’s phone number! (We’re getting […]

Self-hating comic in the U.K. Independent

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2007

The U.K. Independent, for reasons that are unfathomable, features a pathetic 1,762-word rant by British comedian Alexei Sayle. All you […]

Burke as Caveman at Nugget nightly

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2007

Kevin Burke will perform Rob Becker‘s “Defending The Caveman” at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas six nights a […]

Just For Laughs abandoning Montreal?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2007

Go to the Montreal Just For Laughs website and click on the link to “Festival,” then click on the link […]

Wayans walks, five minutes before Friday 2nd show

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2007

The El Paso Times is reporting that Damon Wayans walked on a room full of fans five minutes before the […]

Musical chair$ in late night TV

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2007

Ben Grossman, writing in Broadcasting & Cable, says that an unnamed source says that some NBC suits met with Jon […]

LCS UPDATE: Pete Dominick turns down LCS

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2007

Someone wrote to us and asked why the producers of the program didn’t show Pete Dominick advancing to the next […]

Comics wield unprecedented pop culture power?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2007

Meta Wagner, writing in her Vox Pop column for PopMatters entitled “Surrender yourself to the attack of the comedians,” seems […]

Jesus wept… with laughter!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2007

Sorry. We couldn’t come up with anything less blasphemous or more clever. Anyway, this post is about a pair of […]

Steinberg pens bio

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2007

Comedian David Steinberg has a book out, called “The Book Of David.” The Toronto Star calls it a “non-linear, blithely […]

Friday night at Philadelphia's Helium

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2007

Rex Morgan, Tom Wilson, Legendary Wid, at the bar at Helium (PHL) Friday night (Photo credit: Patricia Wall) We found […]