SHECKYmagazine archive for June, 2007
(65 posts)
Rascals gone in 16 hours
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!
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
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?
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!
View the 21-second YouTube video in which comic Ricardo Aleman
Aleman punctures Piers, hassles The Hoff!
Witnesses say that Ricardo Aleman got decent laughs during his set at the New York leg of the reality talent […]
Garofalo on failure
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
Chortle, “The UK Comedy Guide,” has a story (original, we think) on comic Liam Mullone who is rebelling against “extremists […]
Carlos DoSouto, aspiring comic
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
From The Smoking Gun.
Last Comic Standing: Episode 3
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.
Apparently, comedy is hard. And dying, it turns out in this case, is pretty easy– especially with the able assistance […]
On Mort Sahl
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
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!"
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.!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The death of Bernard Manning also brings out this column by Howard Jacobson. In it, he compares the knighthood of […]
Drinking in Vegas on $11 a night
Comedian Kevin Downey, writing for UsedWigs.com, embarks on a debauched evening of thrifty drinking. And lives to write about it. […]
Technical dificulties
We were down for about 90 minutes this morning… in correcting the problem, some posts were temporarily lost. They have […]
Laughter is the best seretonin reuptake inhibitor
Spotted the following listing under “Comedy” in the Vancouver online mag Westender.com (ultra-cool, ironic, minimalist punctuation theirs): stand up for […]
Seeking L.C.S. analysis?
If you’re looking for our Last Comic Standing bloggage, just scroll down a bit and you’ll see it. Thanks!
Two of our favorite clubs– GONE!
Rascals Cherry Hill will close soon, its last show will be Saturday, June 30. It was originally supposed to last […]
Send your CD/DVD to Iraq, via Van Nuys
Just received an email from comedian Karen Rontowski, who is seeking comics’ CD’s and DVD’s for Comedy For Our Troops. […]
LCS UPDATE: Season 5, Episode II REVISED
L.C.S. Joke of the Day: What do you give a pig with a sprained ankle? Ant’s phone number! (We’re getting […]
Self-hating comic in the U.K. Independent
The U.K. Independent, for reasons that are unfathomable, features a pathetic 1,762-word rant by British comedian Alexei Sayle. All you […]
Burke as Caveman at Nugget nightly
Kevin Burke will perform Rob Becker‘s “Defending The Caveman” at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas six nights a […]
Just For Laughs abandoning Montreal?
Go to the Montreal Just For Laughs website and click on the link to “Festival,” then click on the link […]
Wayans walks, five minutes before Friday 2nd show
The El Paso Times is reporting that Damon Wayans walked on a room full of fans five minutes before the […]
Musical chair$ in late night TV
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
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?
Meta Wagner, writing in her Vox Pop column for PopMatters entitled “Surrender yourself to the attack of the comedians,” seems […]
Jesus wept… with laughter!
Sorry. We couldn’t come up with anything less blasphemous or more clever. Anyway, this post is about a pair of […]
Steinberg pens bio
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
Rex Morgan, Tom Wilson, Legendary Wid, at the bar at Helium (PHL) Friday night (Photo credit: Patricia Wall) We found […]