SHECKYmagazine archive for July, 2007
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Thea Vidale bulletin on MySpace
From a MySpace bulletin, posted by Carole Montgomery: Thea is recovering from emergency surgery in LA. I am flying out […]
AP: Comics consider getting websites!
That’s right. Jake Coyle, writing for AP, says that, “…comedians are increasingly feeling the need to have an online presence.” […]
Older folks don't get the jokes?
Betsy Taylor, writing for AP, says that “Joke comprehension may decrease with age.” A new psychology study at Washington University… […]
Post-Chronicle won't let it go
While we were on vacation, we missed this gem from the Post-Chronicle (at the end of their rip-and-read posting on […]
More Sahl
Paul Krassner, writing for the HuffPo, provides even more detail on the Sahl tribute, including the transcript of Albert Brooks‘ […]
"Robin Williams enters comedy rehab"
That’s our fantasy headline. It hasn’t popped up on our MyYahoo yet. What have been popping up on the internet […]
No kidding, please
Readers of this magazine know we take a dim view of people who encourage kids to take up standup comedy. […]
Gervais and Rock in on hoax?
From a website called FemaleFirst.co.uk, which pushes “ultra-sexy lingerie” alongside gossip items about Lilly Allen and giveaways of Dirk Bogarde […]
Crying over spilt ink
Is there anything worse than getting a hit in the paper to promote your upcoming gig… and then having that […]
PGH Bone celebrates quarter century
The Beaver County Times (whose names makes us giggle every time) ran a rather large piece on the 25th anniversary […]
Cable Guy teams with microbrewery
Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy, has given permission to a winery and brewery in his hometown to brew […]
Burger King/CBS Viacom start a fight
If you want to know who’ll be duking it out in the Burger King/Comedy Central Open Mic Fight, go here, […]
Who knew Esquire still published?
Esquire, dusty precursor to FHM, Maxim, Stuff and other lad mags, has belched up a ridiculous article (this one penned […]
Guardian interviews Curb's Essman
Get an idea of how Susie Essman‘s life has changed by reading the interview from last Thursday’s U.K. Guardian. Her […]
Does that count as an extra item?
We were never so tempted to hold a caption contest. This is the cover of last week’s Cape May County […]
Rock fouls the air at U.K. Live Earth show
So much for clean air. On live TV, Chris Rock, after a less than great response to a lame Paris […]
Comedians "a happy breed!"
D.K. Holm, writing for MSN.com’s TV section, did something that’s rarer than it should be– in the course of writing […]
Oh, the mer-manatee!
She was supposed to look like a mermaid. We think she looks more like a manatee. We have dubbed her […]