SHECKYmagazine archive for February, 2008
(40 posts)
"My client had good reason to shoot up the school!"
We missed this comment, at the bottom of Joe Stender’s piece in the Eagle Eye (see posting from earlier today, […]
Last Comic Standing: Tempe auditions UPDATE 2/29
We’re piecing together what went on in Tempe at the recent (Tuesday) LCS auditions there at the Improv. We haven’t […]
Reminds us of our first time
An article in the Eagle Eye, the online newspaper of Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania entitled “The Funny Thing About […]
Black Comedy Project kicks off in NYC
Tomorrow night through Saturday, the Black Comedy Project will present a series of shows at The Tank, 279 Church Street, […]
History of Boston Comedy in one night
The show is called “A Night for Knoxie, Raisin’ Money- Raisin’ Hell!” and it’s at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, […]
NYT says Leno wheeling, dealing
Even though he’s technically not allowed to cut any deals for another two years, Jay Leno is, according to the […]
"Judge Dom Irrera?"
DirecTV has announced ten episodes of a new series, The Supreme Court of Comedy. Premiering on DIRECTV’s original entertainment channel […]
Last Comic Standing: Houston auditions (MORE!)
Our Houston spies are letting us down! So far, all we have is: Andi Smith Chris Voth Are two who […]
Punchline podcast features Male/Female Halves
Go here to listen to a lengthy and spirited interview with the Male and Female Halves of the Staff conducted […]
What's going on in Tom Green's House?
That’s FOS Gabe Abelson shaking hands with Ed McMahon… in Tom Green’s house. Gabe explains: It’s the set of the […]
Comics are best choice for game show hosts
Duh! A USA Today article confirms what we’ve said for some time now. On the occasion of the debut of […]
The Battle of the Chicago fests!
It’s a donnybrook! Mere hours after the folks at Just For Laughs announced their festival plans for Chicago in ’09, […]
Chicago club opens, closes within two weeks
This puzzling article in Time Out Chicago by Steve Heisler was written after Heisler attended opening night of the Comedy […]
JFL invades USA in 2009
Chicago is their target. The folks at Just For Laughs sent out a bulletin today at 2:39 PM announcing “Just […]
Max needs a kidney
Got a bulletin from comedian/friend Max Alexander: It’s 100 per cent safe and healthy to donate a kidney– Google to […]
Last Comic Standing: Minneapolis
We just got a recap of the Minneapolis auditions from an anonymous source: Last Comic Standing has come and gone […]
Friends of Kevin Knox helping out
We know Boston comic Kevin Knox from our days in that city’s comedy clubs. For four years now, he has […]
Last Comic Standing: London to Miami?
This just came in over the cyber transom, from a reader in England, and it seems to be credible. About […]
Road Atlas Shrugged reaches century mark
Traci Skene has uploaded her 100th post to her rollicking and thoughtful weblog, Road Atlas Shrugged. 100 posts ago, The […]
Last Comic Standing: Motor City this time
That’s Marty Butler and Crystal P flanking Last Comic Standing host Bill Bellamy in the green room at the Comedy […]
Last Comic Standing: Another first person account
Another report from the Toronto LCS audition: I, along with about 120 others, stood in line in sub-freezing temperatures for […]
Last Comic Standing: Acts advance out of Toronto
One of our readers sends word that the Toronto acts who advanced were: Sean Cullen Winston Spear The Williamson Playboys […]
McFarlane first, Vos second on C.C. tonight
Comedy Central Presents will present 30 minutes of standup from Bonnie McFarlane at 10 PM EST and then present a […]
Strike over… let the fallouts begin
The strike is over. Note to all comedy club owners/bookers: Check your voicemail… there will undoubtedly be messages from all […]
Last Comic Standing: Club hopping
We were in between dates last week– finished with our weekend at Comedy, TN in Memphis and scheduled to be […]
Black talks to other comics about The Joke
We were watching a special on the Kennedy assassination when we saw a promo for “History of the Joke,” a […]
Last Comic Standing seeks "wacky"
FOS Becky Reed sends along a link to this Craigslist posting, from the Minneapolis/St. Paul, TV/Video/Radio Jobs section: Funny/ Wacky […]
Wright/SHECKYmag in the NYT
An appreciation of Steven Wright appears in The Sunday New York Times. Written by FOS Peter Keepnews, the article quotes […]
Last Comic Standing: NYC auditions
From some SHECKYmagazine spies/correspondents at the NYC evening showscase, comes word that the following made it through: Louis Ramey God’s […]
Last Comic Standing: The Judges
The information is filling in on the NBC.com page. Most of the judges for the main auditions are set. Toronto […]
Our newest advertiser: HAHAAS.com
Joel Haas, XM’s Satellite Radio’s Comedy Director, is also a comedy producer and recording engineer who quot;has recorded over 150 […]
Last Comic Standing: Exclusive video!
FOS Sharilyn Johnson captured some video of the line on the street this morning in NYC, waiting to get into […]
Vince Vaughn's comedy concert pic reviewed
Get ready for the onslaught of (negative) reviews of Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, the theatrical release starring Vince […]
LCS: Casting for "Pizza Tossers" and "Hotties"
We got an email from an anonymous tipster that said that the producers of Last Comic Standing are seeking to […]
Last Comic Standing gets a Brit co-host
Fearne Cotton is her name and the British tabs caller her a “telly babe.” She was on The X Factor, […]
Decline of Laughter
Sure, it’s old (June 2007), and there are some points made which turn on the situation surrounding the Don Imus […]
"The First Comedy Strike" UPDATE
This Time magazine article compares the current WGA strike to the Comedy Store strike of 1979. Richard Zoglin calls it […]
Mockumentary features tons of comics
Comics Dax Jordan and Jake Iannarino have collaborated on a fake documentary, detailing the exploits of “Chip Seinfeld,” the ostensible […]
Comedy, TN, where comedy is king
The Male Half flanked by Sammy Martin (l) and John Marks after a rousing week of comedy at the relatively […]
Last Comic Standing: Yet another Semi-Finalist
We heard that yet another of the coveted red envelopes was handed to the comic below, at the recent L.A. […]