SHECKYmagazine archive for May, 2008
(28 posts)

Last Comic Standing: Rumor that Foot amputated

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 31st, 2008

We published earlier that British comic Paul Foot made the Final Twelve. Now, we’re hearing that Foot has been booted. […]

Last Comic Standing: Further reflections

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 31st, 2008

Christopher Rocchio interviews LCS host Bill Bellamy and new producer David Friedman for an article for RealityTVWorld.com. David Friedman was […]

Last Comic Standing: Season 6, Episode 1, L.A.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 30th, 2008

The first segment of tonight’s episode is especially grating. We’ve seen segments on The Weather Channel that had more laughs. […]

Harvey Korman, 81

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 29th, 2008

After a stint in the U.S. Navy during WWII, Korman studied at the Goodman School of Drama at the Chicago […]

Last Comic Standing: The Nielsens

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 29th, 2008

From the NBC press release: Thursday from 9:30-11 p.m. ET, the season premiere of “Last Comic Standing” averaged a 2.4/6 […]

RUMOR: Mitch Mullany dead

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 28th, 2008

The following blog entry appeared on comedian Butch Bradley‘s MySpace profile: If you haven’t heard the sad news we have […]

Cooking comic might be next Food Net Star

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 27th, 2008

We’re watching the Food Network when a promo for “The Next Food Network Star” pops up and we see among […]

“Everyone’s a comedian”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 27th, 2008

From the March 2008 issue of Men’s Health, an item in their Average Guy section provides some fascinating statistics (no […]

Alan King’s “Name Dropping” CORRECTED

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 27th, 2008

Both Halves of the Staff are reading Alan King’s autobio, “Name-Dropping,” (with Chris Chase). It’s good, fluffy summer reading and, […]

Dick Martin, comedian, 86

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 25th, 2008

The brief AP item: LOS ANGELES – Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose “Rowan and Martin’s […]

"99 % of comedians terrible"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 23rd, 2008

There are other websites out there, on the internet, who employ regular citizens to hold forth on various subjects. They […]

Last Comic Standing: Season Six!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 23rd, 2008

So, we’re in Kansas City, and we’re on Central Daylight Time. And we’ve got an 8 PM show. So, there’s […]

How important is humor?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 22nd, 2008

There was a brief item on Fox News’ Special Report, hosted by Brit Hume, that told of order returning to […]

Last Comic Standing: Premieres tonight!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 22nd, 2008

We’re on the road. In Kansas City, at Famous Johnnys. Tonight, we have one show at 8 PM, but we’ve […]

Sitcom among the few new shows this fall

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 19th, 2008

Actually, there were a handful of sitcoms announced at the upfronts, but one in particular stands out as far as […]

LCS: Rigged? So says Star-Trib

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 19th, 2008

A sharp-eyed MPLS reader sent us a link to a story in the Star-Turbine by Neal Justin. No shock that […]

New Vegas room confirmed w/clarification

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 15th, 2008

Mike Weatherford writes, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Yet another comedy club arrives, but this one is downtown at Fitzgerald’s. […]

Why comedians don't "retire"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 15th, 2008

In the space of just a few weeks, the New York Times has run two interesting profiles of comedians– one, […]

Johnny Vegas sues Guardian

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 15th, 2008

Performer Johnny Vegas has sued Guardian News & Media, publishers of UK publications The Guardian and the Observer, over a […]

Trouble for Mac users?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 13th, 2008

Are you Mac users having any trouble loading the magazine? If so, it would be helpful if you could answer […]

Hope in Hawaii, sometime in the 70s!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 13th, 2008

We got married in Honolulu in 1988. We had just moved to Burbank in September and we immediately planned a […]

Blood and thunder in Aspen

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 13th, 2008

The Female Half is reading “Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American […]

Vegas gets a comedy room downtown

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 12th, 2008

We hear through our extensive network of operatives that Chuck Johnson (Summit) is opening a room at Fitzgerald’s in downtown […]

Photorealist art accompaniesNBC LCS ad

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 12th, 2008

We’re unclear on the aim of NBC’s ad blitz which touts their “All-American Summer” and co-promotes LCS along with American […]

Win, Place and (Talk) Show

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 12th, 2008

In this article in Vanity Fair, Jim Windolf handicaps the upcoming race among late night television talk show hosts. Over […]

The mind reels at thought of new Gong Show

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 8th, 2008

Hey, Chucky Baby! Dig this from a Comedy Central press release: COMEDY CENTRAL and Sony Pictures Television are bringing back […]

Garrett on comedy albums

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 6th, 2008

Southwest Airlines’ in-flight magazine Spirit found a way to promote Brad Garrett‘s May 9-10 gig at the Mirage in their […]

This just in: Most comics mentally ill, "undiagnosed"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 6th, 2008

We posted in November about mental health counselor David Granirer, who teaches standup to the mentally ill (“The pot calling […]