SHECKYmagazine archive for May, 2008
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Last Comic Standing: Rumor that Foot amputated
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
The brief AP item: LOS ANGELES – Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose “Rowan and Martin’s […]
"99 % of comedians terrible"
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!
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?
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!
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
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
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
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"
In the space of just a few weeks, the New York Times has run two interesting profiles of comedians– one, […]
Johnny Vegas sues Guardian
Performer Johnny Vegas has sued Guardian News & Media, publishers of UK publications The Guardian and the Observer, over a […]
Trouble for Mac users?
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!
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
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
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
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
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
Hey, Chucky Baby! Dig this from a Comedy Central press release: COMEDY CENTRAL and Sony Pictures Television are bringing back […]
Garrett on comedy albums
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"
We posted in November about mental health counselor David Granirer, who teaches standup to the mentally ill (“The pot calling […]