SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2008
(22 posts)
Cleveland Comedy Festival, Nov. 7-9
We just got word that the Cleveland Comedy Festival is a go for next month. It will feature performances and [...]
Rudy Ray Moore, "Dolemite", dead
Dolemite is dead. Back on June 23, 2006, we posted that Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite, was ill. It sounds [...]
Comedy Central takes live plunge
The lengthy press release announces Comedy Central’s new venture into producing live comedy shows and names the guy who will [...]
From The Back Of The Room
FOS Sharilyn Johnson took the blog plunge last month. Her blog, From The Back Of The Room, is explained in [...]
Soak bridge with gasoline, light match
Here’s a time-honored tradition. A story that is oft-repeated. We’ll set it up for you: Some of the local comics [...]
Sam Arif, comedian
Sam Arif died yesterday from liver cancer. So we learned in a brief a email from Steve Young, the proprietor [...]
On Beavers and old beefs
Variety reports on the Canadian Comedy Awards. They handed them out in Regina last weekend. Canadian TV comic Gerry Dee [...]
Jeremy Hotz grilled
From the Hartford Courant’s interview with Canadian Jeremy Hotz on the occasion of his appearance at the Hartford Funny Bone, [...]
Comics on the big screen
We’re of the opinion that regular folks caring about such matters as box office is just as pointless and geeky [...]
New York Underground Festival going on
Check out their new and improved website. Attending festivals this year takes more energy than we currently have. (Unless, of [...]






