SHECKYmagazine archive for December, 2008
(26 posts)

Apatow standup movie to feature… comics

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

SlashFilm says that Dave Attell, Andy Dick, Norm MacDonald and Sarah Silverman. have cameo roles in Judd Apatow’s “Funny People.” […]

Cook's Bro Cooks Books

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

The Boston Globe is reporting that Darryl McCauley, Dane Cook’s 43-year-old half-brother and business manager, has been charged with embezzling […]

Our posting capabilities are restored!

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

We had some jiggering to do to our Blogger settings. We are now fully operational!

Barbados closed on Christmas?

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

That’s the MS Prinsendam on the left. And that’s our home for eight days on the right. They’re tied up […]

Halves of the Staff back from the high seas

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

The Male Half of the Staff encounters Whoopi Goldberg on deck four of the Serenade of the Seas. Whoopi Goldberg […]

Specter's polish jokes a "tragedy"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 18th, 2008

U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) told a couple of Polish jokes before a crowd of a few hundred Republicans in […]

Comedians are big fans of thinking and cognition

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 18th, 2008

So the results of a recent Tufts study on dieting may be of interest to any comics out there trying […]

NatLamp execs indicted UPDATE

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 18th, 2008

The Philadelphia Inquirer had a followup yesterday. The indictments were handed down in the district court just across the river […]

NatLamp's chairman and other officers indicted

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

The executives who run National Lampoon have apparently all been indicted for manipulating the company’s stock. Associated Press has a […]

Downstairs at the Old Bar at Goodnights

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

Saturday night, in Raleigh. That’s The Male Half, Charlie Viracola, Unidentified Viracola sibling (Sorry!), The Female Half and comic Leroy […]

A/V Club asks comedians about music

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

This article is an ideal timewaster (and we don’t mean that in a bad way). The Onion A/V Club assembled […]

Better comedy through medicine?

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

It happens rarely, but the occasional consumer of comedy will accost one of us comedians after a show (or, super-rarely, […]

Inside the last ghost of the British Empire

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 14th, 2008

That’s the title of Peter Hitchens’ column detailing his trip to the heart of the darkness that is the capital […]

Huge Ackman/Oscars followup

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

Sharp-eyed reader John Wessling sends us a link to a Newser.com (?) article that contains the following quote: “He is […]

Hugh Jackman to host Oscars

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

So, why should we care that Hugh Jackman has been chosen as the host of the Academy Awards telecast? Because […]

… as long as you spell the name right

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 11th, 2008

We’re perplexed. We’re reminded of the time The Female Half of the Staff went to the local library and asked […]

Lou Wallach out at Comedy Central

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 9th, 2008

Variety reports that Viacom is laying off some people. Among those headed out the door is Lou Wallach, who was […]

Second thoughts on Leno @ 10 PM

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 9th, 2008

Fifty per cent more people are watching television at 10 PM than they are at 11:30. Hmmm… Perhaps this Leno […]

Leno every night at 10 PM?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 9th, 2008

On NBC. That’s what Nikki Finke is saying. NBC head Jeff Zucker is ratcheting down expectations among stockholders and other […]

"I can't talk right now. I'm driving a hot dog."

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

Looking for a nice gig in which to hideout while weathering the possible upcoming economic storm? How about driving the […]

“Mock Stars” reviewed

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

Steve Macone wrote a concise review of John Wenzel’s “Mock Stars” in Blast Magazine. (We referred to Wenzel in our […]

There's something happening here…

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

FOS Rabbi Bob Alper spotted this column in USAToday by former Orlando Sentinel religion correspondent Mark I. Pinsky entitled “Putting […]

“Hitler’s Comedy Career”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 3rd, 2008

A bit of inspired YouTube mischief by British comic Dominic Frisby. You will click “play” and you will laugh. It’s […]

Seattle Comedy Competition winner

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 3rd, 2008

It’s Tommy Savitt (website here). Read about the victory in the Seattle Times.

The definitive Kiwi comedy article?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 2nd, 2008

It’s an opus from the New Zealand Herald this past weekend. It’s full of references to folks we’ve never heard […]

Two WSJ articles about comedy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 1st, 2008

Sharp-eyed FOS T. Reilly pointed out that The Wall Street Journal ran two articles on comedy last week. (We think […]