SHECKYmagazine archive for February, 2009
(27 posts)

Extreme beaching?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 27th, 2009

FOS DJ Hazard has penned (can we still use the quaint verb “penned” any more?) an essay for Examiner.com. (From […]

Tear up the Hack List

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 27th, 2009

There’s a clip of Louis CK‘s appearance on Conan that’s been ricocheting around the internet. (Clip here. Embedding has been […]

We're telling you this for the first time

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 26th, 2009

Jerry Seinfeld and NBC are heralding the launch of a new reality show. The comedian’s project is tentatively called The […]

More on Jerry Lewis

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 23rd, 2009

This time, from Manohla Dargis, writing in the New York Times, in this section, discussing Lewis’ humanitarian award from AMPAS. […]

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 23rd, 2009

From the Answers.com bio of Richard Pryor:”…a trip to Africa ultimately renewed him spiritually, and he returned to America a […]

D.I.Y. in the Capital region (Albany)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 23rd, 2009

“Stand-up citizens” is subtitled “Everyone’s a comedian? No, but the brave can try it.” by the Daily Gazette’s Brian McElhiney […]

"Funny People" Trailer

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 23rd, 2009

It’s up on Moviefone. And here. Seth Rogen mentioned the trailer on the red carpet last night.

Jerry Lewis to receive Oscar

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 22nd, 2009

They’ll give him the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. It’s for his work raising money to find a cure for muscular […]

Is the sitcom dead?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 22nd, 2009

Not sure. But check out all these ghoulish Hollywood types trying to revive the corpse. We’re particularly routing for the […]

Tweeting during the Oscarcast

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 21st, 2009

Both Halves of the Staff will be tweeting (via Twitter!) during Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast. They’ll be among the […]

Hatin' on "Punchline" again ADDENDUM

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 20th, 2009

On the occasion of the upcoming release of Judd Apatow‘s movie about standup comics, we wanted to drive people to […]

Youtube take your clip down lately? UPDATE

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 18th, 2009

Seems as though Youtube is taking down a lot of clips lately, at the behest of large music companies like […]

J. Chris Newberg’s “Shut Up Song” video

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 18th, 2009

The Male Half makes a brief appearance. He taped it between shows at the Comedy & Magic Club. There are […]

Reading (PA), writing and arithmetic

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 17th, 2009

In the ten years we’ve published this magazine, we’ve rarely used this platform to air any personal grievances. It was […]

Reading (PA), writing and arithmetic

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 17th, 2009

We were booked to perform in Reading, PA, on March 20-21, at the Reading Comedy Outlet. In purely logistical terms, […]

Valentine's Day weekend in MLPS

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 17th, 2009

We returned to the Joke Joint in Minneapolis (technically, Bloomington, MN) this past weekend to perform at the Joke Joint […]

Ridley celebrates three decades

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 16th, 2009

Check out the article in Crain’s Detroit Business by Julie Yolles marking the 30th anniversary of Mark Ridley as a […]

From the Wayback Machine

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 14th, 2009

We wonder if Google is paying Jay Ward Productions any royalties for use of the term “Wayback Machine?” (We’re not […]

Club owner has "no use for comedic snobbery"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 12th, 2009

Jerry Fink interviews Joe Sanfelipo for the Vegas Sun. The Florida-based booker opened a room at the Palace Station… or […]

Saturday at the Comedy & Magic Club

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 9th, 2009

Two more shows on Saturday, each one putting up 20 comics for five minutes a piece. Basically the same lineup, […]

20 Hot Comics at Comedy & Magic

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 7th, 2009

Great house and 20 hot comics (well… 19, but by the end of the show, no one was inclined to […]

A funny pol. Who writes her stuff?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 7th, 2009

According to industry rag The Hill (the “industry” in this case is the Federal Government, particularly the Congress of the […]

“Miracle On The Hudson” from Stuckey & Murray

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 6th, 2009

The trailer; it’s not safe for work:

Laugh Factory, Long Beach, CA

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 6th, 2009

We flew into Los Angeles International Airport yesterday afternoon. It was gloomy and drizzly. And it’s more sprawling and confusing […]

The status of Last Comic Standing, Season 7

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 6th, 2009

Doesn’t look good. (By that we mean that it looks like it’s not returning… some folks might interpret “Doesn’t look […]

Last night at the Hidden House

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 5th, 2009

We took I-10 into Phoenix proper last night, as the folks who run the Wednesday night open mike at Hidden […]

We're in PHX… en route to L.A. come THU

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 3rd, 2009

We’re headed to Los Angeles. We’re flying in Thursday afternoon. We’re not sure what we’ll be up to. (The Male […]