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SHECKYmagazine archive for March, 2009
(57 posts)

Remembering Mitch

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2009

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the day we all found out that Mitch Hedberg had died. In the confusing [...]

Well, this is awkward

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2009

Robert Lloyd, TV critic for the L.A. Times theorizes… no… insists that awkwardness has become “the dominant note in comedy.” [...]

Laughter blooming in Eastern PA

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2009

An editorial in the Pottsville, PA, Republican and Herald asks “Have you noticed that this stand-up comedy entertainment stuff is [...]

Baby Man profiled in Ventura Star

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2009

Thousand Oaks resident Bruce Baum is the focus of a nice writeup in the local rag. His latest ventures are [...]

Everybody's a comedian… in cyberspace

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 31st, 2009

Scott Brown, blogging in/on/for Wired, writes: We’ve heard a lot about how Google is making us dumber and more distracted [...]

In Phoenix, headed for Hermosa Beach, Vegas

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 30th, 2009

We’re in Phoenix… Sun City West to be exact. (We’re headed to Surprise Stadium tomorrow to see the Giants play [...]

Kathy Griffin born a male?

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

When a magazine about standup see that question come up twice in its stats in the space of just a [...]

Vegas plot thickens, re: former Trop room

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

Mike Weatherford, in the LVR-J, with a clarification and a correction: Righthaven LLC has teamed up with the Las Vegas [...]

Papa CJ heads vodka-fueled comedy tour

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

According to a press release, Finlandia, the distiller that makes the premium vodka, is sponsoring “an initiative to propel stand-up [...]

LAT says comedy fighting depression

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

A lengthy article by John Lopez in the LA Times says that comics are finding a comedy gold mine in [...]