SHECKYmagazine archive for April, 2009
(41 posts)
America's comedians held hostage: Day 100!
The Chicago Trib slings yet another article on how comics and others are dumbfounded when it comes to making jokes […]
Comedy does well in times of crisis
The Times of London investigates “Why the recession is good for a laugh.” Indeed, if you had swooped across this […]
Why do you still do standup?
Why does the MSM still express surprise when a comedian continues to do standup after success in other media… or […]
Romano and Garrett tour headed for Atlanta
The AJC ran an interview with Ray Romano— his live show, with Brad Garrett onboard, will be at the Fox […]
Comic celebrates 15 years… out of business
The Cincinnati Enquirer ran a profile of former comic Jimmy Gilliece. Fifteen years ago Jimmy Gilliece traded a career doing […]
He's Dai Henwood's Protege
We stumbled upon this article about Guy Williams, the 21-year-old “rookie stand-up comedian” who won the right to be Dai […]
Great American Comedy Festival
They’re holding it (and the competition) in Johnny Carson’s hometown of Norfolk, NE, in June. We snagged the list of […]
Where are the open mikes?
A reader, comedian Jon Wilson of Minnesota, asks if we know of any website that has a link to current […]
Hidden House, the Phoenix open mike
John Griggs, Steve Maxwell, Myke Dehu, Kirk Buckhout It was Wednesday, April 1, when The Male Half headed over to […]
Shecky Greene called
The Male Half had a riotous ten-minute phone conversation with Shecky Greene. Does life get any more bizarre? We were […]
Roger Ebert aspired to be a standup?
Or so he says in his column from April 11. It’s an interesting set of observations about standup, but mainly […]
Flying gets cheaper for LGA, BOS, MSP comics
Southwest announced plans to start servicing LaGuardia in June. Good news for comics in the NYC market. That’s not all: […]
Mottley's
This would be Chris Pennie (l) and Tim McIntire bakcstage on Saturday night at Mottley’s in Boston. Pennie hosted the […]
Doug Hecox seeks post-9/11 stories
From FOS/SHECKYmagazine contributor Doug Hecox: I’m working on a magazine article I thought you might be able to help with. […]
The Fed, money supply and… Carrot Top?
The Weekly Standard has a piece explaining why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke needs to spell out how he plans to […]
On walking people at a college gig
Comedian Steve Hofstetter has proudly uploaded the above video which depicts him onstage at a gig at the University of […]
Boston getting a new comedy club
We hung out with Nick Zaino last night (he came to Mottley’s to see the show), and he told us […]
Atlanta loses a club, gains a club
While Marshall Chiles announces the closing of his Funny Farm (shuttered because the entertainment complex it was housed in, Star […]
The hits just keep on comin' (Northeast Times!)
Way back in November, when The Male Half did a couple sets at the Comedy Factory Outlet Reunion Shows, up […]
Phoenix interview with The Halves
With Mottley’s being named Best Of and this interview, it should be a pretty swell weekend in Boston. We’re heading […]
Women aren't (yawn) funny?
It’s 2009. Some people are still having this debate. Rub the eyes and shake the head. No… It’s not a […]
Boston Phoenix readers choose Mottley's
We’re headed to Boston Friday, where we’ll make our triumphant return for one show that night and another show Saturday […]
Dating a comic story carried by CNN
Because it was just so compelling! We posted about an article on Friday (click here or scroll down) that was […]
Boston Phoenix lists 100 Unsexiest Men
Boston’s altrag has a pulsing banner that leads to their list of the 100 Unsexiest Men. The opening page contains […]
Fourth Estater goes on fifth
Des Moines Register staffer Brianne Sanchez goes ontage for the first time and lives to blog about it. It goes […]
Regan quizzed by CNN
CNN interviewed Brian Regan. On being clean: I used to have a few jokes here and there with a four-letter […]
Can't find anything funny about the man…
Joe Queenan is a wickedly funny satirist. His latest musings have found a home on the op-ed page of the […]
Having a wonderful time…
Wish you were here. In this photo (produced and snapped by The Female Half), we see The Male Half and […]
Misspelling… Or not?
From the satellite box office at the Riv. (And from the posters all throughout the hotel-casino complex!)
NBC: "This is going to be a comedy show."
That’s the word from NBC execs as they beat the drum for the industry-only showcase that will introduce Jay Leno’s […]
Comics are always "on," dontcha know
What a steaming pile this one is. It’s from The Frisky. It’s by “Anonymous,” and it’s all about how this […]
March Madness winner
Andrew Wesson, The Male Half’s nephew, took the top spot in our bracket contest, picking the winner of the tournament […]
Road trip within the road trip
We’ll all be heading down the strip today to catch the three o’clock Defending The Caveman at the Excalibur. (Normally […]
Lovitz opening club in Universal City Walk
We were cruising into Los Angeles (swirling around the drain of the Los Angeles Basin?) when we heard an item […]
McDonald's hasn't heard the word
We’re posting this from the sparkling new McDonald’s on the Strip in Vegas. We’re sorely disappointed, though, that we had […]
Saturday night in Hermosa Beach
Among those performing on the 20 Hot Comics Show last night: Matt Baetz, Michael Loftus, Elon Gold, Neal Brennan, Jeff […]
No Leno show in his hometown market
AP is reporting the WHDH, NBC’s Boston affiliate, announced that they won’t be carrying the new 10 PM Jay Leno […]
Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday
Then it’s off to Vegas. But first, The Male Half will be performing on the 20 Hot Comics Show on […]
Thanks to our readers on our tenth anniversary!
For without them, we would have abandoned this crazy enterprise long ago. When we uploaded our first issue, ten years […]
Laugh a woman into bed
The Daily Telegraph says that a gang of scientists have discovered that “men really can laugh women into bed, because […]