SHECKYmagazine archive for May, 2009
(27 posts)
Montreal? Got a passport?
Well, you better. And if you don’t, had better apply yesterday. The government reports that: As of (Sunday May 31, […]
This has gone far enough
The Female Half was discussing, via email, the recent beefcake pic of Dane Cook (See below) with FOS Lisa Corrao, […]
NYT peddles nonsense in Galifianikis piece
The author of the article, a six-page profile of Zach Galifianakis, is John Wray. Here, he downshifts into the first […]
Conan staff moves west… new Byron Allen show
While hangin out with comedians in Vegas and Los Angeles last two weekends ago, we managed to glean some information […]
Paul Blart Mall Cop
Exhausted from our 20+travel ordeal over a good portion of the last two days, we decided to veg out and […]
Vegas to SLC to PHL!
We’re in McCarran right now… boarding soon for flight to SLC… then home to PHL after a 20-hour ordeal from […]
Aloha from Hawaii!
We’re in Kona. On the Big Island, posting from the Ali’i Marketplace (free internet!), it’s about 82 degrees with low […]
Shecky (Greene) at the Suncoast
It was splendid– soldout room at the Suncoast. A good number of the attendees were intimately familiar with Shecky from […]
Comedy… and magic… and info
The Male Half did two shows tonight at the Comedy & Magic Club– Part of the 20 Hot Comics series. […]
In Las Vegas… in Los Angeles…
Then back to Vegas… then to Hawaii! That’s Tom Cotter, Arthur Gaus and Vinnie Coppola in front of the ass-laden […]
Are you on XM or Sirius? Get some $$$.
We were hipped to SoundExchange.com by an email from Rabbi Bob Alper. He’s been played a lot on XM satellite […]
Leno on political humor
From a ReadersDigest.com article on the occasion of Jay Leno‘s departure from late night television. Q. How has your humor […]
Dane Cook scrambles out of the crab bucket
An article in the Chicago Trib by Steve Johnson seeks to determine if Dane Cook is worthy of forgiveness. The […]
Hear the roast of Melvin George II!
We attended Melvin George II‘s roast last year at the Brokerage and it was hysterical. We just worked with Melvin […]
"The community of comedians?"
Harry Smith, on how the Wanda Sykes performance was received live and how it is shaking out in the days […]
More on Sykes at WHCD
Last year, the choice for the comedian to deliver the gags at the White House Correspondents Dinner was Craig Ferguson. […]
Former SHECKYmag scribe's wedding in NYT
We are SO proud. Congratulations to the bride and groom.
Wanda Sykes at the WHCD
Here’s Rich Leiby’s account of the White House Correspondents Dinner in today’s Washington Post. The mistress of ceremonies for the […]
Smoking… in PUB-lick
This just in from Bismarck’s News Leader, KFYR-TV (Is that pronounced, “KAY-fire?” We hope so.)– Ron White has been busted. […]
You can imagine how we feel about this…
“Dying” on stage takes one step away from its metaphorical meaning and one step closer to its standard connotation in […]
Tom "The Coach" Whiteley arrested
Sharp-eyed reader Kelly Terranova sent along this link to a story from the website of The (Bergen?) Record. It’s about […]
America's comedians held hostage: Day 106!
Christian Toto, writing in the Washington Times, wonders whether its “hero worship” that accounts for the lack of Obama jokes […]
WGA about to kill pewter goose?
An article in the LAT on freelancing for late-night talk shows. Many a comedian has “faxed in jokes” to the […]
America's comedians held hostage: Day 105!
This time, it’s Greg Braxton in the LA Times who says, “Comedians are treading carefully as they test the limits […]
Comedy around the world: Indonesia
In the Sunday NYT, op-ed contributor Endy M. Bayuni wrote a lighthearted piece about the recent elections in Indonesia: This […]
TMZ: Schimmel arrested for domestic abuse
Multi-platform sleaze fountain TMZ is reporting that Robert Schimmel has been arrested and booked for felony domestic violence. In a […]
Hijinx in Idaho's capital– New club in town
It’s in the Idaho Statesman– an article on last week’s opening of Hijinx, Boise’s new comedy club. It’s managed by […]




