SHECKYmagazine archive for June, 2009
(38 posts)
Penn Jillette on Shecky Greene
As part of the “Penn Says:” series of videos, the large, talking half of Penn & Teller holds forth on […]
“Lying About: Standup”
If you have 9:49, check out our very first episode of “Lying About: Standup,” entitled, “Is It Too Soon?” in […]
Reality Video! Ivan gets accosted
OMG! U have got to see this! It’s a video posted by Lisa Corrao called, “Ivan Hernandez Gets Scolded by […]
Fred Travalena
There aren’t many impressionists around. When we were growing up, there seemed to be enough to have one on Merv’s […]
We're optimistic– Site being "reconsidered"
Google has very tight security. Understandable, we suppose. So, when some sort of suspicious software is inserted into a website […]
Road trip: Comedy in Princeton
We had Saturday off, so we motored up 295 to hang out with Bonnie McFarlane (who was headlining Princeton Catch […]
Badware?
We’re in the middle of transferring SHECKYmagazine.com from our old server to a new one. In the meantime, Google is […]
Punk rocker's shout-out: Shecky Greene?
The Jerusalem Post interviewed “Loud Fast Jews,” the super group formed by four punk rock legends Handsome Dick Manitoba of […]
Please welcome King Kong Bundy
The PWTorch website (that stands for Pro Wrestling), says that WWE legend King Kong Bundy is working on a career […]
We fought the law and the law won
Comedian Steven Crowder, writing for Steven Breitbart’s BigHollywood website, says that “Republicans need to grow a sense of humor.” As […]
Media mischief regarding Dick and comics?
A sharp-eyed reader sent us the link to the Chicago Trib’s rundown of the roster for the inaugural Just For […]
Creepiest of the creepy
Readers may recall that last Thursday, we posted with great pride and amusement that The Male Half was listed among […]
The Apologies: A clarification
Through all of this, we’ve been monitoring Twitter and Facebook and blogs. And here and there, we’ve seen some folks […]
The Apology: The Sequel
It would have been effective, had it been Apology Number One. Not so sure it will work, seeing as it’s […]
Second apology might be enough
From TVWeek.com, comes the transcript of a second apology, dropped into tonight’s taping of Late Show: All right, here – […]
Searching SHECKYmagazine?
We are having trouble with search engines. Some sort of “badware” is on our internet service provider’s server. There’s no […]
Shitting in his Worldwide Pants?
Since posting about David Letterman’s apology, a lot has happened. Tomorrow, there’s a rally scheduled in Manhattan to exert pressure […]
Can't anybody here play this game?
We were unaware of the contest that Comedy Central was sponsoring until we saw Tim Slaigle pumping his video via […]
The torrent unleashed…
Or just a sputter or two before it dies down? We were alerted to a column in today’s New York […]
Comedy on a Friday in Philly
We heard from FOS Jason Pollock that Jake Johannsen was in town, just across the river at Helium. This set […]
Letterman/Palin fallout continued
One of the reasons we took issue with the apology issued by David Letterman the other night was that it […]
Tompkins and/or BWE gone?
There seems to be some uncertainty as to whether Best Week Ever is gone for good. The blogosphere is reporting, […]
Letterman’s non-apology
David Letterman got himself into some hot water the other night. He made a joke about Sarah Palin’s daughter. The […]
It's official: Brian McKim is "deadpan"
Flint, MI, comedian/radio host Rusty Thomas hipped us to the Wikipedia entry on the term “Deadpan,” because there at the […]
Michael Roof, aka "Chicken"
Sean L. McCarthy‘s Comic’s Comic blog reports it here that Michael Roof, the comic popularly known as “Chicken,” has died. […]
CEOs can learn a thing or two from comedians
“Preparation, confidence and creativity can give you an edge in effectiveness,” is the theme of a book aimed at CEOs, […]
Mr. Warmth on Hulu.com
We finally got around to watching the John Landis documentary “Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.” We urge all to […]
Brit Johnny Dee on Comedy 104
Here’s the last graf from Dee’s UK Guardian review of Comedy 104 (from Topeka, KS, via the internet): You’d be […]
"Are women as funny as men?"
Women are “are exposed to less comedy,” “instructed to be demure” and “are often turned off by open-mic nights.” A […]
Rhodes on the Rhode again
Tom Rhodes is making travel videos again. We were first aware of his “Tom Rhodes Rhode Scholar” travelogues a while […]
There is another system
The “computational knowledge engine” known as Wolfram Alpha has made quite a splash among eggheads the past few weeks. (We […]
Mandatory Reading: Nikki Finke on Leno and NBC
Yeee-OWCH! But mandatory reading! Her setup: Which is worse? Network execs too scared to change a successful formula. Or network […]
Low blow down under causes uproar
Here’s the transcript of a radio report on a controversy created when Australian TV comedy sketch team “The Chasers” did […]
How others view us
It is instructive to occasionally remind ourselves how others perceive us, how non-comedians view what we do. This column, from […]
"Better Off Ted" not dead… for now
We received a few emails trying to assuage our anxiety over the demise of ABC’s Better Off Ted, one of […]
Japanese bureaucrats learn standup
A Reuters article says that Japanese government officials hope that standup comedy “will soften the stiff image of bureaucrats.” American […]
Attorney/comedian Kenny Kahn
The attorney who defended Larry Flynt and Ike Turner died Wednesday after a fall hiking above Machu Picchu. He moonlighted […]
June is Take A Comic To The Airport Month!
By the power vested in us as editors and publishers of SHECKYmagazine.com, we hereby declare June to be Drop A […]