SHECKYmagazine archive for August, 2009
(28 posts)
Time didn't expect David Cross's answer
David Cross has a book out. It’s published by Grand Central (a “small” publishing house with $500,000,000 in annual revenue [...]
Can standup use the fancy technology?
This is a review of a website (it’s currently in beta) that seeks to be a one-stop portal for musical [...]
Standup comics swim in Soups
We caught comedian Matt Iseman hosting Sports Soup on Versus this past weekend. It was the first time we’d watched. [...]
Feedburner fixed!
We have successfully jiggered our settings! Just click on the logo and you’ll be taken to our feed page. Hit [...]
Books on standup abound
The Los Angeles Times reviews “I’m Dying Up Here:Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy’s Golden Era,” a book by [...]
Both Halves to appear in Bordentown, NJ POSTPONED
We are going to re-schedule the Record Collector date for January. Stay tuned! The Record Collector is a non-traditional venue [...]
Comedians on the Dean Martin Show
The series ran from 1965 to 1974. It’s available on DVD (the infomercials run constantly on DirecTV). We had the [...]
Tap into a delicious vein of importantness
Steve Roye is a comedian and “The Professor of Funny for Money” (his description, not ours). He is the developer [...]
How not to do panel
The best laugh was one of relief– when Conan says, “None of this will air.” (Amateur body linguists can just [...]
Take this lawsuit… please
Okay. We’ve been inundated by emails. Folks have been alerting us to the story that’s crackling across the wires about [...]






