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SHECKYmagazine archive for August, 2009
(28 posts)

Defining yourself by what you are not

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 25th, 2009

The article in the Vancouver Straight by Jenny Charlesworth says that Bronx Cheer, the comedy duo of Craig Anderson and [...]

Let's call it "moronicity."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 20th, 2009

What a muddled mess is the article in Variety that is headlined “Thesps on eponymous shows actually act.” Miami television [...]

Joy Little of the Comedy Works UPDATE (Obit)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 19th, 2009

Joy Little has passed away after a brief illness. (Philadelphia Inquirer obituary.) Little was the proprietor of the Comedy Works [...]

Stress is good for you?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 19th, 2009

The article in Women’s Health Magazine is entitled “Find Your Stress Sweet Spot” and it says that “certain pressure-filled situations… [...]

Stewart the darling of neocons?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 18th, 2009

There’s an interesting (and short!) article about “Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart” in New York magazine. It includes thumbs-up [...]

Bananas Comedy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 16th, 2009

We were winding down in our hotel room last night, here in Vegas. Round about 2 AM or so, a [...]

Adam Leslie comedian

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 15th, 2009

We’re in Vegas this week. We heard, through three different sources, that Adam Leslie is dead. Here’s his bio, from [...]

CJ: "US comedy has no standards" UPDATE

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 14th, 2009

Papa CJ, in a column on British comedy site Chortle entitled “Why Britain Is Best For Comedy,” says this: In [...]

Can standup be saved?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 12th, 2009

We hope we don’t see that headline any time soon. A similar headline is atop an article by Terry Teachout [...]

We stumble upon it by accident sometimes…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 9th, 2009

Which leads us to wonder– Is there a whole lot more of it out there? Do we just find the [...]