SHECKYmagazine archive for September, 2009
(18 posts)
Ferguson on standup
Craig Ferguson started out his standup life as &qut;Bing Hitler.” He’s interviewed in the NYT: “I don’t know what the […]
Trouble teens coming to a comedy club near you!
The San Diego Union-Trib article begins: Drugs, violence, teen pregnancy and incarceration– not exactly the stuff of punch lines and […]
Comedian drops "F-bomb" on SNL!
Does anyone really care? Really? Is this worthy of anyone’s attention? We’re starting to look funny at anyone over the […]
No apology would've been better than that one
Comedian Tommy Tiernan got into some hot water for comments made in an interview.
Frank Santos, Hypnotist
Nick Zaino is reporting on his Funny Grown Here blog that Frank Santos, who identified himself variously as “The R-Rated […]
In cyberspace, no one can hear your eyes roll
Back on August 26, we put up a post titled Tap Into A Delicious Vein Of Importantness, which trashed the […]
Net Neutrality rears its ugly head this Monday
That’s when the FCC will get the ball rolling in earnest in their effort to
Comics all over "The Informant!"
From comedian/Tahoe Improv manager Howie Nave‘s Facebook status comes this mini appreciation of the new Matt Damon movie, “The Informant!”: […]
Comedian in SF comedy competition tweeting
Go here to read comedian Ron Babcock‘s tweets on the San Francisco Comedy Competition. He’s in it. His tweets have […]
The Jay Leno Show and the rise of political humor
That’s the title of an article in the Christian Science Monitor by Gloria Goodale and Daniel B. Wood that offers […]
Leno numbers predictably dip
James Hibbert’s Live Feed has an excellent analysis of the Leno sweepstakes. Everyone expected the numbers to be big on […]
Premiere of Jay Leno in primetime
From the NBC.com site, under “About the show”: Marking a new era in television, Jay Leno, recently named America’s Favorite […]
Larry Gelbart, wrote for Hope
Larry Gelbart died today and, while he was not a comic, he wrote for Bob Hope. The last time we […]
Howard Lapides profiled in hometown paper
The interview with Howard Lapides in the Buffalo News is interesting for its insight into the manager-client relationship. Of course, […]
Comedy "genre with the worst shelf life?"
Mick LaSalle, the SF Chroncle’s movie critic, says that while comedy might be universally appealing and durable, comedy films can […]
Chris Patrick, NYC comedian
Just got the following email: NY comic Chris Patrick passed away Thursday August 27th in his apartment. Services were held […]
Halves descend on Los Angeles in October
It’s all over Facebook– ominous snapshots of glowing skies and flaming hillsides. Many of our friends in SoCal are a […]
Roasts expanded the First Amendment?
Greg Beato wrote As Nasty As They Wanna Be; How the Friars Club roasts expanded the First Amendment for Reason.com, […]