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SHECKYmagazine archive for December, 2009
(17 posts)

Last Comic (still) Standing?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 31st, 2009

That’s right: According to the industry rags, LCS may come back. Why not? It’s cheap, it’s plugs a hole in [...]

Noisy church cries "racism"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 29th, 2009

The article in the Wall Street Journal sets the scene by describing erstwhile SHECKYmagazine columnist Dan French onstage at the [...]

Boston comedy scene exploding

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 24th, 2009

Is that an accurate summary of the article by Nick Zaino in the Globe? Well, it’s much closer to the [...]

The age of the copycat comic?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 24th, 2009

Brian Logan blogs in the UK Guardian about a gaggle of shows drawing crowds in England. Some of them are [...]

How much energy does Howard have?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 22nd, 2009

Are Howard Stern’s threats to quit just “empty talk?” Or is it, like the analysts say, “positioning for contract negotiations?” [...]

Pondering the laugh track

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 22nd, 2009

Excellent article in Reason by Greg Beato on canned laughter. It seems we’ve always been aware of the laugh track [...]

Houston Laff Stop closing in about 14 hours

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

Word on the street is that Houston’s Laff Stop will close after tonight’s shows. We’ve never worked there, but it’s [...]

Airport delays?

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

Buried amid the (mostly boring) FAA website is this groovy map. It’s interactive, so all you need to do is [...]

McDonald's to offer free wireless

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

It’s in the WSJ: Starting in mid-January, McDonald’s will lift a $2.95 fee that it had charged customers for two [...]

Uncomfortable in the green room?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 17th, 2009

As the editors and publishers of the WWW’s most beloved (and, occasionally, most hated) magazine about standup comedy, we’ve occasionally [...]