SHECKYmagazine archive for April, 2010
(18 posts)
International Songwriting Competition
According to their website, “The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest whose mission is to provide the […]
Are you diverse? NBC's looking for you.
Er… not quite. It’s Stand-Up for Diversity season! NBC Universal, as you know, “prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, […]
Tom Green's "Hollywood Gives You Cancer"
We have a soft spot for biographies set in Hollywood. It doesn’t matter if they’re recent or not. (One of […]
Two Jews can’t walk into a bar…
At least not in Afghanistan. Once again, a political figure tries humor in a public appearance and fails miserably. We […]
Reverse engineering jokes
We read the rest of the Institute of World Politics essay on ridicule as an instrument in the war on […]
Ray Garvey obit and services info
From the NY Daily News: GARVEY– Raymond “Ray”. On April 20, 2010. Former proprietor of Ray’s Comedy Club & Pip’s […]
Last Comic Standing tickets again
There’s another link on the Last Comic Standing Facebook page. This time, it’s for a taping that takes place Wednesday, […]
Satire and ridicule as a weapon, Pt. II
The Quotes of the Day widget on our iGoogle supplied us with this gem today: Humor is the only test […]
Ray Garvey, club owner, comedian
We have unofficial word that Borgata Comedy Club owner Ray Garvey has lost his lengthy battle with stomach cancer. We’re […]
Satire and ridicule as a weapon? Who knew?
Uh… we did. But a bunch of eggheads quoted by Agence France-Presse are getting some ink because they put out […]
From Hermosa Beach to Toluca Lake
Are there two more California-sounding place names than Hermosa Beach and Toluca Lake? We think not. Perhaps they’re topped only […]
Conan lands at TBS
It’s just across the wires. The NYT says Conan O’Brien will move into his new TV home in November. The […]
Tickets for Last Comic Standing taping
Go to the Alex Theatre website calendar page and scroll down– there are tickets for two nights available, April 13 […]
Calgary FunnyFest is ten years old
The tenth annual FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival is going on next month. They promise: Non-stop belly laughs with over 70 […]
We’ve been at this for eleven years…
And some folks still say that we’re just whiney… or worse. We’ve just been hipped to the latest column on […]
"Fags from Jersey"
That’s the subject line on the latest missive from Nic Roy (see posts below). The body of the email goes […]
"STAY IN JERSEY FAGGOTS"
That’s the subject line of an email we just got from “roy nic” who, we assume, is Nic Roy, the […]
Happy anniversary to us!
Eleven years ago today we launched SHECKYmagazine.com! That’s a long time in WWW years. That’s a long time in any […]