SHECKYmagazine archive for April, 2010
(18 posts)

International Songwriting Competition

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 29th, 2010

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.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 28th, 2010

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"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 28th, 2010

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 26th, 2010

At least not in Afghanistan. Once again, a political figure tries humor in a public appearance and fails miserably. We […]

Reverse engineering jokes

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 22nd, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 21st, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 21st, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 21st, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 20th, 2010

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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 17th, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 12th, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 12th, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 7th, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 7th, 2010

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 3rd, 2010

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"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 3rd, 2010

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"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 1st, 2010

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 1st, 2010

Eleven years ago today we launched SHECKYmagazine.com! That’s a long time in WWW years. That’s a long time in any […]