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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 [...]