SHECKYmagazine archive for September, 2010
(19 posts)

Cleveland comic needs good vibes

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 30th, 2010

Mike Veneman is professional comedian who is based in Cleveland. He’s been around for over two decades and is also […]

Greg Giraldo, comedian and actor

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

It seems that, this time, it’s real. It is a tremendous loss for the comedy world. The Wikipedia entry hasn’t […]

This week is lasting forever

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 27th, 2010

We decided to chill out around one of the three Alexis Park pools yesterday reading. (The Female Half is reading […]

A heartbreaking post of staggering genius

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

We were awakened this morning (we’re in Vegas, on PDT) with a text asking if we knew what was going […]

Victory in the desert

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

Ladies and gentlemen: Your World Series of Comedy winner, Andrew Norelli (Pictured above). The winner gets 37 weeks of feature […]

Vegas spins out of our control…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 23rd, 2010

…or does it? We fled the Alexis Park last night. (Yes, we know… an entire day– Tuesday– is missing. We’ll […]

We’re at the Alexis Park… and so is… Gallagher?

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

And we’re sure it’s Gallagher I! (He’s among the many who were milling about this afternoon!) We flew in last […]

Comedy in the Motor City

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

We performed at the Comedy Castle in Detroit (Royal Oak, to be specific) and, as always, it was a superb […]

There’s 26:05 we’ll never get back

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 14th, 2010

When you’re teaching comedy and you’re invoking Nelson Mandela, something has gone horribly wrong. From what we can piece together, […]

CINP Part 4

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 14th, 2010

Comedy Is NOT Pretty, or CINP is the author of the xtranormal video series Standup Comedy Is NOT Pretty, Parts […]

Those jugs look familiar

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 13th, 2010

There’s a news item that’s linked off of Drudge about a woman who is having her gigantic breast implants removed. […]

Cozy Morley statue in North Wildwood

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 8th, 2010

Many years ago, we posted about the statue erected in honor of comedian Cozy Morley. (We theorized at the time […]

Stand Up Comedy is NOT Any Prettier.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 5th, 2010

The anonymous xtranormal vidster provocateur has posted the third in the series. This one is entitled “Stand Up Comedy is […]

It never ends

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 5th, 2010

The following post was supposed to appear on August 22… but, for some reason or combination of reasons, it was […]

Sofla all shook up over prankster

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 4th, 2010

“Sofla” is the portmanteau– or is it simply a contraction?– that’s short for South Florida. And it refers to the […]

Robert Schimmel, standup comic UPDATE

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

UPDATE: In the comments, reader Spike Rizzo provides the ABC News item, via Associated Press, that confirms Schimmel’s death. UPDATED: […]

“Join the Tompkins 300!”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 2nd, 2010

That’s the title of a recent Paul F. Tompkins blog entry. Is he planning to form a group of warriors […]

“Dealing With Agent”

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

It’s called “Dealing With Agent.” It’s the latest in a series of videos that are popping up that seek to […]

“Stand Up Comedy is NOT Pretty– Part 2”

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

It’s part 2, from the anonymous person who created the xtranormal video we posted last week. This time, it’s from […]