SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2010
(12 posts)
Mike Veneman, standup comic, teacher
Mike Veneman was attending Kent State nearly a quarter century ago, heading toward a Ph.D with the intent of becoming […]
Bob Hope for Chrysler
The Male Half trash-picked an old football program from the Saturday, October 12, 1968, game between University of New Hampshire […]
Chrissy Burns, comedian
Christine “Chrissy” Burns, was born in Cleveland, OH, and based in Ypsilant, MI. She died of a heart attack at […]
Misty, water-colored memories
We were in Hilton Head up until Sunday night (working at the Hilton Head Comedy Club), but our minds were […]
It’s a British study…
… so maybe it doesn’t apply to Yanks. Scientists at the University of Glamorgan found that men and women begin […]
Free WiFi for flying comedians
The airport in Walla Walla offers free internet access. As does the airport in Yuma. Other major airports that are […]
Standup and ‘toons collide
We’ve been getting a lot of compliments on our cartoonified likenesses (see above) since we started using them as our […]
Princeton comes out for Last Comics Standing
Miserable weather didn’t keep us (or a healthy crowd) from showing up at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre to hang out with […]
Shecky (Greene) enters the digital age
When we were in Vegas last week, we ran into David Drozen, the head of Uproar Entertainment. He told us […]
Good night and good news!
By now everyone knows that Rick Sanchez has been canned by CNN. Sanchez is the real-life Ted Baxter-ish anchor who, […]
Stanhope on “scrip-heads”
In a post entitled simply “Giraldo,” Doug Stanhope recalls the last time he encountered Greg Giraldo. My story about being […]
Paul Lane, Des Moines Funny Bone proprietor
We hear that Paul Lane died yesterday of a heart attack. The Des Moines Register has an obit, with a […]