SHECKYmagazine archive for October, 2010
(12 posts)

Mike Veneman, standup comic, teacher

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 31st, 2010

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 25th, 2010

The Male Half trash-picked an old football program from the Saturday, October 12, 1968, game between University of New Hampshire […]

Chrissy Burns, comedian

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 25th, 2010

Christine “Chrissy” Burns, was born in Cleveland, OH, and based in Ypsilant, MI. She died of a heart attack at […]

Misty, water-colored memories

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

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 9th, 2010

… 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

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

The airport in Walla Walla offers free internet access. As does the airport in Yuma. Other major airports that are […]

Standup and ‘toons collide

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

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

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

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

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

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 Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 2nd, 2010

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”

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

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

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

We hear that Paul Lane died yesterday of a heart attack. The Des Moines Register has an obit, with a […]