SHECKYmagazine archive for August, 2012
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Comedians ignore Eastwood’s schtick
Clint Eastwood, the “surprise guest” at the Republican National Convention, delivered an 11-minute speech that was part serious but mostly […]
Wild Bill Bauer, comedian, 62
One of the “founding fathers of Minneapolis comedy,” Wild Bill Bauer passed away at his home in Inner Grove Heights, […]
Idiocy on the high seas
We stumbled across this article on USAToday.com, which in turn led us to the original account (in the UK Guardian) […]
Phyllis Diller, 95
Phyllis Diller passed away. We never got to meet her in person, nor see her perform, but we felt like […]
Don’t think it didn’t cross our minds…
…that this is where they put up the comics! As you swing around the corner in the lobby of the […]
Who is that advertising up there at the top of the column?
It’s TheStandupComedians.com. At least it is/was until the ad comes/came down. Anyway, it’s interesting… Paul Breau explains: The idea for […]
Somali comedians who mocked Islamists is shot dead
From the UK Guardian: One of Somalia’s most popular comedians, known for his parodies of Islamist militants, has been shot […]