SHECKYmagazine archive for August, 2012
(7 posts)

Comedians ignore Eastwood’s schtick

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 31st, 2012

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 31st, 2012

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 24th, 2012

We stumbled across this article on USAToday.com, which in turn led us to the original account (in the UK Guardian) […]

Phyllis Diller, 95

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 20th, 2012

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 11th, 2012

…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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 6th, 2012

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 1st, 2012

From the UK Guardian: One of Somalia’s most popular comedians, known for his parodies of Islamist militants, has been shot […]