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- Comedians Are Energy ConductorsIn Episode 18 of the SHECKYmagazine PODCAST, Brian and Traci vent about the 198-day (and counting) lockdown, flying, Sophie Tucker, ancient alien astronauts and ENERGY-- why we lack energy, why we need energy and how comedians are super-conductors. Tune in now-- but STAY AWAY from the CANS!
- Is It Over?Brian McKim & Traci Skene, podcasting from locked down Las Vegas, NV, consider whether standup comedy-- LIVE, the way it oughta be-- will ever come back from the Great 2020 Fear Porn Lockdown Pandemic Panic! Is life over? Is the career history? The future, as always, is uncertain. Listen in as we speak for the […]
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…& Lester
Tim Cavanagh
Paul F. Tompkins
Mitch Hedberg
Mack Dryden
Jamie Alcroft
John Curtin
Joey Yanetty
Pete Fogel
Kip Addotta
Bob Zany
Wayne Cotter
Richard Lewis
Andy Kindler
Jimmy Myers
D J Hazard
Nehl Bobal
Sheila Kay
John Bizarre
Doug Benson
Jim Shubert
James Gregory
Gabe Abelson
Paul Gilmartin
Hal Sparks
Bob Harris
Paul Bond
Grover Silcox
Basile
Bobby Collins
John Wing
Brian Whalen
Rich Williams
Steve O.
Jeff Shaw
Ryan Wilner
Brad Slaight
Harland Williams
Joe Rogan
Triumph
David Feldman
Steve McGrew
Dan Barton
Rob Becker
Matt Weinhold
Bobby Gaylor
Steve Silberberg
Jeffrey Ross
Dave Little
Vince Vieceli
Marc Jaffe
Dick Cavett
Buddy Fitzpatrick
Stephen Kruiser
Suzy Soro
Jeff Allen
Doug Stanhope
Kid Dave Miller
Brian Kiley
Gary MuleDeer
Jim David
Judy Carter
Drew Hastings
Andrew Gropman
Rabbi Bob Alper
Dan French
Robert Hagearty
Chuck Savage
David John McCarthey
Mrs. John Hughes
Jason Stuart
Rick Overton
Steve Eblin
Jack Mayberry
Tom Parks
Charles Viracola
Rusty Warren
Robert Dubac
Jeff Marder
Joe Dunckel
Evan Davis
Veronica Mosey
Troy Conrad
Matt Davis
Mat Becker
Lewis Black
Dan Carlson
Jan McInnis
Joe Dixon
Larry Getlen
J.D. Sidley
Jeff Klinger
Tony Camin
Bill Engvall
Pat Mac
Anwar Richardson
Mary Ann Nichols
Rita Rudner
Larry “Bubbles” Brown
Jim Morris
Brett Butler
Kathleen Madigan
Todd Barry
Roger Ritenhouse
Marc Maron
Doug Hecox
Tommy James
Emo Philips
Lord Carrett
Jim Gaffigan
Eddie Gossling
Tom Rhodes
Etta May
Ron Zimmerman
Ross Bennett
Franklyn Ajaye
Chris Zito
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Costaki Economopoulos
Laurie Kilmartin
Jimmy Pardo
Leslie Thomason
Bill Bunker
Vinny Badabing
Henry Cho
Jonathan Katz
Dave Pavone
Larry-Bob Roberts
Brian Hennigan
Kenneth Nichols
Rich Vos
Dave Mordal
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In the Land o' Lincoln
We flew (Southwest, of course!) into St. Louis, then drove the hundred miles to Springfield, IL– the state’s capital. We […]
Comic spotted at Miss America pageant
An item on The Politico entitled “Limbaugh Lets Loose,” about the Miss America pageant’s “Judge of the Night” competition (no […]
Everybody's an expert. Rivers on Conan vs. Jay
A Vanity Fair article has wisdom from Joan Rivers regarding the current round of late night wars. Fox’s The Late […]
Win tix to fest open night show/party
To win a pair of tickets to the opening night Magners Comedy Standup Stand-off performances and launch party, become a […]
Cherry Hill NJ needs a good comedy club
Back on the 18th, comic Paul Bond posted the following on his Facebook status: A WARNING TO COMICS: I’m not […]
Andy Dick in hot West Virginia water UPDATE
UPDATE from a Herald Dispatch story, 2:59 PM Saturday: He’s facing one to five years if convicted. Two patrons claimed […]
Conan’s writers have fun with bad situation
We especially like the part where he exposes the lunacy surrounding music licensing. Nice idea. And great execution! Of course, […]
Shecky Greene cusses out Lewis, apologizes
From Norm Clarke’s gossip column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal comes this account of a Wish I Was There moment: […]
Last Comic Standing returns for season 7 CORRECTED AGAIN!
The press release says: LAST COMIC STANDING SEASON 7 Last Comic Standing is back with lucky season 7! This season […]
Female Half featured on Daily Caller
The Daily Caller, the “HuffPo-style political news and entertainment site” launched earlier this month by erstwhile CNN talking head Tucker […]
Late night television history
As we watch late night history being made, with an internet-enhanced, front row seat for this incarnation of Talk Show […]
Douchebaggery at the WSJ re Leno/Conan
For almost eleven years, we’ve been alerting our readers whenever anyone in the MSM relies too heavily on clichés or […]
Leno in, Conan out? Plot thickens!
Nikki Finke says Ron Meyer has been brought in to minimize the damage caused by Jeff Zucker and try to […]
SHECKYmagazine quoted in Indy BJ
We were awakened by our phone the other day… at 8:10 AM. And the caller left no message. We star-69-ed […]
Statement from Conan O’Brien
At 1:22 PM today, this hit the wires: UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Conan O’Brien released the following […]
What do people think of comedians?
It’s a question we’ve pondered for coming up on eleven years now. We were driving through Virginia, listening to the […]
Leno back to late night? UPDATE
From Deadline.com comes all kinds of new info in the ever-changing landscape at NBC! It’s a shootout! That’s the word […]
Youth In Revolt advert
We were watching the tube the other night when we saw a promo for the new Michael Cera movie “Youth […]
Comedian's passport deemed suspicious
A Continental gate agent flagged the passport of Joan Rivers, citing the comedian’s two names. (Her name is Joan Rosenberg, […]
Jean Carroll, comedian
The NYT obit lays it all out. She went solo as a comic when her male partner was drafted. The […]
Last Comic (still) Standing?
That’s right: According to the industry rags, LCS may come back. Why not? It’s cheap, it’s plugs a hole in […]
Noisy church cries "racism"
The article in the Wall Street Journal sets the scene by describing erstwhile SHECKYmagazine columnist Dan French onstage at the […]
Boston comedy scene exploding
Is that an accurate summary of the article by Nick Zaino in the Globe? Well, it’s much closer to the […]
The age of the copycat comic?
Brian Logan blogs in the UK Guardian about a gaggle of shows drawing crowds in England. Some of them are […]
How much energy does Howard have?
Are Howard Stern’s threats to quit just “empty talk?” Or is it, like the analysts say, “positioning for contract negotiations?” […]
Pondering the laugh track
Excellent article in Reason by Greg Beato on canned laughter. It seems we’ve always been aware of the laugh track […]
Houston Laff Stop closing in about 14 hours
Word on the street is that Houston’s Laff Stop will close after tonight’s shows. We’ve never worked there, but it’s […]
Airport delays?
Buried amid the (mostly boring) FAA website is this groovy map. It’s interactive, so all you need to do is […]
McDonald's to offer free wireless
It’s in the WSJ: Starting in mid-January, McDonald’s will lift a $2.95 fee that it had charged customers for two […]
Uncomfortable in the green room?
As the editors and publishers of the WWW’s most beloved (and, occasionally, most hated) magazine about standup comedy, we’ve occasionally […]
We can dream, can't we?
“Idol creator to launch new star search,” reads the headline. Simon Fuller, the man behind the Idol series, is bringing […]
How many fucking times do we have to say this?
They’re at it… in the Comments again. We responded… again. We grow weary. The response, though, was over 4,096 characters, […]
SHECKYmagazine: "Retardedly open-minded!"
Oh, yeah! That’s a catchphrase that’s going to be used around here for quite some time to come! Maybe even […]
The word has lost all meaning
This article, which appeared on USA Today’s website, may be a watershed moment in the evolution of the English language. […]
Comedy Album Grammy nominations
Weird Al Yankovic, Stephen Colbert, Patton Oswalt, Kathy Griffin, George Lopez and Spinal Tap were nominated for Best Comedy Album. […]
New Johannsen special on Showtime Jan. 1
We recalled reading that Jake Johannsen was taping a special in Kansas City several months ago. (See the Kansas City […]
A contest from IJoke.com
It’s a standup comedy contest via video on the WWW. Win a chance to work a week at the Improv […]
A marathon Never Not Funny podcast
Jimmy Pardo and his Never Not Funny “Pardcast” will grind it out for nine hours starting at 9PM PST Friday […]
Old Rascals site to become Sarcasm
The old space, formerly occupied by Rascals, at the Cherry Hill Crowne Plaza, in Cherry Hill, NJ, will be a […]
Documentary about black Chicago club
The article in the Sun-Times, as best as we can tell, is about a documentary called “Phunny Business: A Black […]
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