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Media mischief regarding Dick and comics?
A sharp-eyed reader sent us the link to the Chicago Trib’s rundown of the roster for the inaugural Just For […]
Creepiest of the creepy
Readers may recall that last Thursday, we posted with great pride and amusement that The Male Half was listed among […]
The Apologies: A clarification
Through all of this, we’ve been monitoring Twitter and Facebook and blogs. And here and there, we’ve seen some folks […]
The Apology: The Sequel
It would have been effective, had it been Apology Number One. Not so sure it will work, seeing as it’s […]
Second apology might be enough
From TVWeek.com, comes the transcript of a second apology, dropped into tonight’s taping of Late Show: All right, here – […]
Searching SHECKYmagazine?
We are having trouble with search engines. Some sort of “badware” is on our internet service provider’s server. There’s no […]
Shitting in his Worldwide Pants?
Since posting about David Letterman’s apology, a lot has happened. Tomorrow, there’s a rally scheduled in Manhattan to exert pressure […]
Can't anybody here play this game?
We were unaware of the contest that Comedy Central was sponsoring until we saw Tim Slaigle pumping his video via […]
The torrent unleashed…
Or just a sputter or two before it dies down? We were alerted to a column in today’s New York […]
Comedy on a Friday in Philly
We heard from FOS Jason Pollock that Jake Johannsen was in town, just across the river at Helium. This set […]
Letterman/Palin fallout continued
One of the reasons we took issue with the apology issued by David Letterman the other night was that it […]
Tompkins and/or BWE gone?
There seems to be some uncertainty as to whether Best Week Ever is gone for good. The blogosphere is reporting, […]
Letterman’s non-apology
David Letterman got himself into some hot water the other night. He made a joke about Sarah Palin’s daughter. The […]
It's official: Brian McKim is "deadpan"
Flint, MI, comedian/radio host Rusty Thomas hipped us to the Wikipedia entry on the term “Deadpan,” because there at the […]
Michael Roof, aka "Chicken"
Sean L. McCarthy‘s Comic’s Comic blog reports it here that Michael Roof, the comic popularly known as “Chicken,” has died. […]
CEOs can learn a thing or two from comedians
“Preparation, confidence and creativity can give you an edge in effectiveness,” is the theme of a book aimed at CEOs, […]
Mr. Warmth on Hulu.com
We finally got around to watching the John Landis documentary “Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.” We urge all to […]
Brit Johnny Dee on Comedy 104
Here’s the last graf from Dee’s UK Guardian review of Comedy 104 (from Topeka, KS, via the internet): You’d be […]
"Are women as funny as men?"
Women are “are exposed to less comedy,” “instructed to be demure” and “are often turned off by open-mic nights.” A […]
Rhodes on the Rhode again
Tom Rhodes is making travel videos again. We were first aware of his “Tom Rhodes Rhode Scholar” travelogues a while […]
There is another system
The “computational knowledge engine” known as Wolfram Alpha has made quite a splash among eggheads the past few weeks. (We […]
Mandatory Reading: Nikki Finke on Leno and NBC
Yeee-OWCH! But mandatory reading! Her setup: Which is worse? Network execs too scared to change a successful formula. Or network […]
Low blow down under causes uproar
Here’s the transcript of a radio report on a controversy created when Australian TV comedy sketch team “The Chasers” did […]
How others view us
It is instructive to occasionally remind ourselves how others perceive us, how non-comedians view what we do. This column, from […]
"Better Off Ted" not dead… for now
We received a few emails trying to assuage our anxiety over the demise of ABC’s Better Off Ted, one of […]
Japanese bureaucrats learn standup
A Reuters article says that Japanese government officials hope that standup comedy “will soften the stiff image of bureaucrats.” American […]
Attorney/comedian Kenny Kahn
The attorney who defended Larry Flynt and Ike Turner died Wednesday after a fall hiking above Machu Picchu. He moonlighted […]
June is Take A Comic To The Airport Month!
By the power vested in us as editors and publishers of SHECKYmagazine.com, we hereby declare June to be Drop A […]
Montreal? Got a passport?
Well, you better. And if you don’t, had better apply yesterday. The government reports that: As of (Sunday May 31, […]
This has gone far enough
The Female Half was discussing, via email, the recent beefcake pic of Dane Cook (See below) with FOS Lisa Corrao, […]
NYT peddles nonsense in Galifianikis piece
The author of the article, a six-page profile of Zach Galifianakis, is John Wray. Here, he downshifts into the first […]
Conan staff moves west… new Byron Allen show
While hangin out with comedians in Vegas and Los Angeles last two weekends ago, we managed to glean some information […]
Paul Blart Mall Cop
Exhausted from our 20+travel ordeal over a good portion of the last two days, we decided to veg out and […]
Vegas to SLC to PHL!
We’re in McCarran right now… boarding soon for flight to SLC… then home to PHL after a 20-hour ordeal from […]
Aloha from Hawaii!
We’re in Kona. On the Big Island, posting from the Ali’i Marketplace (free internet!), it’s about 82 degrees with low […]
Shecky (Greene) at the Suncoast
It was splendid– soldout room at the Suncoast. A good number of the attendees were intimately familiar with Shecky from […]
Comedy… and magic… and info
The Male Half did two shows tonight at the Comedy & Magic Club– Part of the 20 Hot Comics series. […]
In Las Vegas… in Los Angeles…
Then back to Vegas… then to Hawaii! That’s Tom Cotter, Arthur Gaus and Vinnie Coppola in front of the ass-laden […]
Are you on XM or Sirius? Get some $$$.
We were hipped to SoundExchange.com by an email from Rabbi Bob Alper. He’s been played a lot on XM satellite […]
Leno on political humor
From a ReadersDigest.com article on the occasion of Jay Leno‘s departure from late night television. Q. How has your humor […]
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