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Dane Cook scrambles out of the crab bucket
An article in the Chicago Trib by Steve Johnson seeks to determine if Dane Cook is worthy of forgiveness. The […]
Hear the roast of Melvin George II!
We attended Melvin George II‘s roast last year at the Brokerage and it was hysterical. We just worked with Melvin […]
"The community of comedians?"
Harry Smith, on how the Wanda Sykes performance was received live and how it is shaking out in the days […]
More on Sykes at WHCD
Last year, the choice for the comedian to deliver the gags at the White House Correspondents Dinner was Craig Ferguson. […]
Former SHECKYmag scribe's wedding in NYT
We are SO proud. Congratulations to the bride and groom.
Wanda Sykes at the WHCD
Here’s Rich Leiby’s account of the White House Correspondents Dinner in today’s Washington Post. The mistress of ceremonies for the […]
Smoking… in PUB-lick
This just in from Bismarck’s News Leader, KFYR-TV (Is that pronounced, “KAY-fire?” We hope so.)– Ron White has been busted. […]
You can imagine how we feel about this…
“Dying” on stage takes one step away from its metaphorical meaning and one step closer to its standard connotation in […]
Tom "The Coach" Whiteley arrested
Sharp-eyed reader Kelly Terranova sent along this link to a story from the website of The (Bergen?) Record. It’s about […]
America's comedians held hostage: Day 106!
Christian Toto, writing in the Washington Times, wonders whether its “hero worship” that accounts for the lack of Obama jokes […]
WGA about to kill pewter goose?
An article in the LAT on freelancing for late-night talk shows. Many a comedian has “faxed in jokes” to the […]
America's comedians held hostage: Day 105!
This time, it’s Greg Braxton in the LA Times who says, “Comedians are treading carefully as they test the limits […]
Comedy around the world: Indonesia
In the Sunday NYT, op-ed contributor Endy M. Bayuni wrote a lighthearted piece about the recent elections in Indonesia: This […]
TMZ: Schimmel arrested for domestic abuse
Multi-platform sleaze fountain TMZ is reporting that Robert Schimmel has been arrested and booked for felony domestic violence. In a […]
Hijinx in Idaho's capital– New club in town
It’s in the Idaho Statesman– an article on last week’s opening of Hijinx, Boise’s new comedy club. It’s managed by […]
America's comedians held hostage: Day 100!
The Chicago Trib slings yet another article on how comics and others are dumbfounded when it comes to making jokes […]
Comedy does well in times of crisis
The Times of London investigates “Why the recession is good for a laugh.” Indeed, if you had swooped across this […]
Why do you still do standup?
Why does the MSM still express surprise when a comedian continues to do standup after success in other media… or […]
Romano and Garrett tour headed for Atlanta
The AJC ran an interview with Ray Romano— his live show, with Brad Garrett onboard, will be at the Fox […]
Comic celebrates 15 years… out of business
The Cincinnati Enquirer ran a profile of former comic Jimmy Gilliece. Fifteen years ago Jimmy Gilliece traded a career doing […]
He's Dai Henwood's Protege
We stumbled upon this article about Guy Williams, the 21-year-old “rookie stand-up comedian” who won the right to be Dai […]
Great American Comedy Festival
They’re holding it (and the competition) in Johnny Carson’s hometown of Norfolk, NE, in June. We snagged the list of […]
Where are the open mikes?
A reader, comedian Jon Wilson of Minnesota, asks if we know of any website that has a link to current […]
Hidden House, the Phoenix open mike
John Griggs, Steve Maxwell, Myke Dehu, Kirk Buckhout It was Wednesday, April 1, when The Male Half headed over to […]
Shecky Greene called
The Male Half had a riotous ten-minute phone conversation with Shecky Greene. Does life get any more bizarre? We were […]
Roger Ebert aspired to be a standup?
Or so he says in his column from April 11. It’s an interesting set of observations about standup, but mainly […]
Flying gets cheaper for LGA, BOS, MSP comics
Southwest announced plans to start servicing LaGuardia in June. Good news for comics in the NYC market. That’s not all: […]
Mottley's
This would be Chris Pennie (l) and Tim McIntire bakcstage on Saturday night at Mottley’s in Boston. Pennie hosted the […]
Doug Hecox seeks post-9/11 stories
From FOS/SHECKYmagazine contributor Doug Hecox: I’m working on a magazine article I thought you might be able to help with. […]
The Fed, money supply and… Carrot Top?
The Weekly Standard has a piece explaining why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke needs to spell out how he plans to […]
On walking people at a college gig
Comedian Steve Hofstetter has proudly uploaded the above video which depicts him onstage at a gig at the University of […]
Boston getting a new comedy club
We hung out with Nick Zaino last night (he came to Mottley’s to see the show), and he told us […]
Atlanta loses a club, gains a club
While Marshall Chiles announces the closing of his Funny Farm (shuttered because the entertainment complex it was housed in, Star […]
The hits just keep on comin' (Northeast Times!)
Way back in November, when The Male Half did a couple sets at the Comedy Factory Outlet Reunion Shows, up […]
Phoenix interview with The Halves
With Mottley’s being named Best Of and this interview, it should be a pretty swell weekend in Boston. We’re heading […]
Women aren't (yawn) funny?
It’s 2009. Some people are still having this debate. Rub the eyes and shake the head. No… It’s not a […]
Boston Phoenix readers choose Mottley's
We’re headed to Boston Friday, where we’ll make our triumphant return for one show that night and another show Saturday […]
Dating a comic story carried by CNN
Because it was just so compelling! We posted about an article on Friday (click here or scroll down) that was […]
Boston Phoenix lists 100 Unsexiest Men
Boston’s altrag has a pulsing banner that leads to their list of the 100 Unsexiest Men. The opening page contains […]
Fourth Estater goes on fifth
Des Moines Register staffer Brianne Sanchez goes ontage for the first time and lives to blog about it. It goes […]
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