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Tony Camin
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Larry “Bubbles” Brown
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Is the sitcom dead?
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Tweeting during the Oscarcast
Both Halves of the Staff will be tweeting (via Twitter!) during Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast. They’ll be among the […]
Hatin' on "Punchline" again ADDENDUM
On the occasion of the upcoming release of Judd Apatow‘s movie about standup comics, we wanted to drive people to […]
Youtube take your clip down lately? UPDATE
Seems as though Youtube is taking down a lot of clips lately, at the behest of large music companies like […]
J. Chris Newberg’s “Shut Up Song” video
The Male Half makes a brief appearance. He taped it between shows at the Comedy & Magic Club. There are […]
Reading (PA), writing and arithmetic
In the ten years we’ve published this magazine, we’ve rarely used this platform to air any personal grievances. It was […]
Reading (PA), writing and arithmetic
We were booked to perform in Reading, PA, on March 20-21, at the Reading Comedy Outlet. In purely logistical terms, […]
Valentine's Day weekend in MLPS
We returned to the Joke Joint in Minneapolis (technically, Bloomington, MN) this past weekend to perform at the Joke Joint […]
Ridley celebrates three decades
Check out the article in Crain’s Detroit Business by Julie Yolles marking the 30th anniversary of Mark Ridley as a […]
From the Wayback Machine
We wonder if Google is paying Jay Ward Productions any royalties for use of the term “Wayback Machine?” (We’re not […]
Club owner has "no use for comedic snobbery"
Jerry Fink interviews Joe Sanfelipo for the Vegas Sun. The Florida-based booker opened a room at the Palace Station… or […]
Saturday at the Comedy & Magic Club
Two more shows on Saturday, each one putting up 20 comics for five minutes a piece. Basically the same lineup, […]
20 Hot Comics at Comedy & Magic
Great house and 20 hot comics (well… 19, but by the end of the show, no one was inclined to […]
A funny pol. Who writes her stuff?
According to industry rag The Hill (the “industry” in this case is the Federal Government, particularly the Congress of the […]
“Miracle On The Hudson” from Stuckey & Murray
The trailer; it’s not safe for work:
Laugh Factory, Long Beach, CA
We flew into Los Angeles International Airport yesterday afternoon. It was gloomy and drizzly. And it’s more sprawling and confusing […]
The status of Last Comic Standing, Season 7
Doesn’t look good. (By that we mean that it looks like it’s not returning… some folks might interpret “Doesn’t look […]
Last night at the Hidden House
We took I-10 into Phoenix proper last night, as the folks who run the Wednesday night open mike at Hidden […]
We're in PHX… en route to L.A. come THU
We’re headed to Los Angeles. We’re flying in Thursday afternoon. We’re not sure what we’ll be up to. (The Male […]
Mary Hicks on Letterman last night
It was anti-climactic. Dave seemed weak, almost hoarse during his monologue. (Perhaps it was the HD TV we watched it […]
Hicks on Letterman on Friday
And Hicks’ mom, too. And they’ll show Hicks’ last set on the show– the one that was bumped. (Hicks died […]
Low instrument flight rules?
Ugh! Sounds vaguely dicey. Although the recent “miracle” on the Hudson gives us great comfort, The Male Half is wigged […]
Jimmie Wallker on new president, influences
Jimmie Walker, interviewed in the Toledo Blade: Q: What does having the first elected African-American president mean to you, and […]
Comedy TN's last show to be FEB. 28
It’s in Memphis… we did it last year, in February. It was a nice venue, great crowds (when there wasn’t […]
We're not the ones who are obsessing
It’s the editors and reporters who are. There are two more articles. The Republican-American’s “Obama: Bad news for comics” offers […]
Let the torrent begin… maybe?
“I guess, when Obama says this stuff, I don’t think he really means it… and that’s what gives me hope.” […]
How fast is your broadband connection?
Try this free test. We found out our download is 741 Kbps and our upload is 133 Kbps. From the […]
SHECKYmagazine's all a-Twitter
We’ve taken the Twitter plunge. We’re not sure why… but we’ll “tweet” on occasion and we exhort all you readers […]
Change is the theme of the day
From the Miami Herald comes this, on the occasion of that town playing host to the South Beach Comedy Festival: […]
Paul F. on VH-1,'s BWE, moving and life
The Gothamist interviewed FOS Paul F. Tompkins on the occasion of his move to New York. Tompkins is in the […]
What else could Clint Black want?
From a phoner, recounted on TCPalm.com: With 22 chart-topping singles, six platinum albums, a beautiful actress wife and a star […]
"Where are all the gay comics in Chicago?"
That’s the title of an article by Jason Heidemann who wonders, in an article in Time Out Chicago, if homophobia […]
It is paranoia… if they're not out to get you
There’s AP article on the wires about George Carlin’s FBI files. (Carlin’s daughter conveniently turned them over to the press […]
U2 is wreaking havoc with search engines
“No Line On The Horizon” is the title of the new U2 CD. (Why do we care? Really. Why do […]
Avoiding the "Second Comedy Bust" Pt. 2
Which group is capable of doing the most damage to the business of live standup comedy? The comedians? The club […]
John Mayer has a(nother) TV show
Here‘s an item from the website of Extra (that’s the ghastly product placement orgy produced by Warner Bros.) that says […]
We missed Rip Taylor's birthday
Fortunately, though, Whitney Matheson (the blogger behind USAToday’s Pop Candy), remembers such things. And on Tuesday, she reminded her readers […]
First comes the television, then comes the reality
Here’s a piece of a letter to the editor of the Lehigh Valley (PA) Express-Times that ran in today’s edition, […]
Tech question: Free audio file hosting?
Does anyone know of any sites that host audio files for free? (And don’t arbitrarily take those files down at […]
Multi-part PBS series lauds funny people
Frazier Moore, writing for Associated Press, kicks off his summary of the PBS series, “Make ’em Laugh, The Funny Business […]
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