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“You can’t fix unfunny.
Vindication is sweet. And, in this business, rare. Hear our tale of vindication! You may have heard of Bar Rescue, the […]
“Prove it.”
Some vacuous, insipid audience members have been piping up during shows with the above phrase. According to the urban dictionary, […]
SHECKYmagazine.com’s 14th Anniversary!
We are quietly celebrating. It’s been fourteen years since we uploaded the first bits of content to SHECKYmagazine.com! Fourteen years! […]
Scott Kennedy, standup comic
We woke up this morning to the news that Scott Kennedy passed away last night. We didn’t know Kennedy, but, […]
Hal Spear, writer, comedian
We’re seeing chatter on the social media that Hal Spear has passed away. We’re all too certain that it’s true. […]
Attention readers: A writing contest
From Tom Sebastian at Reach Entertainment, writing behalf of Will Smith and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment and the ANA […]
The last time a Jew was in this much hot water…
Here we go again. And again. And again. A comedian makes a joke. It offends some folks. People attack the […]
Zany biopic available
Click on closebutnocigarmovie.com to purchase the delightful Bob Zany biopic and the Zany special (the making of which was depicted […]
Female Half puts in time @ the Factory
The Female Half of the Staff had the pleasure of sharing the bill for the past week at LV’s Laugh […]
A conversation between two morons
Writing about hecklers is nothing new. And attempting to group them into types is something that The Female Half of […]
Guest Set-iquette
In a perfect world, permission for a guest set would be granted by the headliner. It would be up to […]
Writer producer Alan Kirschenbaum
Our hearts go out to Freddy Roman. Variety and other outlets are confirming social media reports that his son, television […]
A binder full of lame jokes
Writing topical humor is tough. Writing topical humor on a deadline is exhausting. Writing topical humor after the fact is […]
What would you do? THE FOLLOWUP
Two days ago, we posted about tonight’s (Friday’s) segment on ABC’s What Would You Do? in which comedian Rich Vos […]
I can’t quit! You fired me!
We’ve all been there. You have a gig coming up. You want to maybe supplement the income from the engagement […]
What would you do?
ABC runs a successful Friday night block of programming that kicks of with Shark Tank, then What Would You Do?, […]
The PCH to the VCF
The Male Half scheduled a spot at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach on Friday night. He also […]
Comedy Bloghorn # 6
How about another quote? Freedoms must not interfere with the freedoms of others. If someone insults, what would you do? […]
Theft, magic, comedy, shame
Sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers album. But it’s just all the elements that ping pong around our heads […]
The crank speaks
Deadline Hollywood super crank, Nikki Finke, regarding the Emmy award for Julie Bowen, says some dumb stuff about comedy: Listen-up, […]
World Series of Comedy 2012
It’s over! The winner of the 2012 World Series of Comedy is… Landry! The one-named, Atlanta-based comedian beat out Tyler […]
Comedy Bloghorn # 5
How about a quote from Voltaire: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed […]
One wedding and a funeral
There’s the happy couple– Kristeen von Hagen and Luciano Casimiri– minutes after they were joined in holy matrimony. They’re Friends […]
Sometimes Ask A Man by Traci Skene
The Female Half has penned a book, now available at Amazon.com! It’s called “Sometimes Ask A Man” and it’s getting […]
Comedians ignore Eastwood’s schtick
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
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
We stumbled across this article on USAToday.com, which in turn led us to the original account (in the UK Guardian) […]
Phyllis Diller, 95
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…
…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?
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
From the UK Guardian: One of Somalia’s most popular comedians, known for his parodies of Islamist militants, has been shot […]
A coupla comics discussing humor
Two prominent comedians, talking on a syndicated radio show, wondered aloud why there seems to be a reluctance on the […]
Showtime at the Apology
The title of this post comes from the Male Half’s tweet from July 27: Cook created this week’s “Comic Under […]
Both Halves of the Staff on CooperTalk
Comedian Steve Cooper hosts CooperTalk, a radio show, taped in Burbank. “He hosts Comedians and Comedy Writers and spends an […]
Tosh.Opus
We spent the better part of the last four days in Los Angeles, wallowing in standup comedy, performing standup comedy, […]
God help us, we agree with The View
Sarah Devlin, writing for Mediaite, reports that the three comedians who make up the bulk of the panel on ABC’s […]
Death is never funny
Child molestation is never funny. No one should ever joke about domestic violence. A comic should never joke about the […]
We live in a “rape culture,” dontcha know
On the one side of this world, we have comedians and the people who “get it,” people with a sense […]
Finding the funny
We finally found the time to find the funny last night. We had the DVD of “Finding The Funny,” the […]