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Strike over… let the fallouts begin
The strike is over. Note to all comedy club owners/bookers: Check your voicemail… there will undoubtedly be messages from all […]
Last Comic Standing: Club hopping
We were in between dates last week– finished with our weekend at Comedy, TN in Memphis and scheduled to be […]
Black talks to other comics about The Joke
We were watching a special on the Kennedy assassination when we saw a promo for “History of the Joke,” a […]
Last Comic Standing seeks "wacky"
FOS Becky Reed sends along a link to this Craigslist posting, from the Minneapolis/St. Paul, TV/Video/Radio Jobs section: Funny/ Wacky […]
Wright/SHECKYmag in the NYT
An appreciation of Steven Wright appears in The Sunday New York Times. Written by FOS Peter Keepnews, the article quotes […]
Last Comic Standing: NYC auditions
From some SHECKYmagazine spies/correspondents at the NYC evening showscase, comes word that the following made it through: Louis Ramey God’s […]
Last Comic Standing: The Judges
The information is filling in on the NBC.com page. Most of the judges for the main auditions are set. Toronto […]
Our newest advertiser: HAHAAS.com
Joel Haas, XM’s Satellite Radio’s Comedy Director, is also a comedy producer and recording engineer who quot;has recorded over 150 […]
Last Comic Standing: Exclusive video!
FOS Sharilyn Johnson captured some video of the line on the street this morning in NYC, waiting to get into […]
Vince Vaughn's comedy concert pic reviewed
Get ready for the onslaught of (negative) reviews of Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, the theatrical release starring Vince […]
LCS: Casting for "Pizza Tossers" and "Hotties"
We got an email from an anonymous tipster that said that the producers of Last Comic Standing are seeking to […]
Last Comic Standing gets a Brit co-host
Fearne Cotton is her name and the British tabs caller her a “telly babe.” She was on The X Factor, […]
Decline of Laughter
Sure, it’s old (June 2007), and there are some points made which turn on the situation surrounding the Don Imus […]
"The First Comedy Strike" UPDATE
This Time magazine article compares the current WGA strike to the Comedy Store strike of 1979. Richard Zoglin calls it […]
Mockumentary features tons of comics
Comics Dax Jordan and Jake Iannarino have collaborated on a fake documentary, detailing the exploits of “Chip Seinfeld,” the ostensible […]
Comedy, TN, where comedy is king
The Male Half flanked by Sammy Martin (l) and John Marks after a rousing week of comedy at the relatively […]
Last Comic Standing: Yet another Semi-Finalist
We heard that yet another of the coveted red envelopes was handed to the comic below, at the recent L.A. […]
Last Comic Standing 08: Your five from L.A.
These five, from the Los Angeles auditions, have made it to the semi-finals, from what we can piece together: Eddie […]
Last Comic Standing: More rumors/data! CORRECTIONS?
One of our “correspondents” says the following, following the latest LCS audition in Los Angeles last night: Making it through […]
U.S. comics "well-oiled machines"
Back in April of last year, we posted about the scene in Jamaica. Now, we learn, via an article in […]
More comedy coming to A.C.? CORRECTION
They’re calling it the “Trump Comedy Series,” which, we suppose, means that it will be a regular thing at the […]
Globe on offensive jokes
An article on the Boston Globe’s Boston.com titled “Testing the limits of tolerance for a laugh,” kicks around the topic […]
Shecky Greene spotting
In an article on the changing nature of entertainment booking in Atlantic City, Vegas and other gambling spots, Michael Pollock […]
Why not PayPal?
On the rare occasions when we’re paid for a standup engagement via PayPal, we are moved to sing that method’s […]
Last Comic Standing, Season VI RUMOR/data
We had been wondering if Ant and Kathleen Madigan and Alonzo Bodden would be back as celebrity judges this year. […]
On the way to Memphis!
Who knew that the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was Charles Bronson? We have a […]
Hedberg fan art calendar winners
Congratulations to our winners: John Markham Jason Marcus James Blumenfeld
Roseanne hijacks Big Brother (UK) house
Roseanne (Barr?) is apparently used in a stunt in an episode of the UK version of Big Brother. According to […]
Cleveland PD pays attention to standup
At the top of the Cleveland.com page (the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s website) is this series of items, by Mike McIntyre, […]
Blue promotes Disaboom.com
It’s a portal (does anyone use that term any more?) for all things related to disabilities. We accidentally found out […]
Leno, et al., settle in joke book case
Gina Serpe writing for Eonline.com tells of the resolution of the lawsuit that Leno (and NBC and a gaggle of […]
Reader's Digest funniest contest
We missed this. But SHECKYmagazine contributor Bill Bunker certainly didn’t. So now he’s among the ten Chicago comedians competing in […]
Are taxes funny?
If you answered yes, then hustle on over to TurboTax’s YouTube page, set up to harvest solicit videos for their […]
America's Got Talent comin to a town near you
America’s Got Talent is looking for victims… er, auditioners. They’re coming to Orlando (Jan. 26), Nashville (Jan. 30) and Charlotte […]
They say the camera never lies…
A friend sent along an email speculating on just what’s transpiring in the spooky photo above, taken last night at […]
Melvin George II roasted at Brokerage
The guest of honor, Melvin George, II (Photo credit: Rob Cioffi) Last night, we trekked to Bellmore, NY, on Long […]
Mitch Hedberg Fan Art Calendar Giveaway!
We are giving away three 2008 Mitch Hedberg Fan Art calendars! Send in the following information to tmskene(at sign)hotmail.com: NAME […]
Strike drives Kiley to standup stage
The Boston Globe’s Nick Zaino writes about Conan writer Brian Kiley‘s return to Boston this past weekend. Kiley, like other […]
LCS: Last candidate standing
“Stand-Up Guy: John McCain’s Campaign Trail Comedy” is an ABCNews.com analysis (by Ron Claiborne) of the standup of Republican presidential […]
Man apologizes for joke that's not his
It was in all the papers. Some guy, a Greeley, CO, businessman named Bill Farr, did some schtick at a […]
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