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The devolution will be televised
We’ll set the stage: A bunch of plucky German comics get together and, for lack of a comedy club circuit […]
The Ward Room on BarelyPolitical.com
Former SHECKYmagazine.com columnist Rusty Ward is now the anchor of a slickly-produced, two-minute Daily Show-style current events internet program called […]
This just in: Kids hate clowns
We found a Reuters article about a study by some researchers in England that “found that clowns are universally disliked […]
We've been jabbed
The Female Half Googled her name yesterday. Coming up fifth in the list was her “JibJab video.” She was not […]
Boston promoter bringing the naked funny
The Northeastern News, the Northeastern University student paper, has an article on The Naked Comedy Showcase, held the first Wednesday […]
Detroit Comedy Festival
An article on HometownLife.com pumps the first annual Detroit International Comedy Festival. Festival sponsor David Moroz of Aspen Talent said […]
Gals in the locker… er… writers room.
An article on CanadianPress.com (with no byline?!?), loosely pegged on the WGA strike, kicks around the matter of gender in […]
Presents debuts on Comedy Central
Tonight, they kick off Comedy Central Presents at 10 PM EST with Dan Cummins and Stephen Lynch. The press release […]
Madigan on being funny, Last Comic Standing
The Columbus Dispatch interviewed Kathleen Madigan in anticipation of her first theater gig in Columbus tonight. Naturally, she talks about […]
Audition for Last Comic Standing 2008
The frigid weather is here, so that means that Last Comic Standing is holding auditions. Check out the casting information […]
Take a Comedy Walk tonight
Rick Overton is listed as one of the hosts of Comedy Walk, as is SNL-er Garrett Morris. We also notice […]
Dan Bialek Hates MySpace
It’s a statement of fact and it’s the title of Dan Bialek‘s latest MySpace profile! We’ll let him tell the […]
Snoozing comedians vindicated
Dave Mosher, writing for Live Science, reports on a study out of Haifa: New research conducted by brain researcher Avi […]
Katz, NESN team for sports standup show
Hollywood Reporter says that Barry Katz has successfully pitched a sports-themed standup comedy show to be shown on the 4-million […]
St. Charles, MO hack seeks to ban swearing
St. Charles (MO) city councilman Richard Veit has proposed a ban on swearing in that city’s bars. Marc Rousseau, who […]
Video of comic hit by glass in Canada
Here’s YouTube video of a comic getting what looks like a glass tossed at him from an irate audience member. […]
NYT can't help itself
Here is one of those New York Times “Vow”articles where they talk about some famous or near-famous people getting married. […]
Comedy Central dumps on one of its own
Here’s a heartwarming slice of an Orlando Sun-Sentinel account of a recent audition at the Improv in West Palm to […]
Boise to welcome new comedy club
An email with the ungainly subject line, “Boise Funny Bone Employees all RESIGN, fed up with bad business practices and […]
When will it end? Cook goes seven hours.
According to an E!Online article, Dane Cook has set the new endurance record– seven hours. “I never sat down or […]
Beverly Wines Cardella aka "Pudgy!"
Pudgy, the Chicago comedian who was a fixture in Las Vegas casinos, has died. We met Pudgy once, in March […]
Leno monologue/Letterman monologue
Jay did a lengthy monologue, as has been his custom, at one point saying, “This is what I do,” referring […]
Shows return to late night
Dave is coming back tonight, with a beard and with a deal cut with the WGA. So is Ferguson. Leno’s […]
Serndipity on the seas
Aaaaahhh! That’s better! This is the view from the Male Half’s porthole. That’s not a euphemism. The Male Half embarked […]
Huh? What happened? Who's there?
We’re slightly delirious and, while not in the full throes of influenza madness, we’re still quite sick. Nasty little antigenic […]
This just in: A lot of comics are Jews
We know– we were stunned, too. CNN.com is running an article in their “mental_floss” section entitled “Long line of Jewish […]
Feedback from XM listener
XM comedy honcho Joel Haas forwarded the following, which was submitted via their website’s listener feedback mechanism from an XM […]
Creative vigilantes? Leave us out of it.
Daniel B. Smith, writing for the Boston Globe, has spun out a four-page article about the work of one Christopher […]
Soupers to hit the road
Standup comic K.P. Anderson, head writer for E! Channel’s The Soup, is sending out a MySpace bulletin touting the upcoming […]
"Bring me pine logs hither!"
Happy New Year from SHECKYmagazine.com! Our postings have been on the light side. We’ve been paying attention to other matters– […]
The baby of the family goes for the yocks
Sharp-eyed FOS Jouni Kallio (from Finland!) sent us a link to a Time magazine article that says that researchers have […]
Keep your jokes to yourself
An AP story written by Eric Carvin asks the question, “With talk shows returning to late night without their writers, […]
Britt Ekland to try standup?
First of all, you may be asking, who is Britt Ekland? She’s a Swedish actress mainly famous for being a […]
Standup fest to continue in Aspen?
The Aspen Times has a story on the Wheeler Opera House and their plans to book a standup series– or […]
We really can’t stay…
It’s FOS Paul F. Tompkins singing a duet with Aimee Mann. Tompkins, you’ll note, is doing his best Dean Martin […]
The Scotsman suggests humor as a gift
The Scotsman, in the obligatory “what to get for that hard-to-shop-for man” article, suggests… comedy DVD’s! Amuse him with Omid […]
2007 Cringe Humor Awards CANCELLED
UPDATE: Cringehumor.com is sending out MySpace bulletins blaming the cancellation on the weather. If you like a little a bit […]
Y-Town comic: "I want to bring stand-up back."
We were wondering who was going to save standup comedy, who was going to “bring it back.” We have been […]
Lou DiMaggio in heart attack ad
You’ve seen the commercials that have been airing. They’re part of the “Together We Can Prevail” series produced by Bristol […]
Berlin "vibrant Spoken Word scene"
Jacinta Nandi (aka “Candi Girl”) is a regular in Berlin’s spoken word venues. She’ll be talking about that milieu in […]
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