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Walking the walk
Congratulations to our friends over at Cringe Humor for opening up a comedy club in New York City. It’s called […]
Our minds are boggled…
Saw the following tweet from a club owner, who shall remain nameless: Really great show at the club this weekend. […]
Know when to pause…
From the Financial Times comes this fascinating observation about athletes… and comedians: Watch Novak Djokovic. His advantage over the other […]
SHECKYmagazine.com quoted on Sandler
E! Online.com solicited a quote from the editors of this magazine for an article entitled, “What Killed The Adam Sandler […]
Dinner and a movie
We’re cramming our socializing into every nook and cranny of our East Coast Swing. (What is a cranny, anyway? Has […]
The Atlantic City leg is completed
Joey Kola, Rodney Laney and The Male Half of the Staff at the Borgata The SHECKYmagazine.com editors are in the […]
Did you know that Chris D’Elia is a comic?
Back up… Who is Chris D’Elia? He’s the guy who co-stars in the (just renewed for a second season) sitcom […]
Can you feel the love tonight?
We don’t normally post about things that pop up on Facebook, but we saw something Thursday which was shared by […]
“Rickles Shocks Crowd W/Racial Joke”
That’s the incomprehensible headline of the news story that’s rocketing around the WWW. How can this be? How could Don […]
Who is this jerk with these set-ups and punchlines?
The following is a quote from an interview with the fortunately named Isaac Witty that appeared in The Isthmus (Madison, […]
PDANet and FoxFi combine to make life easy
More and more hotels are offering free WiFi. It is often spotty or, on rare occasions, unworkable. And occasionally, we’ll […]
Must women act undesirable to be funny?
Short answer, No. Long answer? The question is the headline of a National Post (Canada) article that is part of […]
Check your voicemail via your email…
The Male Half was recently in a situation where he had access to the internet but he was unable to […]
Different strokes for individual folks
The Female Half was on a shuttle at the Tampa Airport when she struck up a conversation with the shuttle’s […]
What’s with all the competitions?
We’re noticing a disturbing trend. Comedy competitions have been sprouting up like mushrooms all over the comedy landscape. (We’re not […]
Comedy Bloghorn #4
From a Yakima Herald-Republic interview, standup comic Auggie Smith, on his place in the world of standup: As for his […]
A mind reader, a clown…
… and a comedian. The wires are crackling with the report of the lavish “over-the-top” training session thrown recently in […]
New factory opening in LV
Here’s the press release. The space at the Tropicana (the one that was vacated in December when Brad Garrett’s Comedy […]
Long Live the Club List!
We’re coming up on our THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY here at SHECKYmagazine.com! Thirteen years! Wow! At about 12:01 AM, on April 1, […]
Cleese on political correctness, Hicks, etc.
In an interview in the Manchester Evening News, John Cleese says some interesting things. We were made aware of the […]
More rules and regulations on speech needed
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws”. – Cornelius Tacitus – “Annals” (c. 116 A.D.) When the […]
Comedy Bloghorn #3
From CBS in Los Angeles: (Los Angeles) City Council members took a step closer on Wednesday to becoming the first […]
Free speech causes trouble again
When Bill Maher‘s fans (both regular fans and fans who are members of the MSM) talk about him, they like […]
Firesign Theatre’s Peter Bergman
According to a FB friend, Peter Bergman of Firesign Theatre has died. There’s nothing on the WWW’s news pages about […]
Vince Dantona, comedian
We’re a little behind the curve on this, we know (internet service problems), but we couldn’t let Vince Dantona’s passing […]
Comedians and health insurance
The Male Half of the Staff is quoted in a Las Vegas Review-Journal column by Mike Weatherford entitled “No Joke: […]
Rejoice, Canada: Section 13 might be toast
According to Russ Campbell’s Blog: The repeal of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) seems inevitable now […]
Leave Britney… er… Whitney alone?
Remember that video (that went viral) in which the distraught, weeping man/boy pleaded with viewers to “Leave Britney alone?” We’re […]
Youtube exhibitionism?
On a recent post (“The Total Prick and his Insignificant Wife”), we went all crazy on someone who sent us […]
Comedy Bloghorn #2
“We’re in the Golden Age of comedy, but it’s definitely not the Golden Age of audiences.” —Dave Attell
Jules Riley, 49, standup comic
Jules Riley passed away Friday, Jan. 29. She was known to Philadelphia comics. The Halves of the Staff were privileged […]
Comedy Bloghorn #1
If comedians are expected to say something meaningful, eventually they’ll be required to say something meaningful.
Stirring up stereotypes is a good thing
That’s the impression we get from this article on cnn.com which profiles a comedy duo from South Africa, Nik Rabinowitz […]
The total prick and his insignificant wife
That’s what we’ve taken to calling ourselves around here. It’s a pride thing. We get some odd emails here at […]
The jazzification continues apace
From an entertainment website, comes this line, from a synopsis/review of Mike Birbiglia‘s movie, that is featured at this year’s […]
Bumped?! In LOS ANGELES?! Surely, you jest!
We don’t normally comment on stuff that appears in other blogs (probably because we don’t read other blogs all that […]
It’s official: NYT says Brill out
And, writes Dave Itzkoff, he’ll be replaced by a “system” whereby “a ‘Late Show’ staffer will scout comedians at clubs […]
NYT weighs in… on SHECKYmag post?
Someone identifying himself as “Jason Zinoman” commented on our “Brill makes a ‘Kinsley gaffe’” posting (scroll down). “Jason Zinoman” is […]
Brill out as Late Show talent coordinator
The New York Observer says that CBS has canned Eddie Brill. They cite Mirth Magazine as the source. (Mirth is […]
Brill makes a “Kinsley gaffe”
We’re not sure what all the fuss is about. Eddie Brill, the comedian who coordinates the talent for CBS’ Late […]
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