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Forty years gone: The Ed Sullivan Show
It’s been gone for four decades (as of last month). So the number of current, practicing comedians who received their […]
Why would you want to do that?
Did you Louis CK on Kimmel last night? He was talking about how, as a father, he constantly finds it […]
We won’t even bother commenting
From comedian Jim McCue‘s blog comes a report on an incident at (most likely, since the blog’s URL contains the […]
Who knew comedy fame was so easy?
All right. So… Vancouver loses in the Stanley Cup Finals to Boston. In Vancouver. So the Vancouver fans go nuts […]
Louis CK in Slate
Slate ran an interview with Louis CK on June 17 in which CK defends Tracy Morgan. There’s a lot of […]
Gropman an unhappy camper
Adam Gropman was, for longer than anyone else, one of our columnists here at SHECKYmagazine.com, back when we had columnists. […]
Only so many hours in the day
After our posting on the Jo Koy incident (scroll down to “The Possible Return of Charlie McCarthyism”), we received a […]
Sweet gig! Who books it?
An article from last week, on the Atlantic website, entitled “In Cambodia, Comedians Double as Government Propagandists,” tells the story […]
Continuity from the desert CORRECTION
We call this one “Geechy Guy MacPherson” That’s Geechy Guy on the left and Guy MacPherson on the right, at […]
The possible return of Charlie McCarthyism
From the free legal encyclopedia Jrank.com, is this paragraph, from their summary of Lenny Bruce’s Café au Go Go obscenity […]
Geechy Guy has talent
Often the comedians who dare to appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent are met almost immediately with boos. There’s something […]
Super secret media hit
The Male Half got a nice hit in the local paper. (The local paper, in this case, is the Las […]
Bullying on the national stage
Tracy Morgan told a bunch of jokes at an appearance in Nashville, at the Ryman. From what we can tell, […]
Are we ever content? CORRECTION
FOS Bonnie McFarlane anchors a new web-based video series (or a “web series pilot”) for comedy website Cringehumor.com called W5 […]
Fame and standup
We find the following at the tail end of the Zach Galifianakis mini-interview in the NYPost: He also worries he’ll […]
Rated “U” for Under
Earlier today, Ted Alexandro hipped all his Facebook friends to the article in COED Magazine entitled “The 24 Most Underrated […]
Get your Group on
After all the swirling controversy of the last couple weeks, we decided to post something warm and fuzzy. We have […]
“Dude, where’s my comment?”
We took down a posting. We got tired of having our inbox clogged with comments. And having to administer the […]
Nitwit, PLEASE!
Three weeks ago, UConn Professor Benjamin Purzycki began a lecture by discussing the cultural relevance of the “N-word,” setting off […]
More opinion on Guy Earle’s “trial”
This time from Mark Steyn, himself a target of the “human rights” regime. There is a word for a judge […]
Squareup after the show
Are you selling CD’s or DVD’s after your show? Are you limited to taking cash only? Or do you occasionally […]
Get “insulted,” pick up a check for $22,500 UPDATE
When we last checked in on Guy Earle, the comedian who was hauled before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal […]
It’s just not our thing, man
A reader writes: What about a section… a toolbox if you will… for beginning stand-up comics such as myself? Maybe […]
Well done at the Trop
The audiences at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the Trop got a lot of bang for their buck last night– […]
Happy belated birthday, Shecky Greene
Yesterday (April 8) was Shecky Greene’s birthday. He turned 85! Just one week ago, he celebrated by doing a three-show […]
Just another night in Vegas
Sunday night, we hopped in the SHECKYwagon and turned on the Bruce Woodbury Beltway for the 14-minute jaunt to the […]
When they called it a “comedy tour”…
… we were unnerved. Charlie Sheen kicked off his tour this evening. When USAToday’s allegedly live tweeting of the Charlie […]
SHECKYmagazine.com 12th Anniversary Party
We threw it together in 48 hours. We wanted to have a get-together here in Vegas to celebrate the 12th […]
Laugh Detroit, Part Two
The Halves of the Staff were invited to co-host the second of three nights of showcases at the 4th Annual […]
At the Laugh Detroit Festival on TV
Laugh Detroit Kicks Off March 27: MyFoxDETROIT.com We appeared on Detroit television this morning. On the local Fox affiliate. Fox […]
Last Comic Standing gone… again
From the FutonCritic.com: LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — NBC has passed on another summer cycle of its veteran reality series “Last […]
Brad Garrett’s Green Room ADDENDUM
It’s the best green room in the business. The Female Half has been saying for years that every green room […]
Gilbert Gottfried now Gilbert Gottfired
AFLAC (American Family Life Insurance Company of Columbus), employs more than 8 thousand people. They insure more than 60 million […]
James Vernon, comedian
FOS Murv Seymour called to let us know that James Vernon passed away this past weekend of a heart attack. […]
Gallagher collapses
Gallagher collapsed during a performance at a gig in Rochester, Minnesota. He was conscious when they carted him away. Someone […]
DeStefano remembered by Wood
Roy Wood, Jr., wrote a lengthy remembrance of friend Mike DeStefano. I no longer use the term ‘friend’ lightly. I’ve […]
At the Flamingo Goodwill
It sounds so… Vegas-y– “Flamingo Goodwill.” We stopped in while waiting for the Shecky Wagon to have its radiator looked […]
Mike DeStefano, comedian
Mike DeStefano, who reached the finals of season seven of Last Comic Standing, and who was to appear at the […]
Fryers’ Club March 4, 2011
There was a good turnout this week for the Fryers. There was a nice mix of local comedians and out […]
We’re always the last to know…
Occasionally, when we think of it, we’ll google “Sheckymagazine,” just to see what’s being said or blogged about our publication. […]
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