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Those jugs look familiar

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 13th, 2010

There’s a news item that’s linked off of Drudge about a woman who is having her gigantic breast implants removed. […]

Cozy Morley statue in North Wildwood

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 8th, 2010

Many years ago, we posted about the statue erected in honor of comedian Cozy Morley. (We theorized at the time […]

Stand Up Comedy is NOT Any Prettier.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 5th, 2010

The anonymous xtranormal vidster provocateur has posted the third in the series. This one is entitled “Stand Up Comedy is […]

It never ends

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 5th, 2010

The following post was supposed to appear on August 22… but, for some reason or combination of reasons, it was […]

Sofla all shook up over prankster

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 4th, 2010

“Sofla” is the portmanteau– or is it simply a contraction?– that’s short for South Florida. And it refers to the […]

Robert Schimmel, standup comic UPDATE

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 3rd, 2010

UPDATE: In the comments, reader Spike Rizzo provides the ABC News item, via Associated Press, that confirms Schimmel’s death. UPDATED: […]

“Join the Tompkins 300!”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 2nd, 2010

That’s the title of a recent Paul F. Tompkins blog entry. Is he planning to form a group of warriors […]

“Dealing With Agent”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 1st, 2010

It’s called “Dealing With Agent.” It’s the latest in a series of videos that are popping up that seek to […]

“Stand Up Comedy is NOT Pretty– Part 2”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 1st, 2010

It’s part 2, from the anonymous person who created the xtranormal video we posted last week. This time, it’s from […]

Who books it?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 31st, 2010

There’s absolutely no reason why a comedy club shouldn’t have clear, detailed booking information for comedians on the comedy club […]

Only a matter of time

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 30th, 2010

It’s the answer video to “Stand Up Comedy Is NOT Pretty,” an anonymous xtranormal video that we posted about last […]

“Comic opens fire in bar”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 30th, 2010

Channel 6 is on the case! Three people were shot when a stand-up comedian opened fire in a crowded Marion […]

Great. That sounds fair.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 23rd, 2010

We saw this posted as Isaac Witty‘s Facebook status update.  The creator is comedyisnotpretty10.  We don’t know who that is. […]

Headed for the World Series of Comedy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 23rd, 2010

We just finalized our travel arrangements for next month’s trip to Vegas for the World Series of Comedy. It’s going […]

Children starving… for attention

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 18th, 2010

We have long held that it’s ghastly to inflict children doing standup on a comedy club crowd. It was Robert […]

Television viewers getting older

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 18th, 2010

And by that, we mean that the average age of the Big Four television networks is getting higher. The Hollywood […]

On the anniversary of The King’s passing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 16th, 2010

Three years ago, The Female Half, in her regular “Keep It Tight” column, recalled the passing of her grandfather, who […]

BBC enters gender fray

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 16th, 2010

It’s Chapter 10 of today’s isse of the BBC broadcast, Newshour (hit the little black box marked “10” to go […]

On “nutty comedy exercises”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 14th, 2010

From the Facebook status update of Costaki Economopoulos: I’m about 9 sets in to understanding comedy in Scotland, and I […]

We got your bone right here

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 12th, 2010

Predictably, we’re getting a lot of comments on our posting on the final episode of LCS. In rare cases, we […]

Last Comic Standing Finale

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 10th, 2010

Congratulations to Felipe Esparza! He’s this season’s “Last Comic Standing.” It must be tough– unbearably tough– to come so close […]

Last Comic Standing Season 7 Winner

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 9th, 2010

We’re exhausted.  We just spent several hours on the beach (Island Beach State Park… very nice!) with the Vos/McFarlane’s, and, […]

Carlin’s best three minutes? (Updated)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 4th, 2010

There’s a clip that circulating on the WWW (mainly via Facebook) that purports to be George Carlin’s “best three minutes” […]

Tough choices in Vegas

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 4th, 2010

From a Sahara Hotel & Casino’s Facebook update: Sahara Hotel & Casino Sahara’s spreading the summer love by extending its […]

Your tax dollars at play

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 3rd, 2010

“Summertime Blues” is a rather hefty PDF that’s making the rounds. It was published jointly by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) […]

You can fool some of the people…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 3rd, 2010

Strngelilblkgrl tweets: Apparently, America likes its comedy white, male, & heterosexual #lastcomicstanding Apparently? It’s not apparent at all. What is […]

America’s still got talent

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 3rd, 2010

We didn’t watch America’s Got Talent last week. We’re boycotting the show after they put through the old lady who […]

Last Comic Standing S07E09

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 3rd, 2010

One more to go! Jonathan Thymius GONE! It must be awful to get that close to the tour– the lengthy, […]

Last Comic Standing taping in Glendale S07E08

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 26th, 2010

We headed north, up the 110 to sit in the audience at the Alex Theatre in Glendale for the taping […]

We enter the pod of Dick and Darren for a cast

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 26th, 2010

We participated in Dick And Darren’s Podcast last night in Studio City. It was a spirited hour or so of […]

Take it inside

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 25th, 2010

Oh, God… another one. Another article on joke thievery. This time, it’s in a theater blog attached to a British […]

Photographic evidence

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 25th, 2010

At the Mermaid in Hermosa Beach

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 23rd, 2010

We flew into LAX on Monday morning. The Male Half will be at the Comedy & Magic Club through Saturday. […]

Last Ten Comics Standing S07E07

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 19th, 2010

We’ll limit our observations to this: Of the contestants sent home tonight, we accurately predicted the demise of two of […]

Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010 IV

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 18th, 2010

The skies opened up and what appeared to be straight-line winds whipped through and tore the street festival asunder! The […]

Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010 III

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 17th, 2010

We caught the last fifteen minutes of Just For Pitching… we usta accidentally call it “Pitching It.” Now they’ve changed […]

Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010… II

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 16th, 2010

Gloomy day. Windy, too. There’s a giant slab of crappy weather just south of us and oddly enough, it’s shaped […]

Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 15th, 2010

We got an email: Hi Shecky, I have enjoyed reading y’all through the years…keep up the good work. Though I […]

Last Ten Comics Standing S07E06

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 13th, 2010

Hey! Good for Fortune Feimster for sitting in the audience at the taping of last night’s episode of Last Comic […]

Step right up, place your bets

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 10th, 2010

The article on SportsBookGurus.com was written by “Bonnie.” It is entitled, “Last Comic Standing Betting Odds List Tommy Johnagin As […]