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John Mayer doing standup again
Celeb blog Gossip Girls trumpets a recent set by John Mayer at the Comedy Cellar. The item (probably planted by […]
Biz as usual or standup renaissance?
Pete Timmerman, writing for PLAYBACKstl, reviews recently released standup DVD’s. Recently, some great stand-up comedy DVDs have seen American release, […]
The syndicated comic strip Nancy
Ba-dump-bump!
Memorial Day
From a column by Rick Mercer that appeared in January in the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: The gates of Auschwitz […]
Steely Dan @ B.E.C./Kathy Griffin @ Music Box
What better way to spend the night off than to see Steely Dan in a venue that holds 3,000, then […]
On the boardwalk in Atlantic CIty
A couple of nuts in A.C. No show for The Male Half tonight at the Borgata. Paulina Rubio is performing […]
Vinyl Word: Chris Rush, "First Rush"
Produced by Allan Landon and Michael Cuscuna and recorded live in 1973 at Magnagraphics Studio in New York, Atlantic SD7257 […]
LCS Rumors… continued!
Ya gotta love the internet. Seconds after posting about recent LCS rumors, we get the following list– the top ten […]
Last Comic Standing rumors
We’re back from our West Coast Swing. The Sopranos is winding down, we videotaped the finale of 24 last night […]
Pouty TV critic assails plucky standup editors!
360 days ago, on Friday, May 26, 2006, we posted about Terry Morrow of Scripps Howard News Service and his […]
PHX to PHL
We’re bobbing up and down at the Sky Harbor in Phoenix. We’re headed back east. The Male Half starts his […]
A party just to have a party
Click here to read about a party thrown at Elayne Boosler‘s house for a bunch of NY and LA comics. […]
Male Half/Female Half each establish MySpace
The Halves of the Staff have each established separate and distinct MySpace Profiles. And we are seeking “friends!” Go here […]
"Rebirth of comedic genre" coming!
Tommy James sends along a link to a Hollywood Reporter article that reports on the annual stupidity at the network […]
Jesus appears in the desert
We drove into town last night to check out Troy Conrad‘s “The Comedy Jesus Show” at the Paper Heart Arts […]
Next best thing standing?
ABC has re-named it. It was The Impostor, now it’s The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator? […]
Comedy benefits in Boston, Queens
Boston-area comics are gather for a benefit Saturday night. Late on the Night of October 14th 2006 Paul Rudeen, Jr. […]
SHECKYmagazine at Rascals Cherry Hill in JULY!
The Male and Female Half of the Staff, the brains behind SHECKYmagazine, will be performing live July 12-14 at Rascals […]
Mike Myers letting down the team
From a Toronto Globe & Mail interview with Mike Myers, on the release of his third Shrek movie: Also on […]
Sarah Silverman feeling the P.C. heat?
She’s on the cover of the latest Maxim. At least we think she is. It’s impossible to tell from that […]
Gal comic writes to Dr. Joyce Brothers
She should’ve written to us instead. DEAR DR. BROTHERS: I’ve always been glad that people think of me as being […]
O & A suspended for 30 days…
…but only from their XM Radio gig. Hmmm… Welcome to the upside down world of shock jockery! They’ll continue, as […]
Ex-SNL/SCTV-er in jail in Canada
A detailed article in the Toronto Star tells the story of Tony Rosato, an SNL cast member (1981-82) who seems […]
Fred Burns, comic with spina bifida
Lamont Ferguson sends along the following on the death of comedian Fred Burns: Fred Burns was a 20+-year veteran comic. […]
Open season on shock jocks?
A NYDN article sums up the recent firings in the world of shock jockery. CBS confirmed “The Dog House with […]
At least he's wanted for something…
There’s a story on the wires that describes some odd behavior by Tracy Morgan during a recent visit to one […]
HBO Fest to re-locate in Santa Barbara?
Tommy James sends along a link to an article that speculates that Aspen might move to Santa Barbara. Yawn. From […]
Swedish magician disses Vegas
According to The Local (“Sweden’s News in English”), Swedish magician Joe Labero gave an interview to a Swedish rail line’s […]
SHECKYmag prediction comes true: Aspen over!
The Aspen Daily News is reporting that HBO is bugging out of Aspen. After 13 years of laughs, the U.S. […]
Vacation Mode: Undisclosed SWUS location
Poolside: The Female Half (l) and the Female Half’s Dad. One must rise early to get in a workout before […]
Albrecht out as head of HBO
Former standup comic and now former head of HBO Chris Albrecht has “resigned” as head of the cable outlet after […]
Funniest Fed contest kicks off
A crowded field of 32 battle it out on consecutive Wednesdays for the title of Funniest Federal Employee The first-ever […]
Little Merman, not Ethel Merman
According to the Little Merman website, Thomas J. Kelly “quits comedy and moves from New York to the city of […]
Female Half vindicated by spider story
There’s a much read, much-emailed story going around the WWW– an AP story about doctors finding a pair of spiders […]
Judd Apatow profiled in USAT
Susan Wloszczyna interviewed Judd Apatow for USA Today. Apatow is this generation’s Woody Allen— former standup comic, gets into directing, […]
It's a small world after all…
Ruchika Talwar, writing in the Pune Newsletter, starts off his account of the third season of the Great Indian Laughter […]
le Petomane on the Sopranos?
There’s a chance… and we are told that it is a chance and nothing more… that, on tonight’s episode of […]
SNL: Killed by too many standup comics
That’s one of the theories posited in “SNL in the ’90s: Pop Culture Nation,” the “documentary” produced, written and directed […]
Festival Just For Laughs announces lineup
Go here to see the lineup (or most of it, as they’re still working out the bugs) for the 2007 […]
Imus retains Lenny Bruce's attorney
Drudge is linking to a Fortune piece by Tim Arango that says Don Imus is gearing up for a lawsuit […]
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