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Jew-y is the new sexy!
We never to get to declare anything… Okay, maybe we actually do declare things… perhaps too frequently! Readers may recall […]
Church of England presents clean comedy
An article on Christian Today tells how the Church of England launched a standup comedy club yesterday at the start […]
Comedy running downhill?
We were pointed toward a mini-screed in the online version of the BGNews (the student newspaper of Bowling Green State […]
Musings on Vegas and Los Angeles
When one does 14 shows in a short period of time (two shows a night for seven straight nights), one […]
Five O'Clock Funnies dilemma
We listened to the Male Half on the KLOS Five O’Clock Funnies a few minutes ago. (We stayed an extra […]
Open letter to Britney Spears
Dear Britney: So sorry to hear that you’re in rehab. (Actually, we’re not surprised… but we’re still somewhat sorry.) Since […]
Los Angeles Times Sunday by the pool
If you’re going to read a newspaper (and actual, physical paper, not an online version) by a pool in Vegas, […]
LAT's conflicted review of Ferguson
Jon Caramanica’s review of Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson starts off about as badly as any review could… THE […]
Headed for the basin
From Las Vegas, we head west toward “the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern […]
Bridgeport comic subs on PM drive in CT
Comedian Johnny Rizzo was featured in the Connecticut Post the other day. His regular substitute host gig on WICC was […]
Perhaps he'll score big with a bowtie
The MPLS Star-Turbine reports that award-winning satirist Al Franken is running for Norm Coleman’s senate seat. That’s U.S. Senate. (Although […]
Still in Vegas, on to Los Angeles next week!
We’re still posting from the cybercafe on Vegas Blvd. (the one next to the Peppermill), so we’re keeping it brief. […]
Prosecutors will be violated
Freelancer and FOS Larry Getlen‘s piece in the most recent issue of Radar Magazine hit the stands the other day […]
Newsweek's Boomer Humor theory
David Noonan of Newsweek has come up with some sort of Unified Humor Theory to explain why we laugh at […]
On to Vegas…
Can’t post long… off to SeaTac… Weekend at Mainstage over… Coolest green room in all of comedy! Vince Valenzuela (Seattle-ite, […]
Seattle weekend…
Dan Carrol, Dartanion London and Scott Moran in the V.I.P Lounge at Mainstage. The room is named after the defunct […]
"Are women allowed to be funny?"
That’s the question posed in the title of a ludicrous article in the Christian Science Monitor that ran in Wednesday’s […]
"…tossed salad and scrambled eggs…"
We know… it’s just sooo cliched… but as we’re walking around Seattle, we can’t get the theme song from Frazier […]
Yuks Laugh Off seeks contestants
Folks up north are looking to give away oodles of cash to a particularly funny person. As they put it… […]
In Seattle, Mainstage tonight
We’re posting on the computer in the lobby of the Mediterranean Inn on Queen Ann in Seattle. The folks at […]
Count Shake-ula OUT; Bellamy IN!
NBC announced a new host and new talent scouts for the upcoming season of Last Comic Standing: NBC’s unscripted laughfest […]
Brian Haley spotted
That’s Brian Haley on the left, with the Female Half of the Staff on the right,. They shared the bill […]
Bob Saget, farceur, pokes fun at penguins
Far left: Penguin poses with Big Jay Oakerson at Rascals in Cherry Hill last night. Near left: Cover of DVD […]
Just For Laughs launches online comedy initiative
Pardon our web-speak… it’s all the rage these days. The folks at JFL are calling it a portal. (The “P-word” […]
DSL still not here!
If you’ve noticed that we’re posting less often or if you’ve noticed that there’s been a paucity of postings here […]
25 comics to celebrate 25 years of Punchline Atlanta
They’re celebrating a quarter of a century in Atlanta, at the Punchline. We got an email from Punchline proprietor Jamie […]
Marketing ploy shuts down Boston
Suits from Turner Broadcasting were apologizing as fast as they could Wednesday afternoon when several devices (describe as “magnetic lights”) […]
Brett Clawson, comedian
Brett Clawson has died, from injuries suffered in an accident earlier this month. His myspace is gathering comments from friends […]
Jonathan Katz' new/first CD, "Caffeinated"
Can you believe that Jonathan Katz never released a CD before “Caffeinated?” (Available on Amazon.com) It hit the stores yesterday. […]
Superdeluxe launches
TBS, who is staking it all on comedy programming (“very funny” is their tagline. No caps, which makes it… hysterical!), […]
Adding hatefulness to emptiness?
It’s our new catchphrase around SHECKYmagazine HQ– “Adding hatefulness to emptiness!” Don’t you just adore that? It’s just one of […]
LAT on the SoCal alt-comedy scene
Writing for the Times, Chris Barton kicks off his sprawling assessment of the Los Angeles alt-comedy scene (“Amusing Asides”, Jan. […]
Seattle's alt scene profiled again
An article in The Stranger (“Don’t Fuck Up” by Brendan Kiley) goes into great detail on the maturation of the […]
Meet the Fokkers, then meet your maker
An article from the U.K. is making the rounds (It was forwarded to us by FOS Peter Berman.) that contains […]
The Seattle scene in flux
Robert L. Jamieson Jr., writing for the Post-Intelligencer, tells of turmoil in the PacNW, specifically of a mini-revolt among the […]
Catch in A.C. to close
Saturday night is the final night. Catch A Rising Star has been on the second floor of Resorts for two […]
Swerving from Colbert to Little
According to Jeffrey Goldberg, writing in New Yorker, Steve Scully, a senior executive producer of C-SPAN, and the president of […]
The good, the bad and the ugly
We got profiled in the Neighbors section of the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer. Rusty Pray is the byline. It’s a nice […]
Shall we court the blogosphere?
Allow us to think out loud for a minute. (Which, when we get right down to it, is what blogging […]
Ron Carey, 71, former standup comic
According to the (low-bandwidth) UPI obit, Ron Carey was also “a former stand-up comic, (who) broke into films playing a […]
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