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Let the Borat Backlash begin!
The weasels at ABC News, who so slavishly followed the media pack when building up the anticipation prior to the […]
The Sierra Mist Five
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CBS News wakes up briefly
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Perfect face for comedy?
An Ananova item tells of some scientists who “blended the features of 20 top comics to come up with the […]
It's Impressionist Week on Letterman
You may recall that Letterman had Ventriloquist Week a few weeks back. This time, it’s mimicks who get spots each […]
First they came for the 7-Eleven bits…
The folks in Ithaca College’s Comedy Club are upset. With good reason. The club is a regular meeting of a […]
Big hair, satin jackets, Italian frames!
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Comics behaving badly
A sharp-eyed reader sent along a link to a story on channel 2, the CBS affiliate in L.A. Katt Williams, […]
SNL's Fey gives comics their due
The AVClub has an interview with Tina Fey in which she acknowledges the art form: AVC: Did you ever do […]
SHECKYmagazine maligned on film site UPDATE
Editors note: FilmThreat.com has removed the offensive passage cited below. We thank them for their quick response. Mr. Goebel’s response […]
L.A.: Comics With Cameras, Nov 6!
As Steve Ochs has so helpfully pointed out (and as we neglected to inform you): “Sheckymagazine.com readers can get on […]
Comedians "stuck in Iraq"
AP article on comedians entertaining soldiers in the desert: Comedian Derek Richards recalled arriving there in 2004 to discover soldiers […]
Politicians as jokesters, the sequel
Former presidential candidate John Kerry got into a little hot water while addressing a group of students when he told […]
Sitcom dead…resurrected at TBS
TBS has greenlighted a pilot starring Bill Engvall in a family comedy. It has been a quick turnaround for the […]
Diller on standup
Not Barry. Phyllis Diller. In an Archive of American Television Interview on this website (Scroll down, we’re not exactly sure […]
Guide for Open Mikers in Montreal
Montreal comic David Schultz gives Indyish readers a rundown of the Montreal English language comedy scene open mikes. A comedy […]
Sierra Mist pares them down to ten
The final ten contestants are up on the site here. Did they hafta go with the giant red X’s through […]
Firefox/Mac OSX problem
We made some changes over the weekend…if anyone is still having problems getting the site to load, send us an […]
McKim & Skene–Comix Cafe, Buffalo
We proclaimed it to be one of the ten great places in America to sit down and watch standup (in […]
Kathy Griffin on gender inequity
Kathy Griffin, in the course of flogging her current 25-city tour, in the (L.A.) Daily News: When I was starting […]
Square peg? Meet round hole.
Andrea Kay, self-described “career whisperer” in the Asbury Park Press (“Don’t force yourself to fit in”): Most people, though, end […]
Halloween 1969
The Female Half of the Staff as a sorceress.
Temple University News Reunion
The Male Half of the Staff attended a reunion of Temple University News-ers. It was to celebrate the 85th anniversary […]
Al Martin opens Broadway Comedy Club
Click here to get the expanded, interactive version of this: That green arrow is the newest addition to the comedy […]
Nick's Funniest Mom 3
As described on the Nick website “Funniest Mom 3 is a six-part series on Nick at Nite which follows these […]
Shecky sighting in Vegas!
Listed under “Sightings” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Norm! (the gossip/news column of the R-J’s Norm Clarke): Righthaven LLC has […]
Handing out Beavers up north
They handed out the 2006 Canadian Comedy Awards (They call their awards “Beavers!”) last night in London (Ontario, ya hoser!), […]
Good God!
We got a press release from Comedy Central crowing about the launch of two “broadband series,” exclusive to ComedyCentral.com. They’re […]
Leno quizzed by Miami Herald
Jay Leno, interviewed for the Miami Herald by Glenn Garvin, in anticipation of his appearance tonight at the Seminole Hard […]
Rolling Stone chewing off its own arm
Mere months ago, Rolling Stone named him “Hottest Comic of the Year.” (Or was it “Coolest Comic of the Year?” […]
Who's running Firefox with Mac OSX?
A reader has informed us that he can’t seem to get SHECKYmagazine.com to load on his Firefox browser, using Mac […]
Seattle Comedy Competition fires up Nov. 1
The 27th Annual Seattle International StandUp Comedy Competition begins Wednesday November 1, 2006 at the Liberty Theater in Puyallup, WA, […]
Sierra Mist's Comedy Challenge finalists up
You have until October 30 to vote for Ian Bagg, Eddie Ifft, Jen Kober, Josh Sneed, Randy Kagan, Steve Wilson, […]
Tom Wilson and Co. @ Helium
Above, from left to right: Tom Wilson (“Biff Tannen” in the Back to the Future trilogy), David James and Kevin […]
Brian Regan quietly sells out theaters
Read about Brian Regan’s career and approach to comedy in this Ann Arbor newspaper article. I purposely want my topics […]
Pit Stop Comedy from TBS
October 23, on TBS, look for Pit Stop Comedy featuring the standup of J. Scott Homan, Tim Wilson, Jon Reep, […]
Real Men battle it out in A.C.
That’s A.C., as in Atlantic City, not Air Conditioning. Although there was air conditioning at the Comedy Stop at the […]
Catching up with Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers is at the Keswick (in suburban PHL) next weekend and at Resorts this weekend. The Philadelphia City Paper […]
Where are the bouncers (Followup)
Lengthier video of the now infamous James Inman attack video are available here and here. The first link goes to […]
Security to the stage…Security to the stage
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy saw a fan emerge from the shadows during a set at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, […]
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