Funniest Person in NYC Media followup

Winner Mandy Stadtmiller blogs on her experience on Comedy Central’s CCInsider and show producer and NYUCF publicist Ryan McCormick sent […]

Help the Juvenile Diabetes Walk to Cure

The Halves are participating in the October 15th Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes! We’re part of the […]

Who's at the Vancouver Fest?

Ahmed Ahmed, A.J. MacKenzie, Al Rae, Allen Morrison, Andrew Donnelly, Andy Kindler, Assaulted Fish, Aubrey Tennant, Ben Mills, Boyd Banks, […]

BostFest Contest Winner

Dan Boulger won. Check out this story, from the blog of a Boston comic, about how Boulger was denied entrance […]

Vinyl Word: Shecky Greene– A Day At The Races

Dig that crazy Peter Max Lite artwork by John Alun Rennie! Laff Records A204 is “A Day At The Races,” […]

Bob & Tom– Comedy Central– Tonight– 9 PM EDT

Tonight is the night that the Bob & Tom Comedy Tour premieres on Comedy Central. That link will take you […]

Bad smell in Beantown, Pt. II CORRECTION

Ladies and gentlemen, the finalists of the BostFest contest: Floyd J. Phillips Daryl Lenox Stewart Huff Russell Bell Brad Upton […]

He wrote "The Book On Hosting!"

After performing emcee duties last night at Gotham, The Male Half was reminded once again of FOS Dan Rosenberg‘s book, […]

Cable Guy on 60 Minutes?

We have it from multiple sources that Dan Whitney aka Larry The Cable Guy will the be subject of a […]

N.Y.Underground Fest/Comix Opening!

The New York Underground Comedy Festival will pick up the pace even more tonight (FRI) through Sunday night, as they […]

Los Angeles…Tonight…Comedians…Cure

Tonight at 8 PM, at the Empty Stage Comedy Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles 90064, is a Comedians for […]

Just got off the horn with Shecky Greene

We checked our email and there was a message from “Mr. Shecky Greene,” saying he wanted to talk. It took […]

A bad smell in Beantown

Had we only taken the time to read our own magazine, we would have saved ourselves the trouble and expense […]

We're headed to Boston

We’ll be in Boston tomorrow (Tuesday) night. The Male Half is entered in the contest and his bracket (Bracket 5) […]

Bobby Baccala to host Fox talker?

MSNBC.com is reporting that the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Variety says that Steve Schirripa (identified as a “former” Sopranos […]

Hecox in The WashPo on 9/11

SHECKYmagazine columnist Doug Hecox has a column in today’s (9/11/06) Washington Post. It’s an account of his performance at the […]

First off, spelling “travelling” with one L or two L’s is a personal preference. They (the O& A people) go […]

Did we mention…

…”National Lampoon’s Jokes, Jokes, Jokes; Collegiate Edition” by SHECKYmagazine columnist and FOS Steve Ochs? Well let’s mention it now. “From […]

Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes

Larry Getlen‘s “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jokes” hit bookstores this week! Love that cover! Click on the box at […]

"Shorts" movie night at Boston Fest

The Boston Comedy Festival kicks off Sunday night with their film portion. Here’s a list of films screening at the […]

Taipei's English-speaking standup scene?

A cryptic article in the Tapai Times details the bizarre world of expatriate English-speakers from New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere […]

Dangerfield's widow sues Roy-Friedman

A TMZ.com article says that Rodney’s widow, Joan Dangerfield… …is accusing Friedman of copyright infringement and fraud for attempting to […]

DeGeneres to host Oscarcast

AP is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to host the Sunday, February 25 broadcast of the 79th Annual […]

Comedy Central's Legends

Comedy Central kicks off a series, Legends, on Sunday, September 10 (9 PM EDT), which they describe as… …a new […]

Four more years! Four more years!

Cynthia Littleton, writing in the Hollywood Reporter, says that David Letterman will remain in his chair through the 2009-2010 season. […]

Rosie O'Donnell's debut

Drudge is reporting: Rosie O’Donnell’s first morning as co-host of ABC The View seen by 4.2 million viewers, roughly 54% […]

Just For Laughs crosses Canada

Greg Proops, Joey Elias, Tommy Tiernan, Jim David, Todd Lynn, Jim Caparulo and Tim Nutt will form a flying wedge […]

"Andy Sansone" meltdown?

We’ve seen chatter here and there on the internet about a comedian who appeared on The Late Show on August […]

Bud TV is coming

The WWW is turning into the Wild, Wild West. Anheuser-Busch has swamped the wires with the announcement that they’re planning […]

Real Men Tour REVISION

Remember back on August 17, when we told you about the Real Men of Comedy Tour Talent Search? Well, they’re […]

Weasels in Rochester– Pt.II

Here’s an email that’s going around. It’s from J.J. Parrone, the owner of Comix Cafe in Rochester, and it’s signed […]

Weasels in Rochester– Part I

Citzens of Rochester: Be not fooled by the weaselly behavior of your local comedy club, the Comix Cafe! (See below) […]

Tears of a clod

Paul Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times spins out one of the most insipid, most ridiculous, most hackneyed take on […]

George Sarris: We're not worthy!

New York Underground Comedy Festival Big Cheese George Sarris has snagged his second New York Post Page Six mention in […]

New term, concept: "Shecksism"

Over the years, we’ve heard stories of comedians experiencing poor treatment at the hands of the media, the pop culture, […]

Steve Irwin's death

The Male Half of the Staff can recall that when Karen Carpenter died, way back when he was starting out […]

Parting shot from Palms, re: Bodden

Not much new in the Sept 1 article by John Katsilometes, writing for the Vegas Sun, in which he describes […]

Clay/MSM watch begins

A UPI article details two new shows to debut on VH-1, each of which focuses “on celebrities in their 40s […]

"Did I say that out loud?!"

How many of us have been thinking the following, but never actually said it? It’s a quote from the delightful […]

Cherry Hill (NJ) Rascals attracting stars

Rascals GM Jason Pollock is on the right, comedian Bernadette Pauley is on the left. Michael McDonald is in the […]