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Just For Laughs 2006 THURSDAY
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Just For Laughs, 2006 WEDNESDAY
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Last Comic Standing: Episode 408
For the first time, we are speechless.
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Non-news to us. According to Reuters, Yahoo! and a host of other sources, “MySpace on Tuesday officially launched a new […]
"…an entertaining distraction"
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Just For Laughs preview
Normally the JFL folks are tight-lipped about who will be included among their New Faces and their Masters series. Not […]
"Take my clothes… please."
From UPI comes a report that the city fathers in Austin, TX, are trying to shut down a male strip […]
Caveat vendor
The following came in an email, from more than one source. It details the efforts of a venue (whose name/location […]
"…and he never got a dinner."
The above is the appropriate headline supplied by FOS Joe Starr for this post which links to the LA Times […]
The 2006 Boston Int'l Comedy and Movie Festival
We’re heading up to Boston for their festival this year. The last time we were in that festival was in […]
Last Comic Standing, The Roast Episode
Gabriel Iglesias gets caught with a Blackberry. Yawn. We knew he was kicked off eventually, but we weren’t sure of […]
Funny even if you're not in the biz…
Click to this Youtube video from season III of Chappelle’s Show. Insiders will love the Barry Katz impression. Outsiders will […]
Bringer shows… the debate continues
Got the following email from a reader: Dear SHECKYmagazine: I’m just starting out in comedy and am pretty much lost […]
Advice Goddess: "Comedians ugly."
Amy Alkon, whose Advice Goddess column is syndicated to several dozen alterna-rags throughout America, fields the following question in her […]
Kevin James backlash
Has anyone noticed an increase in anti-Kevin James chatter in the Mainstream Media? Since the Emmy nominations were announced, there […]
Cats that look like Hitler
Some of the finest websites are the ones that are the simplest. Cats That Look Like Hitler is such a […]
Rusty Ward CD taping in NYC
Former SHECKYmagazine columnist Rusty Ward sends along the following: Join comedian Rusty Ward for the recording of his upcoming CD, […]
Kevin James, Denis Leary nominated
Kevin James has been nominated for a Best Actor award, as has Denis Leary. We saw James’ friend John Henson […]
Seeking comedians who are 84 inches plus
We got a letter from J.J. Leslie, whose bio starts this way: Currently, the Guinness Book of World Records is […]
Hummina, hummina, hummina…
…it’s the only thing we can say after reading the following statement from Brit TV producer Adam Tandy (the article, […]
Our archives are fixed again…
…you probably didn’t know they were broken. Seems that we gooned up the archives FTP path sometime back in June… […]
The Road to the White House…
…is pockmarked with oodles of comedy potholes. In the past, we’ve cautioned politicians and other officials to leave the joking […]
The Sitcom is making a comeback…
Here’s a quote from Aaron Barnhart, influential TV critic, in a recent article in his home paper, the Kansas City […]
Reno Just For Laughs due for re-do
Some time in August, said the voice on the other end of the phone at the Sands Regency, they’ll be […]
Even USAToday has caught on
Flying from Vegas to Reno, we bought a McPaper to occupy our short time in the air. We scoped out […]
Jerry Lewis Medal of Freedom petition
FOS Neil Leiberman sends along a link to an online petition that calls for the president to award the Medal […]
Interview w/David Brenner
Jerry Fink, interviews David Brenner in today’s Las Vegas Sun. Brenner explains how he happened to sub for Louie Anderson, […]
Jan Murray, comedian, TV host
From the NYT obit: Jan Murray, a stand-up comedian who became one of television’s first stars, died yesterday at his […]
Meet the Baums
Above, from left to right: Marilyn Baum, Bruce Baum, Leonard Baum, at the Riviera Comedy Club, Las Vegas, NV, last […]
How not to suck as an emcee
From FOS Dan Rosenberg, comes the following: The “How Not to Suck as an Emcee” Workshop. Join Dan Rosenberg (author […]
October 2005 Archive? Restored!
For some odd reason, the last 18 days or so of our October 2005 archive file were missing. A lot […]
Gropman's latest column… in Grop-land!
If you want to read Adam Gropman‘s latest column, hop on over to Grop-land, the home of his blog! In […]
Last Comic Standing, Episode Whatever
It’s way past midnight, Vegas time. We’re at the Riv through Sunday with Bruce Baum, and we’ve got two shows […]
Nice newspaper… who books it?
Todd Barry has another essay in the Sunday New York Times. I was pretty sure I knew who had sent […]
Friar vs. Friar!
There’s a rift between the West Coast Friars and the East Coast Friars, according to a recent NYT article (Free […]
SHECKYmagazine @ JFL: A photo montage
We put together a photo montage with a music bed, displaying several dozen photos from the past seven years of […]
Rauf Lala is "Hasi Ka Shahenshah"
Do not adjust your browser. The above title simply means that Rauf Lala is the winner of the Great Indian […]
"Most experienced comedy show in NYC!"
Thus did George Sarris, co-producer of The Masters Series at Gotham, describe last night’s installment (in a myspace bulletin he […]
"Thirtyish" cousin of rape accuser speaks!
Standup comics are always popping up in major news stories! Now there seems to be a comedian near the epicenter […]
P.C. : The comic's worst enemy?
From an interview with Tommy Tiernan that appeared on Irish Echo Online, on bringing his “often controversial brand of humor” […]
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