Gloating? Not us.

From the Hollywood Reporter: Also shaky was the performance of another midseason series, the ABC comedy Sons & Daughters (3.2 […]

Stern fans disappear

An LAT article (free reg. req.) says that only a small fraction of Stern fans followed him when he made […]

What's in your wallet?

Bankrate.com interviews Jeff Foxworthy about money. After he tosses out the obligatory gag or two, Foxworthy gets serious (if somewhat […]

Last Comic Standing premiere date announced

Well, it came at us via ComingSoon.net. We figure it came from the NBC.com media dump (and, recently, we’ve developed […]

Dayton in our rearview mirror

We’re back… already… the Sunday show at Wiley’s was cancelled due to intractable plumbing problems. It was a weekend full […]

Comics are sexy now?

The cover of Issue #582 of US Weekly is dominated by a large photo of Jessica Simpson (no surprise there), […]

We know a pro when we see one

We were entering the building where we’re staying this weekend, a high-rise apartment tower just off the downtown, when we […]

Last Comic Standing rumors, anyone?

Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Season IV Last Comic Standing comedians: Bil Dwyer Gabriel Iglesias Chris Porter Ty Barnett Joey Gay […]

Happy Birthday, Shecky!

It’s Shecky Greene’s birthday. Sheldon Greenfield was born on this day in 1926 in Chicago. We wish him a happy […]

Drop-in guest set in Dayton

We had about 18 hours off “turnaround time” between landing in PHL (from LAS), so we decided to push off […]

Kevin Knox sighting in Vegas

We neglected to mention that, on our way out of the Comedy Stop at the Trop on Monday night, we […]

As we depart the desert…

We stopped by last night at the Stop, hanging with comics Scott Bruce, Bob Seibel and Ron Shock. The previous […]

Shoulda been called "Vitreous Humor"

Instead, the organizers have called it “Eye Care for Erica Show.” (Which, we’ll concede, might actually bring in more people […]

Vegas to Flagstaff to Mesquite to Vegas

This would be The Female Half of the Staff on the Navajo Bridge, a footbridge spanning the Colorado River near […]

Club Soda Kenny update

FOS Shaun Eli reports: The news reported today that he reached a settlement with the department. Essentially they’ll let him […]

"A Man And A Woman" too successful!

Our very short film, “A Man And A Woman” is a victim of its own success! Within the the first […]

Mitch Hedberg tribute at MPLS' Acme

One year ago today, Mitch Hedberg died. The folks at the Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis (“Mitch’s hometown”) have assembled […]

Apsen followup from Adam Gropman

Anyone like to read more about the recently concluded goings on in Aspen? Our own Adam Gropman has filed his […]

Lopez enshrined on Walk

From AP: LOS ANGELES Comedian George Lopez is the latest recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. […]

Todd Barry on Comedy Central Friday night

Todd Barry. Tomorrow night. At 9 PM EST. The premiere of his Comedy Central Presents. Todd Barry, doing our Question […]

What is with the Nordic comics and the Bible?!

You’ll recall we posted on Feb. 20 (“Bloody riots provoked by… Danish comedian?”) about a Danish comic who gleefully peed […]

The one next to Clark Kellogg

There’s a profile of Seth Davis in today’s USA Today. Readers, hungry for any news morsel in the giant gap […]

"Opus & Anthony" by Traci Skene

In her latest column The Female Half of the Staff talks about getting lustily booed by an O & A […]

Spade on standup comedy

ComingSoon.net interviewed David Spade: CS: How important is standup for you? Spade: I think I’m getting worse. I’ve been doing […]

First comics on Last Comic Standing?

The word on the street is that two comics are known to be among those chosen to appear on the […]

From: Traci Skene To: editors@sheckymagazine.com Subject: Charity Event from Traci Date: Mar 25, 2006 7:16 PM An LA comedian, Erica […]

Yank vent on Kiwi TV

It’s our lame attempt at mimicking a Variety headline. It’s also our clumsy way of summarizing a story on a […]

Former Punchline employee among those killed

Sad news out of Atlanta. Lyn Bartlett, a server at the Punchline for more than a decade, was among three […]

SHECKYmagazine.com quoted in USAToday…

…again! We’re fielding so many media inquiries that we weren’t even aware of the hit we got in today’s USAToday. […]

Garlin's new series

Check out the brief Chicago Sun-Times article about Jeff Garlin‘s new series. Former Chicago funnyman Jeff Garlin’s new TV pilot […]

The Heist features a comedian cop

Barry Garron, writing for the Hollywood Reporter, stretches credulity when he claims that the new NBC series The Heist utilizes… […]

Democrats should do some open mikes

John Rogers, according to his own bio, on his blog, Kung Fu Monkey “started doing stand-up in 1988, got his […]

Us with Goodnights Hizzle EmSizzle

We’ve been at Charlie Goodnights in Raleigh for the past few days. We’re back in the office now. This is […]

If you gig for Donald Trump…

…get the check beforehand. Anyone catch The Apprentice last week? The teams were tasked with entertaining a bunch of car […]

Paul Ogata's recollections of Aspen

Paul Ogata has turned in a Big Move about his Aspen experience: “Early Saturday afternoon, I opted to pass on […]

We're having tech difficulties…

…as you can plainly see. We’re working hard to resolve these problems. As the television stations usta say: Please Stand […]

White, Madigan specials on Comedy Central

We’re giving you 12 days notice about Kathleen Madigan‘s Comedy Central special debuts next Saturday at 8:30 PM ET. It’s […]

Dying is easy…

…and, as the saying goes, comedy is hard. Just got the following email from comedian Chrissy Burns: Thought you might […]

"Dear Tom Kenny…"

It’s getting to be an epidemic. We’re getting a letter every other week or so from a grade schooler who […]

Ensuring domestic tranquility

Craig Jarvis of the Raleigh News-Observer did a phone interview with male half of the staff in anticipation of our […]