All hail cyclobenzaprine!

We’re in transit (on our “Supersize Me” tour– For the next 30 days, we’ll be eating fast food three times […]

Fist full of comics in short film at JFL '05

Received the following, via email: The short film, “A Fist Full of Pills,” will be showcased at the Montreal Just […]

Technical difficulties at SHECKYmagazine!

SHECKYmagazine.com is experiencing technical difficulties– visitors might be getting a file which is the index page for our online press […]

Comics sought for reality series

Just got the following over the cybertransom from the producers of an upcoming TLC reality show: ARE YOU PART OF […]

Packages to Montreal for Just For Laughs 2005!

A coupla weeks ago, we updated the code that makes that banner at the top of the page work (the […]

Guffaw induction 101

We were moved to laugh out loud when we read the name of the comedy night at the Parlour Club […]

Laughing is the new pilates

Hardly a month goes by that we don’t see some report of the positive health effects of humor. Ever since […]

Laughing at you, not with you…

From today’s New York Daily News editorial page, under the head “Laughing Matter”: You wonder why politicians don’t get no […]

Chappelle Chapelle doing sets at clubs

According to Variety and now CNN, Dave Chappelle Chapelle is doing sets in L.A. An unnamed Comedy Central representative told […]

She's just that into you

Standup comic Chelsea Handler (website) kicks off her book tour today and tomorrow at the La Jolla Comedy Store. Her […]

Gallagher accused of tapping man's melon

According to Reno TV station KNRV, a 40-year-old audience member filed a police complaint saying that Gallagher slapped him on […]

Virus alert: Bin Laden has not been captured.

Read all about it before you go clicking on any email attachments. You gotta give the little worms credit for […]

Just for Pitching? Deadline June 10

Hop onto the Just For Laughs website to see who will be performing there this year. The full list is […]

The HellGigAmerica guys have done it!

The Hell Gig America boys are soaking up the rays in Kona right now, having completed their crazy mission to […]

SHECKYmagazine Interview: Woody Woodbury!

We interviewed Woody Woodbury! A fascinating chat with a man who made his mark in live performance, television, recording and […]

XMRadio: Memorial Day special

It’s not as much of a downer as you might think– XM Comedy’s Memorial Day Salute to the Comedians Who […]

Festival Just For Laughs Roster announced

If you subscribe to variety.com, you can read the Variety Article. Barring that, there’s always the JFL website. Click around […]

Vinyl Word: First Family Rides Again (1981)

The cover, of course, is a parody of Vaughn Meader’s “First Family” album covers. And the album itself is Rich […]

Brits in a funk: Humor down, glumness up

Agence France Presse writes that “Britain is suffering a sense of humour failure, with laughter levels three times lower now […]

Friars flex the funny muscle in NYC

Lawrence Van Gelder, writing in the New York Times: Jack Benny was there. So were Groucho Marx; Milton Berle; Alan […]

I am woman, hear me squirt!

“DEAR ANDREA: I am a woman, and I ejaculate…” So begins a letter to alt.sex.column in the San Francisco Bay […]

WINNERS: National Lampoon's Lost Reality 2!

We have our winners in our National Lampoon’s Lost Reality 2 DVD contest! Grand Prize Winner M. Simmons of Rendondo […]

It's official: The Joke is dead.

Hey: Anybody interested in a large, steaming pile of horse manure? Warren St. John, writing in Sunday’s New York Times […]

Casinos and comics: Perfect together

A copy of Southern Gaming caught our eye as we were exiting the rest room at an Arkansas travel center. […]

David Steinberg resurfaces

In this week’s TV Guide: CHHERS to TV Land for bringing the wry David Steinberg back to the talk-show circuit […]

Frank Gorshin, impressionist, actor, comedian

From the AP obit, on his Riddler experience: “It really was a catalyst for me,” Gorshin recalled in a 2002 […]

Comedy CD's for the troops

Karen Rontowski is sending out the following to all comedians: I am working in conjunction with WeThankOurTroops.com to start a […]

Chappelle tells Time that he's not crazy

MIA MTV-owned star Dave Chappelle tells giant media conglomerate Time that, “I’m not crazy. I’m not smoking crack. I’m definitely […]

Kathy Griffin losing sight in one eye?

Geraldo had her on for the final segment of his Fox News show last night. Seems that the spunky actress/comedian […]

Heffron CD Contest WINNERS!

We are pleased to announce the winners of our John Heffron CD Contest! JOSHUA HENNE So. Orange, NJ KELAU JACKSON […]

Miller axed at CNBC

A Yahoo news story says that Dennis Miller and the show named after him “will tape its final episode Friday […]

Comedy festival in paradise

Although their website is, to put it charitably, incomplete, the organizers of the 1st Annual Hawaii International Comedy Festival assure […]

Chappelle checks into "facility"

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Dave Chappelle has checked into a mental health facility in South Africa. Read the Associatd […]

Engagement announcement

Brian Copeland's "not a genuine black man"

Sam Hurwitt, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, details the path from idea to one-man show, to book, to possible […]

Yet another Big Move? Yes. Chris Mata

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1999, when Rich Williams wrote the first series of The Big Move columns […]

SHECKYmag Gropman's sketchgroup to appear

Now, normally, we don’t pay any attention to sketch comedy (ya gotta limit your editorial focus, elsewise, you’ll drive yourself– […]

Chong being sued by Marijuana-logues producers

An msnbc.com article on Tommy Chong explores the bind Chong found himself in as people in the audience of “The […]

"Intense personal issues" delay Chappelle

Things don’t look good for our hero. Check out the latest, a Newsweek article on Chappelle that attempts to get […]

Philadelphia Market Report

We casually and unapoligetically refer to the Philadelphia comedy market as the worst comedy market in the country for its […]