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Dontcha just hate websites ya gotta register for?
This is all Variety will give us before requiring us to register: Bravo is back in business with Kathy Griffin, […]
Roseanne on TV, Standup and Judgement Day
Roseanne Barr holds forth on various subjects and catches us up on her most recent activities in a recent interview […]
Happy New Year's from SHECKYmagazine!
Late? Maybe a day or two. But why quibble? We’re just getting back into the office after a lengthy period […]
Niche television networks are coming
Mentioned, in passing, in an article by Denver Post TV critic Joanne Ostrow, are two standup-related “niche networks.” Here’s the […]
Al Pacino scrambles aboard the standup boat
The needle on the standup-is-cool-again meter jumps a notch or two with the revelation (in the Edmonton Sun) that he […]
Call her a Mom-ic? A Mom-edian?
Nick at Nite is seeking the Funniest Mom in America. Follow the link to the page that will enable you […]
The path folowed by Jeff Valdez
A short item in the Pueblo Chieftain gives a brief history of Jeff Valdez Jeff Valdez grew up the youngest […]
Eddie Murphy's house is on the block
Hey– Anybody wanna buy Eddie Murphy‘s house? Here’s what it would take: If you’re trying to do the math in […]
Kevin Spacey– former comedian?
In a Kevin Spacey interview in the Orlando Sentinel (on the occasion of plugging his Bobby Darin biopic), is the […]
Laptops aren't meant for laps!
Dean Haglund, the standup comic who gained fame as the geek on The X Files, apparently is a geek in […]
Germany's Letterman is back
The WWW is burning up with the news that Germany’s top comedian has returned to television after a year-long hiatus. […]
Comedy Festival on late Sunday TV
There’s nothing worse than hearing, just minutes before you’re heading to bed, “Coming up next after Action News, ‘Comedy Festival.’ […]
Pryor on Insider
Did anyone see the footage of Richard Pryor on syndicated gossip television show The Insider? We knew Pryor was in […]
Carlin enters rehab for "wine and Vicodin"
The San Jose Merc News reports that George Carlin will enter rehab to treat his dependence on wine and the […]
Comedy in our daily lives
We caught “Oceans Eleven” on cable. We weren’t so dazzled that we would seek out the sequel in the theaters. […]
NYT finally does Vaughn Meader right
The New York Times has an exceptional piece on Vaughn Meader, who passed way earlier this year. When he died, […]
Toledo Blade notices live standup
Three (or perhaps even four) cheers for The Toledo Blade and staffer Mike Kelly, who are running a Year in […]
Army Wall of Fame seeks autographed pics
Just got the following email: Subject: Army Wall of Fame Dear Comics of SHECKYmagazine: Hooah! I’m hoping you can help […]
Dave, Biff, Paul tape Christmas Eve show in Iraq
Word on the wires is that David Letterman took the show to Camp Taqaddum in Iraq and taped in front […]
Comics find nuke carrier security laughable
What to make of this? A doc came over the cybertransom from one Warren Durso, an L.A.-based comic on tour […]
Fair use? What's fair use?
Just received the following email: As the sole owner of the published Jim Carrey interview, I hereby request the removal […]
Toronto, as seen through The Eye
The Eye, a weekly entertainment rag that keeps track of Toronto’s entertainment scene, ran a sort of Year in Comedy […]
"It's not personal, Michael. It's business."
A reader sent along the following comment:”Recap of the last handful of posts: You’re anti-union and pro-war. You can’t imagine […]
"I remember my first time…It was Modesto…"
We got a nice email yesterday from a fellow from Manteca, CA, by the name of Tom Bickle hipping us […]
Black visits the Low Country
On the occasion of Lewis Black‘s impending visit to the University of South Carolina Beaufort on Tuesday, an article in […]
Comedians in NYC rumbling with owners
No less an institution than the New York Times has seen fit to comment on the current skirmish (alluded to […]
Comics say the darndest things
We’ve been getting email for a couple years now from one Karel Beer, an expat Brit who lives in Paris […]
Carrey hitting the bricks for Lemony Snicket
Jim Carrey calms down long enough to give a straight interview to (Name of author vidnictively withheld by SHECKYmagazine.com) of […]
What happens when you assume?
Under the title “Rebuilding an Antiwar Movement for 2005,” a writer on a website that seeks to coordinate various anti-war […]
Ding Ho Reunion Show raises cash for cancer
The comics in Boston are having a rollicking time for a serious cause: Comic Lauren Dombrowski, who started out in […]
A correction… and repairs
The folks at Blogger have fixed the glitches on their end, so we’re posting like there’s no tomorrow. Unfortunately, there’s […]
South Asians coming to a club near you
From India New England Online (talk about your niche publications!), comes word that film director Piyush Dinker Pandya (“American Desi”) […]
Now that's more like it…
Two posts in the last 24 hours highlight the eagerness with which some members of the media are willing to […]
It's not just our imagination…
This from the Duluth News Tribune, among their listings for Entertainment Best Bets: There’s nothing like seeing your sweetie in […]
Nashville comedy cats get Tennessean exposure
A gang of enterprising comedians in Music City got in the face of Tennessean Senior Writer Tim Ghianni to the […]
Mendrinos' Year-End Review, IN NY
Must reading for any comic living in (or planning an assault on) NYC, the latest installment of IN NY is […]
Unknown Hack toils for Home Theater Mag!
Remember those releases you signed when you appeared on those television shows back in the early nineties? Well, there’s a […]
At the B Bar with the boys
We wound our way down Rte. 30 to the Borgata to hang with (L to R) J. Jay Brown, Joe […]
Peter Anthony HTML Goofup Fixed
I have been alerted to the problem of not being able to reach the Peter Anthony column…I checked it out […]
A dark day in the Windy City
If you go onto the Chicago Comedy Festival website, you’re greeted by a black screen with the two tiny words […]
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