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We are
Brian McKim &
Traci Skene

About Me


We were quoted in an article in the NYT! Click here
Our short film, "Easter Parade" (3:43)
Our short film, "Starting Over" (7:49)
Our short film, "A Man And A Woman!" (3:18)
Brian McKim Live (5:28)
Traci Skene Live (6:37)
Brian McKim & Traci Skene are professional comedians and the editors and publishers of the WWW's most beloved magazine about standup comedy (USA Today called us "charming, sincere and helpful!"). They've each performed in all 50 states and they have more than 40 years of combined standup comedy experience. They've written for television, radio and the printed word and their online publication, SHECKYmagazine , is read by thousands of standup comedy fans all over the world.
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My Interests

Very little beyond a 15-ft. radius.
Specific Standup Comedy, Web Publishing, Writing
Online since November 21, 1995

Mag launched April 1, 1999

Other gigs Regularly featured in US Weekly, as Fashion Police

I'd like to meet:



Music:

The current stack of CD's on top of our CD player: Thelonious Monk "This is Jazz 5" (Columbia), Chet Baker "Sony Masters", Elvis Costello "Get Happy," XTC "Apple Venus," Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim," Frank Sinatra "The Capitol Years," Antonion Carlos Jobim "Antonio Carlos Jobim's Finest Hour," St. Germain "Visitor," Junior Brown "12 Shades of Brown," Marcy Playground "Shape Shifter," Shawn Colvin "Fat City," Rufus Wainwright "Want One," Soundtrack Of Our Lives "Behind The Music," Henry Mancini "Martinis With Mancini," Englebert Humperdinck "16 Most Requested Songs," Stone Temple Pilots "Core" and "The Audio Companion to the Hit Film The Aristocrats."CD's not on the stack, but in heavy "long-term" rotation: Kinks "Kronikles, Pts. I & II," Marty Robbins "All-Time Greatest Hits," Geggy Tah "Sacred Cow," Soul Coughing "Irresistible Bliss," Bjork "Debut," James "Laid," Big Audio Dynamite "The Globe," Dee Lite "World Clique"Wish List: Any greatest hits collection by Ray Price. And we're still waiting for UPS to deliver Elvis Costello's "Almost Blue"

Movies:

The last few movies we watched (and thoroughly enjoyed): "My Architect," "Capturing the Friedmans," "Theremin," "le Petomane," "Patriot Act," "The Lord of the Rings (all of them)."

Television:

"House," "News Watch," "What Not To Wear," "Lost," "American Idol," "Last Comic Standing," "My Name Is Earl," All the talking head political shows on Sunday AM (if we rise early enough), Craig Ferguson's monologue, "Planet's Funniest Animals," March Madness and the Olympics, and the Eagles and the Phillies when they actually have a chance.

Books:

Anything by P.J. O'Rourke, any kind of reference book, showbiz biographies, history books, text books. We lean toward non-fiction. And we heartily recommend any book that mentions us.
Traci's Moldy TV Credits A & E's Comedy on the Road, VH-1's Standup Spotlight, Fools For Love, Wil Shriner Show, Girls Night Out, Rascals Good Time Comedy Hour
Brian's Moldy TV Credits A & E's Comedy on the Road, VH-1's Standup Spotlight, Fools For Love, Evening at the Improv, Rascals Good Time Comedy Hour, Into the Night Starring Rick Dees, Star Search (Ed McMahon version), Fox's Comic Strip Live (Live version, from Igby's!)

Heroes:

Anyone who has made/is making or will make a living doing standup comedy.

My Blog

Hitler Bunches of Oats!

Is it just us? Or does this bus bear a vague resemblance to der Fuehrer? Rather unsettling when one looks across the breakfast table to see a bus like this, with the now-ominous words, "NEXT STOP, YOU...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:26:00 PST

Last Comic Standing Analysis

Go to http://www.sheckymagazine.com each week immediately following the East Coast broadcast of LCS. If you missed last week's analysis, just go to the front page and scroll down. Thanks.
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:34:00 PST

SHECKYmagazine 8th Anniversary is April 1, 2007!

We uploaded our first issue on April 1, 1999! Our thanks to those who have been with us from the beginning and to those who have become fans during the last eight years.Brian McKim and Traci Skene...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:54:00 PST

Blog wars: Sidebar to the RIch Jeni story.

In a fascinating sidenote to the tragic story surrounding Rich Jeni's death, soon after we posted about it on our site (Saturday night at 8:55 PM EST), we posted a bulletin on MySpace and sent out a f...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:31:00 PST

Brian McKim on NPR's All Things Considered

Here's a link to the piece by NPR's Elizabeth Blair on the Jay Leno/Judy Brown lawsuit.  Quotes from Brian McKim, editor and publisher of SHECKYmagazine.com, are at the end of the 5:21 piece. &nb...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:52:00 PST

SHECKYmagazine in the WALL ST. JOURNAL

We got a hit in the Wall Street Journal! (Monday, July 24, Page R-11, Technology Section, 220 words) Keith Huang's Blog Watch profiles six blogs, three of which are comedy-related. SHECKYmagazine.com,...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:16:00 PST

Our blog? Go here...

...SHECKYmagazine.com It's the WWW's most beloved Blog-azine!  We "went blog-ward" in June of 2004 and we've been posting like mad ever since.  USA Today called us "sincere, charming and he...
Posted by SHECKYmagazine.com on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:39:00 PST