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Comments (10)
I think we should make a mo... (Below threshold)1. Posted by COgirl | December 18, 2007 10:38 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I think we should make a movie out of this, don't you?
1. Posted by COgirl | December 18, 2007 10:38 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on December 18, 2007 22:38
2. Posted by captaindog | December 19, 2007 12:11 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
it's all Bushes fault. he wants us to suffer from lack of quality entertainment. we are we supposed to do, read?!
2. Posted by captaindog | December 19, 2007 12:11 AM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 00:11
3. Posted by Brian | December 19, 2007 1:58 AM | Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
Normally Leno and O'Brien are good little comrades. But when the dank realities of leftism hit a little too close to home -- i.e., their wallets -- they're quite ready to sing different tunes.
They're not worried about their wallets. They're doing it so the other 100-or-so non-writing staffers who are sitting home without paychecks for the duration of the strike will be able to go back to work and get paid again.
But don't let the facts interfere with your indignation.
3. Posted by Brian | December 19, 2007 1:58 AM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 01:58
4. Posted by Jim Addison | December 19, 2007 3:46 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
It's possible their contracts contain some penalty clause which would be kicking in around that time. If they were only worried about the other staffers, they could have gone back on the air quicker.
One problem they will have - besides having to write their own material - will be booking talent, since most of the entertainers are refusing to cross picket lines. Expect more political candidates, book authors, and amateurs . . .
4. Posted by Jim Addison | December 19, 2007 3:46 AM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 03:46
5. Posted by Baron Von Ottomatic | December 19, 2007 8:39 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
They're not worried about their wallets. They're doing it so the other 100-or-so non-writing staffers who are sitting home without paychecks for the duration of the strike will be able to go back to work and get paid again.
What, you're saying everyone in Hollywood isn't in some sort of a union? Don't they have slush funds they maintain to support their members during a strike?
5. Posted by Baron Von Ottomatic | December 19, 2007 8:39 AM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 08:39
6. Posted by Henry | December 19, 2007 11:21 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Brian...
"They're not worried about their wallets. They're doing it so the other 100-or-so non-writing staffers who are sitting home without paychecks for the duration of the strike will be able to go back to work and get paid again."
I thought that was the point of a strike. Strikes are revenue-busters, for ALL parties. The point is to see who caves first. If they cross picket lines to work, they've already lost the edge, showing that they are unwilling to continue with the strike because they need the money more.
6. Posted by Henry | December 19, 2007 11:21 AM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 11:21
7. Posted by Falze | December 19, 2007 4:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Isn't it time to roll out the pictures of Leno standing around in the street with the writers in 'solidarity', handing out donuts?
heh.
7. Posted by Falze | December 19, 2007 4:38 PM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 16:38
8. Posted by Eric | December 19, 2007 10:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Brian,
What a crock. That may be the official reason, but what they're really worried about is ratings slippage. The networks have already sold those advertising slots, and the rates are usually contingent on ratings. They don't want to give the monty back.
Remeber, Leno and O'Brian don't own the show - they just work there. I'm sure they've both been told in no uncertain terms it would be in their best interest for the show to go on.
8. Posted by Eric | December 19, 2007 10:05 PM |
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Posted on December 19, 2007 22:05
9. Posted by gurv | December 20, 2007 3:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
hey its
9. Posted by gurv | December 20, 2007 3:31 PM |
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Posted on December 20, 2007 15:31
10. Posted by gurvz | December 20, 2007 3:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
so its good
10. Posted by gurvz | December 20, 2007 3:35 PM |
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Posted on December 20, 2007 15:35