Writers Guild Endures a Bad Rap
If this WGA supporter is any indication, the strike could go on for a looooooong time. They'll also have to survive this guy.
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(Page 2 of 3) Previous 15 Comments | 1 | 2 | 3 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments16. Reality.. Get out of the liberal socialist/commie business or fail.
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Posted at 7:27PM on Nov 11th 2007 by fun-fun
17. I think the writers are getting greedy. The others who are not working because of this strike have bills to pay. A lot of people live pay check to pay check what are they going to do? The time that the strike is on is wages lost for the writers is 4% going to make up for months of being off work?
Posted at 9:50PM on Nov 11th 2007 by ca.dglvr
18. Here's a solution, how about not paying the stars such obscene amounts of money so that everyone else could be paid fairly? Maybe they need to tell all the celebrities of each show that they have to take the pay cut for the writers that make them famous in the first place. I guarantee they would refuse.
Instead of paying a worthless celebrity a few hundred thousand dollars per week they could flip that to the writers and crews. They're the ones with the actual talent. A drunk monkey could recite lines on screen.
Stars are a dime a dozen, it's the writers that make them famous and the crews that do all the physical work, but it's the crews being fired.. It's not even the writers that will suffer first...it's the grips, and stage hands and craft services and assistants, etc. etc. that are paid crap for doing the hard work.
FORCE THE STARS TO TAKE A PAY CUT! GIVE IT TO THE WRITERS...PROBLEM SOLVED.
Posted at 10:27PM on Nov 11th 2007 by Sick of Greedy Celebs
19. They should let us fly out there and write while these people all strike! I live in NYC-- I've got plenty of crazy stories that they can use for jokes and shows!
Posted at 10:43PM on Nov 11th 2007 by Christina
20. Wow, I didn't really know how deep this ran. I thought they really should get a percentage of the sales. With things going to DVD as quickly as they do now, I thought that was fair. But then I see the other side. The people who are not writers, that's a bad situation. All this money in Hollywood...why the hell is it so hard to give them something the deserve. If they can make Jay Leno funny, they deserve some more damn money. I honestly don't know what y'all see in him. Good luck to those people who aren't writers that are affected directly by this.
Posted at 8:25AM on Nov 12th 2007 by JaimeNTexas
21. Without writers there is nothing. Period.
Posted at 8:23PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Raebelle
22. WRITERS ARE THE ENGINES OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY UNFORTUNATELY THE STUDIOS OWN THE CARS THAT THE ENGINES ARE IN.
Posted at 2:32PM on Nov 14th 2007 by JOSEPH CAPRIO CITYLIFEPRODUCTIONS
23. From what I'v seen of the shows onTelevision in the last 10 years,I hope that the strike last forever and all of the talk and Judge shows are taken off of TV.
Posted at 1:09AM on Nov 12th 2007 by OhWell
24. writers r people too.
Posted at 1:19AM on Nov 12th 2007 by batman
25. This guy asked me out once when I was getting my oil changed on LeBrea. He rapped bad pick up lines to me. Hilarious to see this.
Posted at 12:25PM on Nov 12th 2007 by KM
26. Hey Gomer, take the UCLA cover off your head; you give the school a bad name...
Posted at 2:26AM on Nov 12th 2007 by Gomer the picketer
27. I went to high school with this guy. He has been poping up all over the news for like 10 years doing things like this. He is not all there, however, he is EXTREMELY intelligent. One day after a basketball game we dared him to drink some clumpy spoiled milk and he did it!!! He didn't even puke!!!!
His name is Eric Parks.
Posted at 3:52AM on Nov 12th 2007 by hotwheelraf
28. a freelance writer deserves residuals... a writer under contract to a studio or network doesnt..what they write should be the property of their employer...i mean, nearly everyone complains how terrible television is, how its a rehash of things done prior...over and over and over......maybe we need new writers to bring back some creativity... when commercials are more enjoyable to watch than the actual program, that should tell us something isnt right...
Posted at 4:01AM on Nov 12th 2007 by icyreb
29. hahaha we saw this guy halloween in west hollywood..
Posted at 6:34AM on Nov 12th 2007 by tiffani
30. 25. a freelance writer deserves residuals... a writer under contract to a studio or network doesnt..what they write should be the property of their employer...i mean, nearly everyone complains how terrible television is, how its a rehash of things done prior...over and over and over......maybe we need new writers to bring back some creativity... when commercials are more enjoyable to watch than the actual program, that should tell us something isnt right...
Posted at 4:01AM on Nov 12th 2007 by icyreb
This is so damn true. There is a commercial on that I watch every damn time it comes on. It's the AT & T high speed internet commercial. With the two window washer guys. Who ever thought of that one was nuts. But it is hilarious. I miss the days of good TV.
Posted at 8:35AM on Nov 12th 2007 by JaimeNTexas
