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The source for information about the most important strike in labor history.
A Primer
Greetings!
Show runner (Executive Producer). Person, usually in the midst of a divorce, who "runs" the room, i.e., tells you to arrive at 10:00 AM, shows up at 1:00 and spends three hours working his or her iPhone while regaling everyone with stories about how they did things on "Family Ties."
Co-E.P. (co-executive producer). Friend of show runner. Often a former substance abuser who worked with boss on a previous show. He ususally claims to be in his mid 4os (he's 53) and sees nothing inappropriate about hitting on a 23 year old P.A. (production assistant) wearing a tight ironic T-shirt.
Supervising producer. Supplier of endless lines late at night and on show day, including, but not limited to: "Someone forgot to take his meds!" "You do the math!" "________ on steroids!"
Staff writer. Bitter 24 year old Ivy League graduate raised on televison who thinks everyone in Hollywood is a hack but him or her.
Breaking a story: Staying late at night so it can make sense that Jim Belushi accidentally flushed a pair of boots down the toilet.
Table read: A group of actors sit at a table and read the script aloud while the writers laugh at the jokes they wrote.
Screenwriters: People who inexplicably think they are superior to TV writers because they are responsible for "Good Luck Chuck" and "Daddy Day Care."
Movies: The incorrect name given by people outside of the industry to "Features."
Show runner (Executive Producer). Person, usually in the midst of a divorce, who "runs" the room, i.e., tells you to arrive at 10:00 AM, shows up at 1:00 and spends three hours working his or her iPhone while regaling everyone with stories about how they did things on "Family Ties."
Co-E.P. (co-executive producer). Friend of show runner. Often a former substance abuser who worked with boss on a previous show. He ususally claims to be in his mid 4os (he's 53) and sees nothing inappropriate about hitting on a 23 year old P.A. (production assistant) wearing a tight ironic T-shirt.
Supervising producer. Supplier of endless lines late at night and on show day, including, but not limited to: "Someone forgot to take his meds!" "You do the math!" "________ on steroids!"
Staff writer. Bitter 24 year old Ivy League graduate raised on televison who thinks everyone in Hollywood is a hack but him or her.
Breaking a story: Staying late at night so it can make sense that Jim Belushi accidentally flushed a pair of boots down the toilet.
Table read: A group of actors sit at a table and read the script aloud while the writers laugh at the jokes they wrote.
Screenwriters: People who inexplicably think they are superior to TV writers because they are responsible for "Good Luck Chuck" and "Daddy Day Care."
Movies: The incorrect name given by people outside of the industry to "Features."
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November
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- Caps on the picket line: Two New York Mets, one e...
- Carson Daly is asking family and friends to send i...
- Carson Daly announces he's going to cross the pick...
- I got one of those cool Soviet-era looking T-shirt...
- I got a parking ticket near gate six at Warner Bro...
- After seeing at least half a dozen writer-produced...
- It's the night before the talks between the guild ...
- SAMUEL ISAIVORY COAST IRISH SPRING (NEAR PASADENA)...
- I may miss today's big strike rally; the babysitte...
- Writers discuss sports, reasons why producers suck...
- News of talks between writers guild and producers ...
- I drove right past Whole Foods and went to Ralphs ...
- A group at Warner Bros. is singing, "We're not gon...
- Got into first ever discussion about comfortable s...
- First sign of hostility toward the rank and file: ...
- Day seven, Burbank. There is NO WAY this is good f...
- *Reminiscent of the offer of free "mani/pedis" giv...
- Taking a cue from stores that allowed union member...
- I picketed with two screeen writers and they asked...
- The group representing the producers and studios, ...
- The WGA sends an e-mail announcing tomorrow is "br...
- Maybe slogans aren't my strength.
- All we want is our share of the money!/It's not ou...
- What do we want?/More Twizzlers!/When do we want t...
- My strike captain sends an e-mail requesting, amon...
- With the prospects for an early settlement to the ...
- An e-mail from the WGA relays that a talent agency...
- I meet a very nice older writer (maybe even 50!); ...
- A former writers’ assistant on Ellen DeGeneres sec...
- Ellen DeGeneres crossed the picket line, earning t...
- A guy wearing a cowboy hat introduces himself as w...
- About an hour into picketing, a WGA worker approac...
- I curse myself for driving around for half an hour...
- A writer mentions Fey’s pictures in the Times, and...
- I see three pictures of Tina Fey protesting in The...
- At 12:01 Monday morning/Sunday night, it’s a done ...
- I tell my wife a writers’ strike is not a done deal.
- I get home and see AP is reporting there’s a write...
- We leave united! Oh, no. I see another person I ca...
- The guild leaders come across as a sane, rational ...
- A crazy British guy says something about the strik...
- Someone in the meeting invokes the name of Dalton ...
- I see a sign for Writers Guild members and a sign ...
- I see two writers I can't stand. Both come up to me.
- Over the course of the next half hour I see about ...
- A short guy with a beard approaches me awkwardly. ...
- There is a large sign-in area; it's a mostly male ...
- Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. I got to the L.A. Conventi...
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2 comments:
I love your blog. And I own one pair of Mephistos, which I've had resoled by the Mephisto company, using their resoling program. I have not bought another pair of Mephistos since $400 shoes are out of my budget. So's good health care. Why can't the WGA help the writers who have lost their insurance? Some people need to re resouled.
thank you. resouling is definitely the way to go. even without a strike, $400 is a lot for a pair of shoes.
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