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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:
thanks for this blog. there are others, of course, but i like your little terse entries and the feeling i get of its personal impact on writers. i'm so sorry this is happening, and i hope to heaven it's over soon.
thank you.
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