Jimmy Gator in the film Magnolia (I loved it but it wasn't a universal favouring), he wasn't a fun guy.

Anne "whatsername" on the weekest link (spellerated wrong cause she's scary and she'll find me) is fed quips through her earpiece by a team of "funny guys".

Hehe... we could have the topic "Smarcher of the week" or would it be a daily talkshow??

Tad wrote:

What I can't figure out is how you have to put talk shows into re-run during the writers' strike.  Admittedly, comedy bits, monologues, etc., are a part of most of these shows, but does a professional comedian/host like Leno, Letterman, or Conan O'Brien really not have the skill to come out, make a few off-the-cuff remarks, and interview some other celebrities sitting on a couch unless a writer is involved?

I mean, I value my profession, but sheesh.  I know I could wing a talk show on my own if I had to, couldn't they?

Good points, Tad. I mean, even if they couldn't come up with a 15 minute-long monologue, they should be able to scrape together a 5-minute monologue... you'd think. And things like Jay Leno's "Headlines" write themselves. Conan's lamest skits don't seem to require much writing, either (and he usually has at least one per night).

I think part of the problem is that TV show writers who are part of the Writer's Guild are usually credited as "Producers", whether or not they actually produce or not. Once you have "producers" on strike, it's probably pretty hard to do a show. They could probably get by with a skeleton crew, but you know these Hollywood types: they can't even do the show if their lattes don't have enough cream.

Today is my busy day.  Work, German, music, kids after-school activities.  I just thought I'd drop in, though, to say that the new website's almost done and it's looking very nice.  We're working hard on it, and we know that it's been a while coming, so we're doing our best to get it done soon.

Special feature:  all users will be able to deliver a small but painful electrical shock to anyone else choose.

Coming soon: downloadable dessert!

(Okay, I made up the last couple of things...)

You had me at electric shock...

*fidgets*

Are we nearly there yet?

Yalahii.

don't forget the dessert!

Is it cake? Is the dessert cake? Its cake right? Its gotta be cake.

Cake > Pie

-X

Wasn't there a butterfly pastry in War of the Flowers? I wonder what that would've tasted like.

Anyways, about the Talk Shows and the writers strike issue, I think much of it has to due the hosts honoring the writers situations, for it does seem unfair, and not to mention, the hosts are writers too. If they did do monologues, it would feel like betrayal, and thats why Ellen Degeneres is in controversy even though she skipped a monologue.

I remember hearing that Letterman and Carson did the same thing as she did, during the 1988 strike they came back after a while with no monologue and just talked.

No, no. Your wrong. Its just the crown.

*re-steals the crown*

I'm not a street rat! And I don't have...

*flees*

-X

Susan Queen of the Universe wrote:

you silly boy!  wearing a crown doesn't make you royality. 

She's actually right. It's the nigh-incestuous marriages and the limited gene pool that make royalty... and the deep south.

Coincidence?

Stefan wrote:

Wasn't there a butterfly pastry in War of the Flowers? I wonder what that would've tasted like.

Probably like chicken.