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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:11 PM Original message |
On a lighter note... LET'S HEAR IT for STEWART and COLBERT for weathering the strike with aplomb... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. is the strike over? i love what colbert and stewart have done with the |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. I haven't watched since they came back. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I havnt watched more than 10 minutes during the strike |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If the writers felt they got screwed by Stewart/Colbert, I would expect they'd have made some noise. |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Once a strike is over, everyone goes back to work, no questions asked. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I can understand that. Still, you have to admit it's curious that... |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You're probably right about that. |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I think they sided with the third party that you forgot - their audience |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oi. |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I am truly, deeply sorry this has gone on the way it has. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You've apologized for the wrong things. |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I never meant to suggest that appreciation of Stewart or Colbert is anti-union. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That's a rather fair assessment. |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. So it's okay for any company to screw it's workers... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. They couldn't've negotiated agreements like Letterman; Letterman owns his show; they don't |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. They could have refused to go on. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Indeed. |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Do you seriously believe that Comedy Central would just walk away? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I boycotted them during the strike n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. They attempted an offer like Letterman did... |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Those are certainly commendable acts. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They were ordered to go back to work by Viacom |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm sorry, but "I was just following orders" doesn't cut it. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. When was the last time you went up against hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of legal fees? |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. From someone in the WGA.... |
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kevsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. From a former elected AFL-CIO officer, |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. The don't have Letterman's millions but they did have many workers depending on |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. A Plomb will get you through times of no Writers better than |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. OMG! I've got another Heart On! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. me! |
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tchunter (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. that sketch was so good |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. absolutely! |
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