I’ve had a dreadfully long day and have to get up at an obnoxiously early hour for an MRI tomorrow, so I can’t say anything myself, but I did want to point out a neat story over at Deadline Hollywood.
Apparently, David Letterman is going to pay his writing staff out of his own pocket, not so they will bust the picket line and go back to work but so that they will be supported through the end of the year while his show is off the air. In other words, he’s supporting the strike by creating a private strike fund for his writers, and he’s saying “yeah, we have a lot of extra cash around, and we can afford to support our writers!” I think it’s fantastic.
I am really starting to see how this strike could be a way for Americans to re-open the dialogue on the importance of being unionized, which is fantastic.
By the way, some of his writers have a rather humorous strike blog. Check it out!
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And he has some GREAT writers!! I read part of this little book once of Letterman’s “Top Tens.” Halfway through I wet my pants from laughing. JK
What a wonderful thing for Letterman to do!
I personally don’t find his show to be very funny, but I will give the man a hand for going out on a financial limb in such a way.
All the major studios should just put their consultants to work as writers, and see how far it takes their network! Without the writers, they are nothing, and they should meet their demands.
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