In article <zPm_i.1045$xu3.960@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tony Harding <ToHard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <5s6_i.79$VK.60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Tony Harding <ToHard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> >>> In article <1194896832.987944.176530@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >>> Sean Walsh <seanocity@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975769.html?categoryid=2821&cs=1
> >>>>
> >>>> "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane touched a nerve Friday when he
> >>>> elicited perhaps the angriest response among the 4,000 attendees at
> >>>> Friday's WGA rally at Fox Plaza. Invoking the image of the
companies
> >>>> as schoolyard bullies, he recounted that all "Family Guy"
assistants
> >>>> had been fired by Fox on the third day of the strike.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Instead of negotiating, they lashed out at the little guy,"
> >>>> MacFarlane added. "What a classy move."
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Sean
> >>> Uh - he's the one that walked out and shut down production on the
show,
> >> Didn't a contract run out?
> >
> > The WGA contract, yes, and they absolutely shouldn't be writing
without
> > it. But MacFarlane is management. He walked out and shut down the
show
> > voluntarily, apparently expecting Fox to keep paying everybody while
he
> > kept them from working.
>
> The writers were already on strike, so how much production could have
> been going on? Plus, McFarlane is listed as a writer on many episodes
> and he voices many characters, so I'd say he carries a SAG card in
> addition to his WGA card. Producers don't carry cards, they carry $$$$
> instead. ;)
>
>
> /bit of a rant
>
> Given the current situation in the US, I encourage all unions to push
> back hard, especially against Fox.
>
> end rant/
Doesn't matter; as I understand it, he stepped out willingly (as Steve
Carrel and Leno did). And production on an animated show goes on for
months and months after the writing is finished.
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Jitterbug phone works! (Third time's a charm!)
Except the first bill is $100 high. Heavy sigh.
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