Comedy Writers Go for Another Hit—a Union Voice

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AFL-CIO Blog

Comedy Writers Go for Another Hit—a Union Voice

by Mike Hall, May 13, 2007

So, have you heard about these comedy writers who walk into a union hall?

No. Seriously, this isn’t a joke.

Thirty-five writers on six of Comedy Central’s major shows—some of the laugh network’s most popular—say they want to organize into a union and join the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW).

The writers produce laugh lines for the shows The Mind of Mencia, The Sarah Silverman Program, Reno 911! and The Showbiz Show with David Spade, along with the soon-to-air Lil’ Bush and American Body Shop.

Read more: http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/05/13/comedy-writers-go-for-another-hit%e2%80%94a-union-voice/

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[Vidar]

1. Good for them.

[Ian David]

2. I never realized they WEREN'T unionized to begin with.

Those guys deserve to have their jobs protected-- except for the ones who wrote the Stella and The Naked Trucker shows. Damn, those shows SUCKED! Those guys should be tied to a post and whipped until they're funny.