Hello readers,
Welcome back! I know it’s been a while since I’ve written, but to be fair, a lot was going on. I started watching THE WIRE at some point and at other times there was construction going on and ultimately I just didn’t want to. It’s not that I have contempt for my readership…
Anyway, I know many of you are in the industry and also a number of you aren’t, and isn’t that just how it goes sometimes? You are probably wondering what goes on behind those closed doors in Sherman Oaks where the scribes of the WGA are meeting with the guys at the top of the industry who own jetpacks and eat cash until their tongues get papercuts and they bleed out the most beautiful gold you’ve ever seen.
So let me go ahead and fill you in on WHAT’S GOING ON:
MEETING #1: BEFORE THE STRIKE
Ted Sarandos starts crying immediately. Why? Because he can’t find his car keys. He cries and cries and cries, and then realizes it was in his pocket the whole time. By this time, it is the next day and writers are marching around.
MEETING #2: DURING THE STRIKE
Carol Lombardini, who drives Ted Sarandos there and asks him to wait in the car, calls for another go at this. The WGA sits at the big table and as a group, are designing a hat. It’s getting late and they don’t know where Carol is. One of them looks outside and sees Ted Sarandos lying on the ground of the parking lot. He’s weeping. It’s hard to make out what he’s weeping about, but it’s something like, “I CAN’T FIND MY CAR KEYS AGAIN! THOSE CAR KEYS ARE YOURS!” There is no calming him down and explaining that that’s exactly why Carol drove him there. This lasts for one week. Ted is rushed to the ER for dehydration.
MEETING #3: A RECENT MEETING
Everybody has made copies of Ted Sarandos’s car keys. But it turns out, Ted Sarandos isn’t even supposed to go to these meetings. Unfortunately the AMPTP has spent all their money buying new keys and copy keys for Ted Sarandos, and the WGA goes back to designing a hat.
I’ll keep you guys posted on anything else I hear!