Slog - Comments on Oh, Goody http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody No jokes, no patter, no... clips from movies? Damn, the Oscars are going to be a four-hour train wreck this year. Dick Clark Productions and the Foreign Press Assocation had sought a waiver from the guild's strike rules to allow writers to work on the awards show, to be aired on NBC Jan. 13. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had asked the guild for permission to use clips from movies and past awards programs that could be shown during the awards shows on ABC in February. However, Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America,... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:25:14 -0800 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:14:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by el ganador Isn't Jon Stewart the host again this year? I'd say that 4 hours of Jon Stewart ad-libbing in favor of the writers strike is going to be a nightmare for the studios.

]]> el ganador http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877024 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:30:25 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Good. You don't win a strike by giving waivers. And I hope they throw rocks at Jay Leno when he starts doing his show again, without writers.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877038 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:38:00 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro in a trainwreck way, I'm curious to see what Leno will pull off. he used to be a comedian himself, and i remember he wrote material himself that was funnier than his writers, as far as i recall.

maybe he'll go all bob saget on everybody.

possibly, he'll just make a lot of writers' strike jokes he wrote, then have a boring show as usual.

more likely, the latter but using scabs as writers.

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877066 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:52:13 -0800 Comment by Jay You mean there'll be no god-awful pre-award patter recited in a near-monotone by glassy-eyed actors on their fifth glass on Cristal? Oh yeah. That's gonna suck. That's always been the highlight of the Oscars for me: people reading off of a teleprompter.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877092 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:10:23 -0800 Comment by infrequent if leno's "banter" with guests is indicative of his wit (as opposed to his writer's), nothing save a train wreck is possible.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877116 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:25:58 -0800 Comment by max solomon is anyone else really enjoying the writer's strike?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877121 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:30:17 -0800 Comment by DOUG. The Oscars are still 10 weeks away. Strike may be over by then.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877136 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877136 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:45:55 -0800 Comment by Hernandez These award shows, like the electoral college, should be abandoned. A more pointless exercise I have never witnessed.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877138 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:48:35 -0800 Comment by Toby @6: I don't even *notice* the strike. There was nothing on I wanted to see that was new. I usually watch re-runs anyway, when I watch TV at all. :P

]]> Toby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877142 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:51:05 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways why should this award show season be any different from the past? Four hours of tedium occasionally interrupted by brief moments of entertainment.

which also describes my sex life...

ba dump bump!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877168 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:20 -0800 Comment by COMTE Leno's situation is going to be even more precarious when he discovers a lot of A-List Hollywood celebs (who are members of SAG) will refuse to cross a picket line to appear on his show.

Get ready for Z-List, "Who The Fuck Are They?" week!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877175 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:14:09 -0800 Comment by ellarosa i hope the writer's strike continues. i love the idea of people slowly turning away from their tv s because it's nothing but lame reality shows and re-runs, and starting to pay attention to the things which really matter, like their lives, their children's lives, and the state of the world. it's great timing.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877179 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:16:31 -0800 Comment by andy niable Wait--where's the logic in that assumption? If we eliminate the banter, the jokes, the clips, etc--wouldn't the Oscars be mercifully SHORTER than a FOUR-HOUR trainwreck, and might just be a 2 hour series of silly, extemporaneous thank-you speeches?

]]> andy niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877187 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:18:46 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I'm enjoying the strike also. There's too much to say about that bullshit industry, it's nice to see it's foundation get a little wobbly now and again.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877205 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:29:33 -0800 Comment by K Fuck 'em. Pay the writers or go fuck yourselves, I say. Have fun turning your networks into clones of the Game Show Channel.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877242 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:02:47 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Can't we just outsource late night comedy shows to Britain - they're way funnier than what we get here anyway ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877311 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:49:31 -0800 Comment by lostboy Damn, the Oscars are going to be a four-hour train wreck this year.

As opposed to what?

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877494 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:48:23 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I'll posit that the Oscars will be a one hour trainwreck this year. Without the pointless scripted bits and clip montages, there's no reason to have it run any longer than that.

Besides, most of those actors won't cross the picket lines anyway, thus no acceptance speeches.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/oh_goody#c877534 Film Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:14:50 -0800