I didn't make it to the protest rally today. I tried to but with 4000 striking writers turning out, the parking situation was impossible. After driving around for a half-hour, I figured that if they had that kind of turnout, they probably wouldn't miss me.
With Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien refusing to cross picket lines and do their shows, there are rumors that NBC may insist on having guest hosts brought in to replace them. Now, there's a career-ender if ever there was one: Scab Guest Host. It'll be interesting to see whose career is so desperate that they'll even appear on those shows, let alone host. I mean, besides Joan Rivers.
I'll be doing more Q-and-A over the weekend but I thought it might interest someone to know that this item — the one in which I explained why I believe writers deserve residuals — has become the most-read posting in the four and a half years that this weblog has been around. It's had more hits than all the women who've ever dated Bobby Brown combined.
Okay, that's a pretty awful joke. Just remember I'm on strike.
In the meantime, go read Mark Harris on why the Writers are in the right. I don't agree with the folks who are saying the WGA leadership could have done a lot more to prepare for this but what's done is done. Harris is correct about the larger, current issues.