Hollywood writer’s strike
Despite federal moderators stepping in, Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Now you might be curious how this will effect you. Depends on how much you watch tv. The first people to feel the crippling effects of being without hollywood writers means that there won’t be another Heartbreak Kid of The Comebacks in theaters to watch for awhile. OK, the people who will be affected are people I enjoy watching like 
Conan O’Brien and Craig Ferguson. John Stewart and Potential Presidential Candidate (got the $35,000 to be a republican yet?) Stephen Colbert also will feel the sting of the writer’s strike. What is the strike about? Well, what are strikes ever about: money. Most importantly about residuals from DVD sales and movie downloads. How so? Well, take for example the story of Matt’s friend’s Dad, Randy Feldman. When my old roommate Matt was living in LA, he made skater-friends with the son of Randy Feldman, a Hollywood writer who lived in a nice house and didn’t work. Why? Because he wrote Metro and Tango and Cash. But, we’ll just assume he barely scrapes by now, since he’s not getting the level of residuals that he needs to live off of his past achievements. You don’t expect novelists to be content with seeing their book still on the shelves a decade after it’s published, they wrote it, they need to get paid. How far-reaching will the strike be? I’m not sure if anyone watched football last week, but one of the commentators said “There hasn’t been this much over a patriot and a colt since Paul Revere’s famous pony ride.” You know a former NFL player didn’t think that one up all on his own. That’s right, even football is saturated with writers. Comforting thought, isn’t it? That we’re needed everywhere, and that there are people willing to only get by on their small residuals while they fight to earn us (potential) future Hollywood writers larger paychecks? Thanks guys, but if you start ruining Heroes or House of The Office, we’re gonna need to roll the sleeves up and rumble.