It shows a contestant answering a million-dollar question, followed by screams and balloons and confetti. And then these words flash on screen:“You can’t write this stuff.”
Ummm... say what?
An hour later, another GSN promo... a different contestant answering a million-dollar question on “Millionaire”... more balloons and confetti. And again, the tag line:
“You can’t write this stuff.”
Oh, hells no... Are they mocking Hollywood’s on-strike writers? Is GSN saying: “Who needs scriptwriters to tell you a story when you can sit back and enjoy some fuggin’ eight-year-old game-show repeats?”
Not only is that a ridiculous insult, but I got news for you:The Writers Guild of America includes game-show writers.
So, in a sense, the GSN tag line is utterly accurate: As long as this WGA strike is on, you game-show writers can’t write that stuff!
Hey UBM (or UCBM)
ReplyDeleteGreat post! You are so right that the best game shows have writers. And who doesn't love a good game show?
You are more than welcome to join our community of 2100+ viewers fans strike supporters a couple of WGA members and even a strike captain or two (we've always got room for more)
http://community.livejournal.com/wga_supporters/
^ Cool! Thank you so much for the support.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the fight!
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I haven't seen the spots, but as someone who may well be appearing in one of them, I should note that I, too, support the writers. Because of the release I signed, obviously, ABC owns all the content.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, Matt... I didn't know you won a quarter-million on "Millionaire"! Is that common knowledge at ALOTT5MA?
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I appreciate the support.
(Any chance you folks could rock a "We Support Writers Guild of America" badge, of the sort available at the United Hollywood blog??)