Members Sylph Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3idee9d1f93a71c57533f4474831a38642 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Wow. Someone outed him to either steal the job promised to him or to keep the job they didn't want to lose. I can't find anything out about this guy, so I have to assume he was either a former intern or someone connected to a producer/"fi-core" writer through some sort of charitable foundation. Most alleged scabs were protected this time around, as they were in 1988. It just took longer for their names to appear in the credits. And what happened to Kermit and Miss Piggy at the Hourglass Show? Are they getting the same treatment by the WGA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted August 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Yup. Yup. I will always be against any kind of scabbing and you were one of the firsts to warn about scabbing and its consequences, but this is really low and pathetic. Poor guy, I do feel sorry for him. And as we predicted, the ones that should've been punished got out of it unharmed. I would like to know that, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 The guy, more than likely, had no connections to the industry and just took the producer/writer's word on the issue of discretion instead of really examining if he was being told the truth or if this was the route he wanted to take to work as a television writer. He was probably outed by the scab/fi-core writer so they could have a scapegoat. Well, he's paying the price for it now. I actually want to know what show he was writing. I bet anything it was Y&R(probably another one of Sarah Palin's talentless art/fashion friends) or DAYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted August 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 It was naïve. He brings naïve to a whole new level. Still, it's kind of sad... Who knows what kind of dreams he had. I'm thinking it was Days. But who knows, perhaps Toups knows his name from the credits... Of the ton of scabs who worked during the strike, it's pathetic to see only this guy being punished. So many others deserve it so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Can you please explain what you mean? I'm reading that sentence in two different ways. I haven't had any caffeine yet. It actually sounds like a Muppet show. ETA: Oh, yeah. My thoughts... My feelings will always go out to the sacrificial lamb. I've been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 I'll try... What I mean is, once the strike was over in 1988, shows like Another World, that used scab writers, immediately saw new names in the closing credits. Probably from the day they could all legally work, i.e. Donna Swajeski, Janet Iacobuzio, and Mimi Leahey, if I remember correctly. Whereas with the 2008 Strike, new names only began popping up after only a few months later(i.e. Jay Gibson, Adam Dusevoir, Shannon Bradley, Daran Little[?]). I could have sworn there was a new name in the GH credits post-strike. A female name. Maybe I'm making it up. Well, it is Days of our Lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Oh, okay. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4646963 Weird. I don't ever remember seeing this guy's name in the credits of any of the soaps he's listed as having been at. Seems like he was most likely at GH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 Probably. I feel less sorry for him, knowing that he has a job as a backup anyway and that he was probably trying to stage some sort of coup. So he was a (former?)WGA member and tried to do it without declaring fi-core? Gotta love it. He deserved it, but so does everyone else who did it on the sly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 His dream was to become EP of GH? LOL! Good luck with that now. He so tried to make himself happen and it backfired on his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted August 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 LMAO at this guy! :lol: Although... That whole article is so fabricated and very PR-ish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted August 16, 2009 Members Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hmmm... but still. Why is he the only named writer being punished? I think someone was a fink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted August 16, 2009 Members Share Posted August 16, 2009 Very soapy, and all. It's a shame he is the only one punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted August 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2009 I meant the other article, his bio. I don't know why he's the only one, I just know that I would be very surprised to see someone else, and someone known, from daytime being punished. Very unlikely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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