March 19, 2001
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
The Writers Guild of America has been negotiating with
the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
to try to reach agreement on the terms for a new contract
for film and TV writers. Negotiations have been rocky
so far, and it looks like a strike is imminent.
The Top 15 Unforeseen Effects
of a Hollywood Writers' Strike
- New "ER Survivor" hybrid has the docs attempting to cook a wild pig with defibrillator paddles.
- With no dialogue, Kathy Ireland's career finally takes off.
- David E. Kelley has time to talk to his friends and family again, and discovers he married Michelle Pfieffer!
- ABC's new reality show: "The Mole II: The Union-Buster"
- Sylvester Stallone bumped from "Rambo V" in favor of Marcel Marceau, "the world's most violent mime."
- A bored Arnold Schwarzenegger starts shooting his neighbors and blowing up his own cars.
- "Wazzzup" sitcom followed quickly by "Wazzzup: The Movie."
- A million monkeys typing on a million typewriters begin working on the next Steven Seagal movie.
- *Both* cops play by the book.
- "Friends" replaced by "Temptation Friends," a reality show in which the other cast members repeatedly offer lines of coke to Matthew Perry.
- Michael Crichton's Wealth-o-Meter temporarily dips to $3 million per minute.
- "Okay, the best script for this week's 'Frazier' wins the immunity idol. Survivors get ready... write!"
- New "Everybody Loves Keanu" is nothing but one "Whoa!" after another.
- Sympathetic Hollywood deli owners lower the price of a corned beef sandwich from $18.99 to $18.95.
and the Number 1 Unforeseen Effect of a Hollywood Writers' Strike...
- "Here's your question for $250,000: How many fingers am I holding up behind my back?"
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- Chris Irby, Dallas, TX -- 1 (7th #1)
- Rex Meredith, Palm Springs, CA -- 2
- Rachel Blubaugh, Lewisville, TX -- 3 Email / Website
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- 4 Email / Website
- John Treusch, Burlington, NJ -- 5 Email
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY -- 6 Email
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 7 Email / Hall of Famer
- Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI -- 8 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Patrick Major, Dallas, OR -- 9 Email
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 10, 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Steve Hurd, Oakland, CA -- 12 Hall of Famer
- Kathy Good, Phoenix, AZ -- 13
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL -- 13 Email / Website
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA -- 14 Email
- Brad Osberg, Calgary, Canada -- 15
- Mitch Berg, Saint Paul, MN -- Topic Email / Website
- Jim Griffith, Sunnyvale, CA -- Banner Tag
- Gloria Monti, Irvine, CA -- Runner Up list name Email
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ -- HM list name
- Alan Smithee, Hollywood, CA -- List moderator
- Chris White, Los Angeles, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Toto, Los Angeles, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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