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Leno's Self-Penned Monologue Broke Strike Rules [Scabs]
gawker.com - 1/3/2008
Leno's Self-Penned Monologue Broke Strike Rules [Scabs]
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Last night, America's late night talk show hosts went to back to work. Letterman and the Scottish Guy had their writing staff, as Letterman's production company worked out a deal with the WGA. Leno and Conan, stuck with the less liberal negatiators of NBC, were unable to work out a deal and went on writer-less. Conan filled the time with close-ups of his strike beard and a thrilling segment ...

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a gutwrenching consequence of the writer's strike explained with a shitty analogy
Cajun Boy in the City — so last night the late night talk show hosts returned to the air, as i'm sure you're probably aware. i tried to watch all of them but failed miserably. dave looked a bit bloated and santa-esque with his white strike beard, leno was predictably corny and may have violated his contract with the WGA, and conan was funny despite seeming a bit off and uncomfortable not having written material. i didn't watch any of the scottish dude who comes on after letterman. (defamer.com has a ...

Annoyed Guild Officially Tells Jay Leno He Can't Write His Own Unfunny Monologues [Rebukes]
Gawker: defamer — ... Though WGA member Jay Leno seemed to think that writing his own monologue on last night's Tonight Show wasn't flouting the Guild's strike guidelines, the union this afternoon announced via this terse public statement that it had a little heart-to-heart with the host about the matter: "A discussion took place today between Jay Leno and the Writers Guild to clarify to him that writing for The Tonight Show constitutes a violation of the Guilds' strike rules." ...

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