http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/ap_en_...jyHigYvTZ2s0NUE
Stewart, Colbert returning to the air
2 hours, 52 minutes ago
12,27,7
NEW YORK - "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday.
Both late-night shows were shuttered after the Hollywood writers strike began seven weeks ago. The comedy duo are the latest late-night hosts to announce their return to the air while the ongoing writers strike continues to devastate much television and film production. Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel have all recently said that they will resume their programs on Jan. 2 with or without their writing staffs.
On Friday, leaders of striking television writers plan to meet with David Letterman's production company in an attempt to reach a separate deal that could return the "Late Show" to the air with its writing staff.
But "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" rely far more on scripted material than those shows, which are more centered around interviews and musical guests.
In a joint statement, Stewart and Colbert said: "We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence."
A spokesman for Comedy Central said neither the network, Stewart nor Colbert would have any further comment. A call to the Writers Guild of America was not immediately returned late Thursday.
I'm compleetely disgusted... I choked back vomit on reading this headline. I WON'T WATCH THESE FUCKERS, unless later info provides a rationale that fixes my lurching nausea - or if they come on air and make it so the public is so enraged that THEY STRIKE WITH THE WRITERS!
as a sidenote, i find it hard to believe that they'd cave. there's got to be something larger in the works...
as a sidenote, i find it hard to believe that they'd cave. there's got to be something larger in the works...
QUOTE(seuss @ Thursday, 20 December 2007, 7:04 pm) 
I'm compleetely disgusted... I choked back vomit on reading this headline. I WON'T WATCH THESE FUCKERS, unless later info provides a rationale that fixes my lurching nausea - or if they come on air and make it so the public is so enraged that THEY STRIKE WITH THE WRITERS!
as a sidenote, i find it hard to believe that they'd cave. there's got to be something larger in the works...
as a sidenote, i find it hard to believe that they'd cave. there's got to be something larger in the works...
I won't watch the scab shows, no matter what the rational is.
QUOTE(sky of mind @ Thursday, 20 December 2007, 10:08 pm)
I won't watch the scab shows, no matter what the rational is.
huh?
you didn't watch the daily show?
If they come on the air and only cover the strike, you wouldn't consider that worth watching?
on top of that, you've bitched at me regularly about the uselessness of boycotts! by boycotting a hypocrite, you don't reduce yoour hypocracy!
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cwa9510/images/...abpicsindex.htm
Want to see how photogenic SCABS are?
This "Hall Of Shame" is dedicated to our fellow workers who watched us fight for increased "Quality of Life" for their families, while they crossed our picket lines through selfishness and disrespect of our families. They use their situations as an excuse to cross our line. SCABS try to legitimize crossing our picket line by telling us it is for the good of their families. BULL----! They use their families as "human shields" to hide their shame. Even SBC has guaranteed their families health by stating ALL of it's employees on strike will continue to have healthcare for the duration of the strike.
Strike Pay, food and groceries will be distributed by your union local. Most companies will delay collecting bills from you when you are on strike IF you ask them in advance. SCABS by nature help the company continue operating when we are trying to stop operations to win a good contract, therefore their selfishness prolongs a strike which is bad for both sides.
When you see a SCAB, take it's picture. It will be prominently posted here on the "Hall Of Shame" page for a long, long, long time.
WHAT IS A SCAB?
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab for betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't!!
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold his Country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his Country, his wife, his children, and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.
Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God, Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his Country.
A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his Country, his family, and his class!!
Jack London
Want to see how photogenic SCABS are?
This "Hall Of Shame" is dedicated to our fellow workers who watched us fight for increased "Quality of Life" for their families, while they crossed our picket lines through selfishness and disrespect of our families. They use their situations as an excuse to cross our line. SCABS try to legitimize crossing our picket line by telling us it is for the good of their families. BULL----! They use their families as "human shields" to hide their shame. Even SBC has guaranteed their families health by stating ALL of it's employees on strike will continue to have healthcare for the duration of the strike.
Strike Pay, food and groceries will be distributed by your union local. Most companies will delay collecting bills from you when you are on strike IF you ask them in advance. SCABS by nature help the company continue operating when we are trying to stop operations to win a good contract, therefore their selfishness prolongs a strike which is bad for both sides.
When you see a SCAB, take it's picture. It will be prominently posted here on the "Hall Of Shame" page for a long, long, long time.
WHAT IS A SCAB?
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab for betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't!!
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold his Country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his Country, his wife, his children, and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.
Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God, Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his Country.
A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his Country, his family, and his class!!
Jack London
QUOTE(sky of mind @ Thursday, 20 December 2007, 10:35 pm)
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cwa9510/images/...abpicsindex.htm
Want to see how photogenic SCABS are?
This "Hall Of Shame" is dedicated to our fellow workers who watched us fight for increased "Quality of Life" for their families, while they crossed our picket lines through selfishness and disrespect of our families. They use their situations as an excuse to cross our line. SCABS try to legitimize crossing our picket line by telling us it is for the good of their families. BULL----! They use their families as "human shields" to hide their shame. Even SBC has guaranteed their families health by stating ALL of it's employees on strike will continue to have healthcare for the duration of the strike.
Strike Pay, food and groceries will be distributed by your union local. Most companies will delay collecting bills from you when you are on strike IF you ask them in advance. SCABS by nature help the company continue operating when we are trying to stop operations to win a good contract, therefore their selfishness prolongs a strike which is bad for both sides.
When you see a SCAB, take it's picture. It will be prominently posted here on the "Hall Of Shame" page for a long, long, long time.
WHAT IS A SCAB?
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab for betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't!!
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold his Country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his Country, his wife, his children, and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.
Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God, Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his Country.
A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his Country, his family, and his class!!
Jack London
Want to see how photogenic SCABS are?
This "Hall Of Shame" is dedicated to our fellow workers who watched us fight for increased "Quality of Life" for their families, while they crossed our picket lines through selfishness and disrespect of our families. They use their situations as an excuse to cross our line. SCABS try to legitimize crossing our picket line by telling us it is for the good of their families. BULL----! They use their families as "human shields" to hide their shame. Even SBC has guaranteed their families health by stating ALL of it's employees on strike will continue to have healthcare for the duration of the strike.
Strike Pay, food and groceries will be distributed by your union local. Most companies will delay collecting bills from you when you are on strike IF you ask them in advance. SCABS by nature help the company continue operating when we are trying to stop operations to win a good contract, therefore their selfishness prolongs a strike which is bad for both sides.
When you see a SCAB, take it's picture. It will be prominently posted here on the "Hall Of Shame" page for a long, long, long time.
WHAT IS A SCAB?
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs, and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab for betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab hasn't!!
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold his Country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his Country, his wife, his children, and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation.
Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God, Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his Country.
A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his Country, his family, and his class!!
Jack London
I agree.
if it turns ooutt that john stewart and stephen coolbert are scabs, i will lock tthem inttoo my conciusness as those i will tell st. peter don'tt belong in heaven. i doon't believe they will sell outt theirr writteers. if they dooo, that's something else, but tooo this day they've serrved tthe public, and I won't indict them untill they've committed a crime.
QUOTE(seuss @ Thursday, 20 December 2007, 11:33 pm)
I agree.
if it turns ooutt that john stewart and stephen coolbert are scabs, i will lock tthem inttoo my conciusness as those i will tell st. peter don'tt belong in heaven. i doon't believe they will sell outt theirr writteers. if they dooo, that's something else, but tooo this day they've serrved tthe public, and I won't indict them untill they've committed a crime.
if it turns ooutt that john stewart and stephen coolbert are scabs, i will lock tthem inttoo my conciusness as those i will tell st. peter don'tt belong in heaven. i doon't believe they will sell outt theirr writteers. if they dooo, that's something else, but tooo this day they've serrved tthe public, and I won't indict them untill they've committed a crime.
I don't think they are using any scabs. From what I understood, they would be writing their own material again.
They also said this:
"The hosts all said they respect the striking Writers Guild of America members, but want to return to work so their non-writing staffs will not be laid off."
It is a difficult call. I support the writers strike as well, but think their other employees need to not be layed off.
I also think their scathingly honest coverage of the Primary season is needed, especially this year.
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