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Just thought I’d let you know that the crew of New Adventures of Old Christine just got checks of $1,000. The card said: “To Our Old Christine Friends: We miss you and hope we’ll be together soon. Keep the faith. With love from, The Writers, The Actors, The Director.” The Christmas gift was also nice: a Patagonia parka. As an insider told me, “While none of this makes up for the hardship of the strike, I’m proud to be working for a showrunner who shows such generosity, even when her show hasn’t yet become a big hit. And Julia Louis Dreyfus was on the picket line the very first day. She even went to that Desperate Housewives location shoot and helped disrupt Eva Longoria’s scene.”
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The writing staff of According to Jim did a similar thing for their assistants as well as, along with the cast, a Visa gift card for the crew. I am glad to hear people are trying to take care of their staffs.
Good for them. What are they sending to the viewers?
We also recieved a Christmas gift from the show “Back to You” For $500. Very nice of them.
Dear Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
You’re cool. I’m gonna start watching your show now.
It’s nice to hear this.
I work on “SNL” and since early November there has been ONE email from a unit manager telling us they wish they had better news.
There has been no attempt, however small, to help out anyone. Nothing from any producer or writer. No emails, no nothing. Of course, they’re all making residuals (however small) from the repeated replaying of repeats.
Kinda shitty if you ask me.
Nice job from “Old Christine” I wish more people would acknowledge the BTL crews.
Ms. Louis Dreyfuss also had a fatter bank account than most of the executives she’s now striking against BEFORE she earned her first Seinfeld penny. She never had to work a day in her life, and she certainly didn’t have to hit the picket lines, but look at her. IMHO she’s getting an amazing example for her fellow SAG members.
I should chime in here as well. I work on Back To You and for Christmas we got a check from the showrunners Steve Levitan and Chris Lloyd and Kelsey Grammar, Patricia Heaton and James Burrows. We also got our traditional gift from James Burrows. And while it doesn’t save days of work lost, it still is a nice gesture from people who you think might have forgotten you. I for one, appreciate it.
Peggy Lane O’Rourke
Glad you are feeling better. These updates are great! Take care of yourself.
I didn’t even get a Christmas card from our writers.
Ahhh, that’s so sweet. I wonder if the WGA will do the same for all the hard working people who they took cash from. They can make my check out for $20,000. And about $800 million to the other hardworking folks (writers included), that the brilliant leaders of the WGA stuck it to with there genius.
Way to show those produces; take jobs and money away from the common worker and blame it on the hand that feeds us? “We want more money” so we are going to lose money by striking, along with everyone elses money (which we’ll never get back) to try and accomplish your more than fair, petty risidual raise? WOW. Next time Patrick, you and your contract benefactors should just tell us how much you want, we’ll all write you a check and in doing so, keep our jobs, make money, support our families, stay out of debt, keep our homes, benefits etc, etc, etc!
Other than that, happy for the folks at O.C. We need more stories like that. Cheers.
my show offered us…that’s right, nothing. and our creator and show runner are two of the most vocal WGA members.
i really want to go back to work
Good for the BTL people. Heard something like this happened on SUPERNATURAL, but then again, these are some of the biggest shows on TV, and the producers can afford this for their “indespensable” crews. Not so much on little shows like McShow… but I keeed!
What a great thing to do!!!
I am sure that everyone on “Christine” who received a check is most grateful!
While handing out credit for exceptional behavior, may I add that Greg Garcia, executive producer/creator of “My Name is Earl” and all around great guy… wrote everyone on the crew a generous personal check a week before Christmas.
May other producers and show runners continue to be generous and thoughtful of their crews in these difficult times and let’s get back to work soon!
Wow. $1,000. Maybe that will pay for a fraction of one month’s mortgage. So lame.
Wish the show I was working for before the strike would do something like this!! I have gotten nothing from the show, the producers, my union, or whoever!! Hope this whole thing ends real soon!!
The check was a very gracious gesture–totally unexpected and deeply appreciated at a time I was beginning to feel abandoned and forgotten, but even if the writers and producers got off their tuchuses and settled today I will still be facing foreclosure and loss of benefits. I’ve been in the biz for over thirty years, survived the last strike at the age of 40 by taking a job with the city, but at the age of 60 and in the current economy its next to impossible to find work.
I’m more than hoping the WGA and AMPTP will start thinking of someone besides themselves. This strike is hurting thousands.
What a nice billionaire.
I am disappointed in all the stars appearances, no mention of the fans.
I appreciate Ellen, Jay, Jimmy, Conan, Carson, John & Steven with caring about the fans, and their crews.
I totally support the writers, but this has gone on too long, people have lost their jobs, and some their businesses.
I wish everyone well.
Cindy,
“You appreciate Ellen.”
I don’t. She took off for one day and came back the next day and chose not to do a monologue out of “respect for her writers”. Well that “respect” lasted one day because on day 3 of the strike she was back to doing what sounded like a scripted monologue and dancing away as though none of the rules apply to her. Not even one picket line appearance or quote! And this from a woman who accepted an Emmy for WRITING the Puppy Episode.
And even though Leno himself seems to have dis-regarded the no monologue rules and is clearly doing scripted material without sanction, he was the first guy out on the picket lines calling attention to the writers demands. He made an effort. At a time when virtually everyone in this business has paid a price in this strike, Ellen seems to have done NOTHING! Maybe she has been brave enough in this lifetime, but I certainly have lost respect for her. That’s one less Season Pass in the Tivo for me, one giant loss for the strike.
Peggy Lane O’Rourke
Greg Daniels, the Executive Producer of “The Office”, wrote a generous personal check to each member of the crew for Christmas. It was a thoughtful gesture to his crew.
SNLworker – I’m surprised that no one on the SNL staff helped out. There was a big SNL reading at UCB in New York a few months ago that was supposed to raise some cash for you guys. Did that ever get to anyone? It sounded more like a party for exclusive celebrities and guests than a tangible way to help out the crew. Sorry you guys didn’t see that money. Hang in there.
All those benefits and partys are for the big shots in the business, nobody thats low on a totem pole gets a piece! I worked on cashmere mafia, they threw us a wrap party and said hope to see you after the strike good luck.
I am a BTL that is very disappointed in the lack of thought or consideration the actors(and there are ALOT of them) on one of THE biggest shows on ABC,has had towards their hard working crew. Its times like this(and when your in the hospital) that you really see just how irrelevent,you are to them.I won t even get started on the writers who don t even say “Boo” to you after 4 years.We are ALL humans,or so I thought.
Why do I find Julia Louis Dreyfus so obnoxious and a spoiled smart ass, and whereas no one else does? I liked her on Seinfeld…