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You've GOT to watch this holiday card from 20th Century Television. Brutally honest and humorous about the biz. (My jaw is still on the floor.) UPDATE: Ah, it was written by Modern Family's Steve Levitan which is it's funny. And it was made in a 1/2 hour during the crew's lunch break.
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Gary Newman/Dana Walden Spread Un-Joy
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How horribly, disturbingly, smugly, unfunnily, asshole-ly inappropriate! They should have just said f-you to everyone. Wow.
Did they drop one of your pilot scripts, Bowser?
Get a sense of humor. It’s nice that they will to poke fun at themselves.
Agree with “Anonymous”…these are not people known for their senses of humor, so bravo to Dana and Gary for pulling it off. Very funny. Naysayers: Get a life AND an sense of humor.
They’re not making fun of themselves, they’re mocking the people who are out of work.
Jeez, how hilarious!
Wow. Have a drink on us “Bowser”. And take your unsold TV spec back to Ohio with you!
you need to be a fan of the show to “get” this. If you are, this is hilarious – totally in keeping with the writing on the show. If you are not – well, then you just won’t get it. Merry ChristmaHannaKwanzika!
Classic.
I can respect folks who won’t let an opportunity to get a laugh get away, especially one what speaks to a bigger truth about the industry.
On this show, though, the actors are just fine–it’s all the other behind the scenes departments on fox studios tv shows (not just this one) that are being cut back to two/three days a week of work, and then have to try and pick up work on other shows. And this is just the first season…how are they going to cut further when the actors all demand raises.
More members of the “Down with Christmas” group!
Go pound sand.
What about horizontal integration? Ha cha cha…
Thought it was hilarious, not a big deal.
Dana is so hot. omg.
I know, right.
Yeah, so right. Dana Walden is the hottest executive in town. Even though she’s older now, she still looks amazing.
Maybe I should have more of a sense of humor about this, but geez, guys… doesn’t ANYONE in this town have even a smidge of class anymore?
No, and if you buy my scripts I’ll ___________ insert what you want.
where ever you want
Where have you been?
Screen “Actors” Guild Board Member and you question the lack of CLASS in Hollywood?!?! I grew up in the biz doing the acting thing and always felt most actors were classless. Come on!!
I just don’t think it’s very funny. Certainly not “brutally honest about the biz.” If that tepid piece qualifies as brutal honesty, we’ve fallen a long, long way.
I have to agree, 3-4 years ago this would have been HILARIOUS but with so many out of work – its a tough one and not exactly sure it was the right time. That being said, not everything has to be so serious and PC, you know? It’s like why not.
Honestly… do they think they’re funny?
No wonder their shows are doing so bad.
What a bunch of f*cking douche-bags.
Love Modern Family and thought this was hilarious!
It’s comedy.
Geez people.
The unfunny kind.
Ok, maybe a little too close to some to be funny.
Any watch “Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas” last night? Some pretty funny skits.
What do you expect from those who feed at the trough of mediocrity?
To be less uptight than you. Obviously they are and those are the people I like to hang out with.
She’s even more charming than I remember … oy vey.
Could Dana’s forehead actually be more botoxed than mine?
This is WAY better than BS dancing elves!
Funny forgives a lot, but funny this ain’t, which means all it is is tasteless.
Awesome. It’s great when everyone stops taking what we do so seriously. For those bothered by this – you gotta get out of LA for awhile. Spend some time where people don’t give a s–t about what’s going on in the tv or film world.
stupid
I work for them and find it pretty hilarious.
I thought it was funny as hell (and I had so many failed pilot deals back in the day, I had enough step-deal money to buy a house in Malibu) – but even I didn’t, I don’t see how making fun of yourself is tasteless.
Well this really got a laugh out of me. People shouldn’t take this so seriously tho it is a joke. Of coarse I don’t want my salary cut! But that is to be determined not threw a silly holiday video. At least someone is trying to lighten things up a little.
Oh please. Like you have a salary in Hollywood.
I thought this was hysterical. But, to each his own.
Feeding at the trough of mediocrity…
Watching you shift uncomfortably in your seat because the stick up your ass is pretty well lodged in there.
wow. I think their performance shows that ANYONE can get in front of a camera and be… well… ALMOST funny. They were ALMOST as good as the “real” actors. Maybe all the execs should just fire the actors and take their places. Yeah folks these are the people that decide what constitutes humor and entertainment. Now THAT explains a lot about why TV looks the way it does.
wanted to laugh, but just didn’t think it was funny. i wonder how much it cost to produce? they should have just given that money to a charity. i can picture them now all standing around the monitor laughing and patting themselves on the back. ugh.
Give them a lot of credit for making fun of themselves. And it was funny!
I guess maybe it’s only funny to people who are or have been in the business. I liked it. At least you know they’re somewhat self-aware…
unfunny. lame. so “in” it’s “out.”
Wow – not edgy, just stupid – didn’t they watch this before they put it out?
How Gary has survived all these years perfecting mediocrity (I’m being kind) is beyond me.
Insensitive, and truly poor judgment.
actually funnier than I thought it could be (not a fan of them)
And how many projects did she turn down of yours producer34? I like her alot.
How obnoxious that the entire cast of a great show was forced to do this dumb skit, that the exec producer had to write it and were all subjected to it…lame.
No wonder your scripts aren’t getting picked up. You write like shit.
Hey, Ron. I’m not a writer. But thanks for the put down. How apropos.
This is offensive and indicative of the “let them eat cake” mentality that Dana and Gary run the studio with. Morale is low because Gary spends all his time at his vineyard, and Dana all her time at her “appointments”, and the rest of the staff works to the bone. Gary is an enemy of creativity, and Dana only cares about appearances. This video would have never happened if Chernin was still there. Dana and Gary..wake up, your entire studio does not like you specifically because of the attitude you display with this lame attempt at humor. Why do you make it all about you?
It would be funny if not for the fact that it’s real. And it’s in incredible bad taste to make light of other peoples’ income loss when they’re (hell, we’re) all struggling to put food on the table in the first place. Even her coy little ‘wink-wink’ doesn’t absolve them of arrogance and elitism. This isn’t humor people – it’s a “fuck you little people”.
This smarmy attitude by ALL of the country’s profit-making machines is sickening.
“… little people.” This is big execs and big actors making fun of each other.
Oblivious of the little people who make the show.
LOVE IT…!!! Gary and Dana are relatively decent execs compared to some of the other studios. Have a sense of humor….it’s just a joke.
Just another ex. of attention deficit, greedy senior management. I would be embarrassed as an actor to be asked to do this skit. There’s nothing funny about it — unless you are senior management and enjoying all the extra take-home pay this year because you fired so many people to give yourself a raise. (Cuz it sure didn’t go to the shareholders.) Oh, now I see the funny! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Not.
You obviously work at FOX, OBVIOUSLY! Your comments are spot on!
Memo to Suits: leave the comedy to Ben Stiller please.
This is just painful.
THE ONLY way this could’ve been funny would have been if we’d panned down to reveal they were sitting in their skivvies. Now THAT would’ve garnered a chuckle vs. total awkwardness.
This is what happens when Suits attempt comedy. Please, leave it to Ben Stiller thank you. That was just painful.
That was funny! I love it when people can poke fun at themselves, though I’m not sure about those who appear to have had a medical sense of humour by-pass.
Merry Christmas (or any other holiday you want) everyone.
I don’t know these people personally, but I thought it was quite funny. They’re very good actors, especially Dana Walden.
Saying “the one sitting on the right” would make me believe you actually don’t know them. Obviously you do.
i think Dana is great. Met her at an HRTS luncheon 10 years ago and could have sworn she was an actress. Was very surprised to learn that she was an executive. she was simply too good looking to be an executive.
Guarantee all the “I thought it was funny” comments are from dana and gary’s’ pr people.
Are you kidding? Modern Family is hilarious. The set dec is pristine and that Manny character is an absolutely hilarious.
I found it refreshingly honest. Their job is to make as much for the company and themselves as possible. As long as they each get their $20 million, who cares what happens to anyone else? Thank you Gary and Dana for being honest. We’ve never seen it before, and I’m sure we’ll never see it again.
It is FUNNY! Hahaha!
Lighten up people!!
I still can’t stand Dana Walden. Love Gary Newman. But Dana, AWFUL. She does….. dress well. LOL.