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Colbert Writers Post Latest YouTube Strike Vid

Huffington Post   |  Danny Shea   |   November 15, 2007 06:10 PM

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It's been noted on this site and on others that the writers' strike is at least producing some great material, as writers left with no creative outlet take to YouTube (or, in fact, to blogging for the Huffington Post's Writers' Strike Page). Yesterday, The Daily Show writers posted a video smacking down the studios, and today brings this effort from the writers of The Colbert Report. In this video, what appears to be a mockery of NBC wunderkind Ben Silverman riffs on the power of the writers, the poverty of the studios, and the confusion about the future of monetizing content on the internet. Watch:

Read more about the strike on the Huffington Post's writers' strike page.

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- brooklyncitizen I'm a Fan of brooklyncitizen permalink
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THis is this weeks New Yorker's
Shout and Murmurs:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/11/19/071119sh_shouts_doyle

It kind of makes sense.

This vid was funny but not hysterically so, it's hard to get behind this strike when you don't own a tv, but writers should get fair deal.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:52 PM on 11/16/2007
- realitytrumpsbull I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

ROTF

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:41 PM on 11/16/2007
- jbeach I'm a Fan of jbeach permalink

SO funny. OMG.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:48 PM on 11/16/2007
- FrankenPC I'm a Fan of FrankenPC permalink

LOL@ "This year, my son had to settle for a non-endagered birthday tiger"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 11/16/2007
- MiddletownHal I'm a Fan of MiddletownHal permalink

Since cartoonists are not "writers" perhaps if this strike goes on long enough, we'll have more cartoons on tv!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:00 AM on 11/16/2007
- newunderground I'm a Fan of newunderground permalink

That there's funny. I don't care who you are.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:38 AM on 11/16/2007
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