May 21, 2008
I'm going on the Colbert Report tonight to talk about my new book, The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour. So far the advice I've received is:
* Be funny
* Don't be funny
* Come with a joke prepared
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Steve Young | Posted January 18, 2008 | Entertainment
Man, this strike stance is getting harder and harder to adhere to. Bill Maher has made it unbearable.
As commenter phric wrote on the HBO Real Time website, "It seems like shopping at Wal-Mart and feeling bad that I'm hurting the community."
Last week Maher became the last of the...
Steve Young | Posted January 10, 2008 | Entertainment
I've had a bunch of mail on my recent columns pertaining to the return of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the airwaves.
They tend to fall into one of three categories.
From the non-political "public" (i.e. non-WGA writers), it was "finally, entertainment is back."
From the political public, "their...
Jonathan Tasini | Posted January 9, 2008 | Entertainment
Jack London wrote a famous essay about scabs -- those would be the low-lifes who break a strike. Which is what I thought about when I found out yesterday that two people linked closely to the labor movement had crossed the pickets lines of the Writers Guild of America. Follow...
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Steve Young | Posted January 8, 2008 | Entertainment
I admit it. I am a scab TV viewer. I watched both the returning The Daily Show (to be known as A Daily Show until the strike is resolved) and The Colbert Report (which is to be known as The Colbert Report until the strike is resolved).
I could say...
Steve Young | Posted January 7, 2008 | Entertainment
Tonight's the night. If there's anyone on TV who might be able to do their show without actually defying the WGA strike, it would be you two. But short of having the shows go on without you two appearing, I'm not sure how you'll fill the hour without ridiculing your...
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Listen to the talking heads...
7:03 (all times are EDT) Even though the early returns are...
Andrei Cherny | Posted May 15, 2008 | Media