Also, Landry's dad!
And Cassie's dad (which I somehow didn't realize until just now).
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Also, Landry's dad!
And Cassie's dad (which I somehow didn't realize until just now).
Yeah, I read that and thought, "Man, Carson Daly is a douche."
I read that and thought, "Carson Daly is still on the air?"
I get the impression that Carson Daly would still be a douche whether or not there were a writers' strike.
Probably true, but I wonder if he's actually the person who calls the shots regarding his eponymous show? I have no doubt that the buck stops with Letterman and Leno, but I'm not entirely convinced Carson is doing anything more than filling out his contractual host obligations as some behind-the-scenes producer like Lou Perlman yells "Dance, monkey, dance!"
What's Ellen's excuse? I hadn't heard she was back on.
Ellen never went off did she? Or she only went off for a day and then went back on the air but without any kind of monolouge so it's just talking to guests.
She went off for one day.
Daly always seemed like kind of a douche. But, if he's not a member of the WGA, he's not really doing anything wrong, I guess.
Well, Carson could get banned from the WGA, but considering how he makes his money (as a host/on-air personality) he may not care.
As for the rightness of it or not, I think that neither party, the host and the guest, can use scripted material. No skits, no jokes that was written by staff. no funny stories that the publicity team helped punch up for the actor flogging his movie, nada.
Which of course means how can you do an interview without planning out beforehand the questions...?
Amusingly, a local radio station has been doing Hollywood minutes. Since when actors gone on TV to flog their movies, they tend to tell the same stories, the local radio station has been editing radio interviews of various actors on the interview circuit together into short pithy funny little bits. They are calling it "Late Night Talk Shows, the good parts"
Daly always seemed like kind of a douche.
But he did invent karma.