Re: Two Articles about What Brits Know (or Don't)...

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Tim Merrigan <tppm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Kip Williams <kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The late night comedians have a franchise on mocking US citizens
>> and their lack of knowledge.  Without the vox pops of the
>> ignorant set, their shows would be a lot shorter (or, heaven
>> forfend, they'd have to write some real material).
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> Can't do that, the writers are on strike.

There seems to be an exemption in the Guild rules for performers who
write their own material, or are part of the team that writes it --
they can continue to write and perform; they just have to do the
writing on their own.  (See, e.g., Conan O'Brien.)

I think.

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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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