The Strike May Be Over, But The Struggle Never Ends
Posted by Mark at 11:11 AM on February 12, 2008
Due to an arcane by-law in the WGA constitution, no strike can officially be called off until one the Guild's longest-tenured and most visible members appears on television to ritualistically recite the story of Lew Wasserman's Toilet, in which the legendary Hollywood mogul supposedly dismissed the idea of paying residuals by saying, "My plumber doesn't charge me each time I flush the toilet." Thankfully, comedian and tenured Oscar gag-writer Bruce Vilanch completed this curious formality earlier today on CNN, allowing the rest of the strike-cancellation process to proceed as scheduled.
- Previously: The Strike Is Over! On Wednesday! Let There Be Rejoicing! But Not Too Much! [Defamer]


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Glass_Family
Posted 1:17 PM 12/2/08
Cloverfield?
Glass_Family
LIttle Mintz Sunshine
Posted 1:17 PM 12/2/08
Look on the bright side, while we may be waking up from this long national nightmare it will be years before my co-worker gets tired of telling everyone about her scabby uterus. Consider yourselves lucky.
LIttle Mintz Sunshine
metroville
Posted 1:17 PM 12/2/08
He's looking trim.
metroville
Miss d
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
What's the bet Bruce wasn't on the picket...
Miss d
n/a
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
He's got to go back on Celebrity Fit Club.
n/a
brechtgirl
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
sweep the bangs over to the side a bit and you've got yourself a blonde Anton Chigurh
brechtgirl
Oldboy
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
God, Vilanch looks like an alien. His face seems superimposed on a cabbage patch doll.
Oldboy
raincoaster5
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
Wow, even Jabba the Hutt has a second gig.
raincoaster5
nick_r
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
All kidding aside, I think it's really great that amid all the empty threats and posturing that went on in the Guild, one member had the temerity to step up and actually swallow Nick Counter whole in order to move things along.
I only hope the CNN cameras were still rolling when Vilanch disgorged him, Jon-Voight-in-Anaconda-style, and slithered away in search of Gavin Polone.
nick_r
blackheartededitor
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
Also, I pay my plumber residuals on toilet flushes. Are you saying I might be getting ripped off?
blackheartededitor
blackheartededitor
Posted 2:32 PM 12/2/08
Lew Wasserman is my kind of scum. Fearless and inventive.
blackheartededitor
dluvvly
Posted 3:47 PM 12/2/08
So does that mean Wasserman shouldn't have been paid continuing profits on his studio's films? And that Wasserman didn't get a cut of that, salary, bonuses, stock, etc.? Let's let all the producers write their own material, and see how much money comes into Hollywood.
dluvvly
Imnotatnbc
Posted 5:02 PM 12/2/08
Jesus, Cousin Oliver has really let himself go.
Imnotatnbc
Imnotatnbc
Posted 5:02 PM 12/2/08
And now a post from the year 1998:
Holy crap, I didn't know Linda Tripp had a twin sister!
Imnotatnbc
GreatZardoz
Posted 7:17 PM 12/2/08
@raincoaster5: you're reading my sparkly-distracted mind. I looked at the pic before even seeing the story and thought, "is Leia gonna be on a chain in the disco here while Jabba's bonging frogs?" Jeez, dude, now that you're not "writing" for the hollywood squares, take a walk or something.
GreatZardoz
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
Posted 9:31 PM 12/2/08
"Bring me a bucket."
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
raincoaster5
Posted 11:32 PM 12/2/08
He is a smart fella though; I note he's wearing this season's deep plum lipstick.
raincoaster5
ElleMcCookies
Posted 1:47 AM 13/2/08
@Imnotatnbc: Spot on!
ElleMcCookies
KateNonymous
Posted 3:47 AM 13/2/08
Why, exactly, does anyone listen to Bruce Vilanch? I keep hearing that he's such a great comedy writer, but he's painfully un-funny. So if he can't do that, why is he here?
KateNonymous
NFlames
Posted 5:02 AM 13/2/08
Is it just me or does Bruce Vilanch look like an exact cross between Peter and Chris Griffin in that clip?
NFlames
Superstarsteve
Posted 6:04 AM 13/2/08
No the plummer doesn't charge each time you flush the toliet, but he most certainly makes up for it when you need him, doesn't he?
Superstarsteve
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 6:04 AM 13/2/08
Now, now. Bruce isn't overweight. He's just three feet too short. (Ba-dum tssssssss.)
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Greasy Thumb Guzik
Posted 6:04 AM 13/2/08
@NFlames:
Not a cross of them, but if they merged, Peter & Chris might be half the body Fat Bruce is.
And I prefer the story of Wasserman, who had a huge koi pond, sending a pair of his koi to an actor who just bought a new house that also had a koi pond. The actor not know what the pond was or for put the fish on the grill.
Very expensive dinner!
Greasy Thumb Guzik
Churchill
Posted 6:04 AM 13/2/08
Holy Cow! Is Bruce Playing Jabba the Hut now? Wow, he has really gained some weight!
Churchill
Desk_hack
Posted 7:18 AM 13/2/08
Jesus, the struggle with what, Jenny Craig? Bruce apparently passed the time these last three months eating mallomars and nutella only.
I do credit him with starting the ironic t-shirt movement, though. You'd think he'd worked for Old Navy.
Desk_hack
Pomalina
Posted 10:38 AM 13/2/08
@Miss d: Actually, he went picket line-to-picket line, constantly sniffing for truffles (or donuts, scones, pizza, and fried babies).
@Desk_hack: Were Nutella crepes on the picket lines? If so,I am so there next time 'round. I'd go even for the Mallomars. I thought they weren't made anymore.
Pomalina
Decebal
Posted 11:53 AM 13/2/08
It's not the triple chin that is the problem (who is not guilty of that?) it's the haircut for retards that has got to go.
Decebal
kneepads
Posted 1:52 PM 13/2/08
Since when was this post about BV's weight? I'm no snarkaphobe or soapboxer but some of you folks need to lay off the fatty-hating. If the fatso gags were funny they'd get a pass, but most of y'all are just being cruel.
kneepads
Miss d
Posted 4:26 PM 16/2/08
@Pomalina: Well, if he any luck finding truffles - he wouldn't bother writing any more...
Miss d