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Due to Strike, SNL Performs to Live Audience Without Cameras Running

breitbart.com — About 150 audience members in a tiny Manhattan theater were the only folks in the world to witness a totally new "Saturday Night Live" episode starring guest host Michael Cera and musical guest Yo La Tengo. Anyone who tuned into NBC was subjected to a two-week-old rerun featuring Brian Williams and Feist.

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  • dunderballer, on 11/18/2007, -4/+95They should have recorded it, posted it online with a limited commercials and collected the advertising revenue. Because of copyright, they wouldn't be able to use the name, but that and other trademark phrases aside (e.g. Weekend Update), they could essentially do the same show without NBC. That would be some handy leverage for the negotiating table.
  • JackandCoke, on 11/18/2007, -9/+58They forgot to mention that Jesus made a cameo on that nights show, it was beautiful and at the end of it, a cloud appeared around him and pulled him up through the ceiling, into the heavens.
  • moisie, on 11/18/2007, -0/+49"He came and saw it and laughed a little bit"
    Sounds about right for SNL
  • Roger, on 11/18/2007, -1/+42Michael Cera?

    You mean for once there was a good reason to watch SNL and it isn't even gonna air? Figures.
  • jdevilz, on 11/18/2007, -0/+40Michael Cera and Yo La Tango....I mean...Come On!!!...He's George Michael!!
  • zachshmack, on 11/18/2007, -1/+34Reading comprehension.
  • Tallon29, on 11/18/2007, -0/+32And then 10 minutes after you left, the Spice Girls came and slept with everybody.
  • UGM2099, on 11/19/2007, -4/+34I need
    SNL.UCB.STRIKENIGHTLIVE.INTERNAL.CAM.XViD-mVs-WWW.WAREZLOUNGE.COM.rar.torrent
  • Rikkochet, on 11/18/2007, -1/+29Getting their writing out their what?
  • humanerror, on 04/03/2008, -4/+30So it had about the same number of viewers as any other week then?
  • TimmyGUNZ, on 11/18/2007, -2/+23Ugh...Yo La Tengo?!?! Finally they get a band that I LOVE and it doesn't air.
  • saifatlast, on 11/19/2007, -0/+16*cough*know
  • brentinkc, on 11/18/2007, -0/+15KITT. C'mon dude. He was the best character in the show. The car's name is KITT.
    And the answer to your question is Knight Industries Two Thousand
  • petebert, on 11/18/2007, -3/+18I dont get it, so they had material to present, were the camera men on strike too?
  • twotimesthru, on 11/18/2007, -1/+15NYTimes article with slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/arts/television/ ...
  • Archon810, on 11/19/2007, -1/+14Videos or it didn't happen.
  • therightclique, on 11/18/2007, -13/+26Isn't this what SNL has been doing for years? That ***** show is still on? How can SNL still be on? It hasn't been funny since Oops I Crapped My Pants. It's so ***** that when they make some garbage like "dick in a box" that is slightly funnier than the stuff they normally do, people actually think its funny. If they woulda done that dick in a box ***** back when the show was actually funny, nobody would have cared about it at all.
  • adoggz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+13why would god allow something so horrible to happen. I pray for the audience members to recover from that trauma quickly.
  • UGM2099, on 11/19/2007, -2/+12You still think it sucks because you haven't watched it in a few years, and that's fair because it was awful for alot of years. If you did give it another chance you probably wouldn't like it anyway because you sound like a joyless cynic, but the show is actually funny again and there are routinely sketches that get quoted all week long as well as some occasional bits that could become classics.
  • eihwaz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+11That's the whole concept of strike: you need to get the attention of the public to your problem. Did you know anything about the tv writers problem before the strike? I'd say no. You started considering it only when you knew that your favourite tv show could have been cut in the middle of the season. Now they have your attention, and they can put more pressure on the "headquarters" to solve their problem.
  • saifatlast, on 11/18/2007, -5/+15You don't want to now man... I was there, I saw it all. Things like that... you don't unsee.
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9No, they are simply forbidden from producing any work for which they are under contract, nor are they allowed to have work put under contract during this time. Independent (No studios) projects and spec(ulative) scripts are all good.
  • aspork2727, on 11/18/2007, -5/+13What are you? Some kind of moron. That kind of talk is what big businesses wants to hear come out of your mouth. The writers are one most important things in a show. With out unions there would be no minimum wage, breaks, and children working in coal mines.
  • saifatlast, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Your question doesn't make sense. Also, I correct myself before you did!
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7It wasn't meant to air or be taped. It was meant to be a creative outlet for the writers and performers.
  • fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8Does work now only refer to manual labor?
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7No, that is not what I mean. Independent projects are side projects that they do on their own for which they are not under contract to anyone. I used studios as an overarching term for production companies, producers, execs, etc.

    There is no violation with them making this show for ***** and giggles, the same way they could make some funny videos and post them online, or go out and perform their material on the streets.
  • ericeman, on 11/18/2007, -16/+23I actually really like SNL, Cera, and Yo La Tengo so this makes the strike hurt even more. I do, however, applaud them for fiinding alternative methods to getting their writing out their... even if it is pretty exclusive.
  • HappyScrappy, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8They are almost certainly forbidden by contract from performing together and publishing it. Even if they weren't, to do so would violate the Writer's Guild strike, because the strike isn't just against NBC, it's nationwide (global?).
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6They most likely wouldn't have been the band even if the show went to air. They chose the host and musical guest on who was in the area and flexible. SNL tends to chose based on market share and who has something to promote (With lots of money to back it).
  • InfiniteNothing, on 11/18/2007, -2/+8I wish you and I could live in parallel universes. Me with my high paid good writers and you with your poorly paid bad writers.
  • fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6Scroll up man, you already said that.
  • EmperorAwesome, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5Even the fat kid in the Babylon 5 t-shirt?
  • brentinkc, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6Yeah. I know lots of people that would turn down sex with Victoria Beckham. C'mon now.
  • Jrr6415sun, on 11/19/2007, -1/+6incentive to what? work more because they're getting paid *****? what happens when they produce an amazing script and realize they should be getting paid more than minimum wage? You think a big business like NBC or CBS is going to be kosher with giving the good writers more money? Hell no, they will fire all the writers who want more money, and be left with all the crappy writers... so basically all the good writers will be fired and we'll be left with what we already have now (according to you)

    Sure dumbasses out of college are willing to work for free or minimum wage because they think they're the next big thing.. but you can't live on that salary for very long... eventually you're going to start to realize you can't live on that.. and you're going to wish you had a union that could stand up for your rights. That's why it's so necessary to have unions for any job that has such a high demand.
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4The strike doesn't mean they can't write and perform material. They just can't write material for which they are under contract. Independent projects and spec scripts are still cool.
  • sorrytheusernam, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6It still airs. Again and again and again.
  • mrsteveman1, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5They use props and a few quickly built sets. Its not like a movie or a TV show.
  • jasonvw, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4it's all the same people in the same theater they preform in anyway. It's just that the cameras were not on. so.. same show, no cameras.
  • kurupttek, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6And Soon after the Knight rider car came and shot the audience with lasers
  • Shirt, on 11/19/2007, -4/+7Seriously. SNL is horrible
  • foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3Umm...that's not right at all. It was in UCB's theater, not in 8H or 30 Rock. Next time, try reading the article.
  • bonesbrigade, on 11/19/2007, -5/+8And it still sucked.
  • cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3sean connery jeopardy was the ***** too. SNL is garbage anymore
  • devjt2, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Really? Done any freelance writing lately?
  • inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Buried for badmouthing the greatness that is Dick In A Box. Granted, SNL hasn't been very funny in quite some time, but IMO Andy Samberg is one of the few highlights of the show these days.
  • haylcron, on 11/20/2007, -0/+2The only good thing to come from the strike... they can only torture a roomful of people at a time.
  • fantasmacanino, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3Honor thy name.
  • critikill, on 11/19/2007, -2/+4SNL is definitely one show that this strike may help. Maybe if they get payed more they'll have more of an incentive to write something that's actually funny or attract new writers with actual talent.
  • funwithphobias, on 11/20/2007, -0/+2HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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