Nov 7, 2007 12:57 PM

Heard on the Picket Line

Any strike is bound to have its hilarious and shocking anecdotes, but put the entertainment biz on the line and the stories get even better. United Hollywood has posted a few of these gems. UNIVERSAL Apparently, there was a Teamster present who just happened to be visiting from out of state with his wife. Somehow […]

Any strike is bound to have its hilarious and shocking anecdotes, but put the entertainment biz on the line and the stories get even better. United Hollywood has posted a few of these gems.

UNIVERSAL
Apparently, there was a Teamster present who just happened to be visiting from out of state with his wife. Somehow he stumbled across the shoot and told his wife he wanted to join the picket line. She basically said, "Are you crazy?" And he answered something like, "We're Teamsters, that's what we do."
CBS TELEVISION CITY
Genesee gate. Drew Carey sent us out ten pizzas today. As one writer put it, "The man gave up half his lunch for us!"

Ouch!

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