Carson Daly---Strike breaker!

What a putz! Carson Daly crossed the picket line and started up production of his talk show again, in total defiance of the writers' strike. Not that I needed another reason to despise the colossal schmuck, but if ever there was a more valid one, this is it.

Oh, and I just love his little noble back patting. "Oh well, if I didn't, my people would be laid off." Yeah, right. Let's see this for what it really is, Carson Duh-ly. You don't have the numbers, the star power, or the cojones to stand up to network brass. You don't have the brains to ad lib your show without a writer's help (no shock to me that he is the only late night talk show host who isn't a member of the Guild). And finally, you don't have enough good shows in the can to guarantee that your few followers won't wander off elsewhere.

Plus, I can see this would be a wonderful opportunity for a smarmy snake like Carson Dull-ly. After all, most of the viewing public--who could give a tinker's damn what the writers struggle with (heck, most of them probably think "them there fave-voh-right act-ors" make up the words they say on the spot, those who can actually tell the difference between actor and character)--most of the rubes will happily defect to any show running new content, no matter how lame the host. Perfect time for Carson to try to lift a sad, pathetic leg up on the competition. Lord knows, it would be the only chance he has.

Me, I am supporting the strike. Reruns or no TV at all. Sending notes in support to all the major networks. The little tiny slice of the pie that the scribes are lobbying for is in my opinion at least what they are owed. Outside of the few actors on EW's "50 Smartest" list (and even a couple of those I have my doubts about), how many Hollywood and TV stars could ad lib their way through a scene, a whole show...hell, a press conference? How many owe their careers and fortunes to one or two choice lines, put into their mouths by writers?