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Show March 22, 1SS5 Page 7 Forum arte Ci eEitertannaient What makes the strike effective is that the members of the guild cannot work or they face suspension by the union and forfeture of any payment received for their work. If you are not in good standing with the guild, you cannot sell your script to organizations covered by the guild contract Its a nice Catch-22- . by Dave Neidert Just in case you havent noticed, television writers have been on strike for nearly a month. It seems they want a larger percen- tage of residual payment for video cassette sales. While this mostly effects their movie writing brethren, the release of old Star Trek episodes shows videos potential with television programming. Of course, the network bigwigs have known for some time that the Screenwriters Guild (thats the name of the union) was planning a strike so they stockpiled scripts just to Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Westminster College w2s the setting of a television series? I really hadnt either until I started writing this, but there are definite possibilities. For example: Mr, Roger's Classroom. An educational show where Professor Alan Rogers puts on a Manasweater and teaches gerial Accounting. Can you say debit and credit? Sure, I knew you could. Knox Bandaging. The trials and tribulations of Shirley Knox, inventor of the reuse-abl- e surgical glove. Will she find love and happiness on a small college campus or will Unfortunately (?), the strike is running longer than expected and so most shows have season about two months started the n early. Hardest hit have been shows that run very close to deadline. Thus, Johnny Carson and David Letterman are both stuck doing Best Of.. . shows until the strike is settled. 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