Industry Strikes

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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“The writers never won anything without fighting for those rights… going on strike when they had to.” - Larry Gelbart, Writer/Producer/Director

Interviewees discuss union and guild strikes and how they impacted television production.

Highlights

Larry Gelbart on the 1985 Academy Awards show, which he was asked to write, but during which there was a Writer's Guild strike; on his commitment to the WGA during this time

Esme Chandlee on dealing with the Teamster's strike in 1945

Asaad Kelada on how "The Dinner Party," an episode of The Office was delayed due to the Writers' Strike

William Schallert on his tenure as President of SAG and a strike

Dan Wilcox on the television writers strike of 2007

Sid Caesar on skipping a rehearsal to relieve tensions when less experienced crew fill-ins were used during a strike on Your Show of Shows in the 1950s

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Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar on skipping a rehearsal to relieve tensions when less experienced crew fill-ins were used during a strike on Your Show of Shows in the 1950s

Esme Chandlee

Esme Chandlee on dealing with the Teamster's strike in 1945

David Chase

David Chase on a memorable encounter with Steve Allen on the picket line for the Writers Guild of America strike in 1974

Ron Cowen

Ron Cowen on going on strike with the Writers Guild early in his career, on attending a meeting for the Guild in those days, and on the importance of the Guild

Dorothy Fontana

Dorothy Fontana on working at Revue Studios during the actor and writers' strikes in 1960

Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart on the effect the Writer's Guild Strike in 1973 had on the production of M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart on the 1985 Academy Awards show, which he was asked to write, but during which there was a Writer's Guild strike; on his commitment to the WGA during this time

Asaad Kelada

Asaad Kelada on how "The Dinner Party," an episode of The Office was delayed due to the Writers' Strike

Daniel Lipman

Daniel Lipman on going on strike with the Writers Guild early in his career, and on the benefits of the Guild

Bill Melendez

Bill Melendez on Disney animators going on strike in 1941 and Walt Disney's reaction to the strike

Bill Melendez on the Disney animators strike of 1941, on the leader of the strike, and Walt Disney's response to the strike

Anne Nelson

Anne Nelson on dealing with unions and strikes

Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky on his work on You Are There, and his continued blacklisting

Del Reisman

Del Reisman on his association with the Writers Guild of America West

Del Reisman on the Writers Guild strike of 1988

William Schallert

William Schallert on his tenure as President of SAG and a strike

Mel Shavelson

Mel Shavelson on a directors strike

Mel Shavelson on writers strikes

John Strauss

John Strauss on his participation in two union strikes

Tucker Wiard

Tucker Wiard on the strike in Hollywood and how that affected his work on Murphy Brown

Dan Wilcox

Dan Wilcox on the television writers strike of 2007

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