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

03:14

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

01:22

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

02:51

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

01:43

Dan Wilcox on the television writers strike of 2007

02:08

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

01:21

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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

01:21

Esme Chandlee

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

01:22

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

04:14

Dorothy Fontana

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

01:25

Larry Gelbart

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

00:33

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

03:14

Asaad Kelada

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

02:51

Daniel Lipman

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

01:43

Bill Melendez

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

02:35

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

08:00

Anne Nelson

Anne Nelson on dealing with unions and strikes

01:41

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

02:43

Del Reisman on the Writers Guild strike of 1988

05:08

William Schallert

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

01:43

Mel Shavelson

Mel Shavelson on a directors strike

06:12

Mel Shavelson on writers strikes

01:27

John Strauss

John Strauss on his participation in two union strikes

04:52

Tucker Wiard

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

03:09

Dan Wilcox

Dan Wilcox on the television writers strike of 2007

02:08

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