Industry Strikes The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents 02:26 Tabs About “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. Related topics Industry Crossroads 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; his comittment 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 Who talked about this topic Sid CaesarView Interview 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 ChandleeView Interview Esme Chandlee on dealing with the Teamster's strike in 1945 David ChaseView Interview David Chase on a memorable encounter with Steve Allen on the picket line for the Writers Guild of America strike in 1974 Ron CowenView Interview 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 FontanaView Interview Dorothy Fontana on working at Revue Studios during the actor and writers' strikes in 1960 Larry GelbartView Interview 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; his comittment to the WGA during this time Asaad KeladaView Interview Asaad Kelada on how "The Dinner Party," an episode of The Office was delayed due to the Writers' Strike Daniel LipmanView Interview Daniel Lipman on going on strike with the Writers Guild early in his career, and on the benefits of the Guild Bill MelendezView Interview 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 NelsonView Interview Anne Nelson on dealing with unions and strikes Abraham PolonskyView Interview Abraham Polonsky on his work on You Are There, and his continued blacklisting Del ReismanView Interview Del Reisman on his association with the Writers Guild of America West Del Reisman on the Writers Guild strike of 1988 William SchallertView Interview William Schallert on his tenure as President of SAG and a strike John StraussView Interview John Strauss on his participation in two union strikes Tucker WiardView Interview Tucker Wiard on the strike in Hollywood and how that affected his work on Murphy Brown Dan WilcoxView Interview Dan Wilcox on the television writers strike of 2007
