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...lists? More important, how long can the hosts of these strike-silenced shows hold out against the pressure to go back on the air, with or without their writers? That's the agonizing question facing the late-night talk shows as the strike by the Writers Guild of America nears the end of its second week...
...late-night shows - from Letterman and Jay Leno to the twin terrors of Comedy Central, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert - have gone into reruns since the strike began on Nov. 5. But the ethical dilemma confronting the hosts is a keen one. As members of the Writers Guild themselves, do they support their union and refuse to do their shows until the strike is settled? Or go back on the air without their writers - and thus avoid having to lay off dozens of staff members who depend on them for a weekly paycheck and benefits...
...libbed material - but are leery of the consequences. "My sense is that all the hosts would like to come back, but nobody wants to be first," says one late-night producer. They cannot have been encouraged by the experience of Ellen DeGeneres, who drew sharp criticism from the Writers Guild when she resumed her daytime talk show just one day after the strike began - and this week had to cancel a scheduled taping in New York after threats that her show would be picketed...
Then there's the crucial question of whether a host, as a Writers Guild member, would even be allowed to write material for himself on his own show. A Writers Guild spokesman told TIME that the hosts (who are also members of AFTRA, the union representing performers) are free to perform on their shows, but not to write material for themselves. Of course, the question of whether a wisecrack that Conan or Dave thinks up in advance should be regarded as written material or an ad-lib could be the subject of unending philosophical debate...
...Every gift handmade by elves." That's the motto at the North Pole. Just about everyone but the Claus family security force is undersize. Midgets (mostly from Russia) man the assembly lines. The village's Security Force comprises three dwarfs who look like Munchkinland's Lollipop Guild, but tougher; they're the Blackwater of little people...