Close to Home by John McPherson for July 31, 2023

i bet if they were marshmallows you would want to watch s’more’

Artificial Banality??

If you think this is bad, just wait ’til the strike is over.

Best program you’ll see all year

Actually, with the writers strike, the story would be worse.

This looks like riveting programming.

Looks like an improvement to me…

Judging from the general tone of these comments we’re witnessing “what if we gave a strike and nobody cared”.

Yeah, thats just what Hollyweird needs!

… more puppets… on a steek!

(Apologies to Jeff Dunham and/or Jose Jalapeño)

there’s a strike in hollywood? hadn’t noticed.

Have you seen the pay for an ordinary actor – Day rate $1082, 3 days $2741 and weekly $3756. This is not for the stars, this is for a non speaking extra!

The longer they stay on strike, the less chance we’ll see some more of the stupid shows they write.

I can watch the reruns of the shows I never watched the first time.

Since the quality of stories has gone downhill over the past 15 years or more, this is actually an improvement. If they start getting away from the “Daddy’s Stupid” and “Men Bad” and “Zero Sum” (i.e. one person has to be the good person, smart person, etc. at the expense of the other instead of also writing stories of people working together to get things done) tropes then perhaps their stories will get better and people will care.

From these comments we can see a lot of people only watch trash network channels and believe that tv and cinema is reality tv and marvel universe films. If they had half a brain they would know that there are a lot of brilliant tv shows out there (more than good films these days, yes, those are dwindling).

And most importantly, they would know that if the strike fails all they’ll get is kardashians, singing or dating contests and halfwits buying or selling things on tv. But it’s possible that’s what they really like and wish series like Chernobyl never existed.

A-list actors are being allowed to film during the strike. Some union.

Watch out, we may end up with CGI actors created and scripted by AI — Yikes! Have you seen the horribly bad “Trump vs the Illuminati”? Ugh, that would be the end of TV.

If you want to support the strikers and help end the strike earlier, then turn off the TV and quit watching scab programs.

I don’t know. this seems better than some movies the past few years

I don’t know, it looks about like the junk they’re putting on as usual.

I said it could not get worse…then it did.

“Strike”? There’s a strike? Oh! What ever should I do? All my shows are reruns! Oh the humanity! I’ll just die! My life is over! Call the undertaker! Geez!

Some have hired scabs to write….this aught to be good….er. Bad

Okay everyone, I have one word for you. Audible. Books read to you and all the images created in the privacy of your own mind. You may never watch TV or go to a movie (based on a BOOK) again.

People with the wit to enjoy and understand comics on the internet don’t need Hollywood or TV.

Better than some shows on now.

As long as it doesn’t affect the comics!

Ah the Punch and Judy reboot

Stink?! That’s some of the best writing we’ve seen out of Hollywood in 10-20 years!

Hi, Bleeb. At least you have something to watch.

Well, you’re still watching.

This is really funny — LOLOL

Get use to it! If those over-feed PIGS who run the studios have their way…this, with A.I. generated meat-puppets, would be all we get! (& reality shows!)

Looks more entertaining than most of what little TV I’ve watched in the past 20 years or so. Admittedly that’s very little…

Netflix’s latest offering. They dropped 10 episodes of it to streaming.

Kinda like when the NFL went on strike!

I do miss getting my news from the late night talk show monologues.

Too many reruns of the last century already. Other than sports and some news stations, there is very little to watch as it is.

Anyone else see the humor in the STRIKING of a Match to light it and then putting it on tv during a strike?

That one made me laugh out loud. LOL

Pay the writers. And the actors. And the rest of the crews.