OFF STRIKE!!!

Dan and I are popping the champagne corks today, because we are officially off strike. The Practicing Surrealists Union of America's sympathy strike officially ended at 12:01 am PST this morning after talks with the WGA yesterday evening.

Dan, acting in his official capacity as Chief Negotiator for the PSUA, called the WGA to open discussions about granting us a side deal similar to the one they granted the defunct RKO pictures. After Dan called and explained what he was seeking, the conversation went something like this:

WGA: I'm sorry, you're who?
Dan: The Practicing Surrealists Union of America.
WGA: We've never heard of you.
Dan: We've been staging a sympathy strike.
WGA: Thank you. We appreciate your support.
Dan: Right. But we're really tired of not taking showers, so we'd kind of like to stop and get cleaned up. Maybe do some more surrealling.
WGA: ...Go ahead.
Dan: Well, we were thinking we could make one of those side deals you guys are doing, so it would be all official.
WGA: Do you make feature films or TV shows that use or seek to use union talent?
Dan: Lord, no.
WGA: Then why would you need a side deal?
Dan: Remember how Howard Hughes bankrupted RKO Radio Pictures in the 1950s and they went out of business?
WGA: I guess.
Dan: We thought that since you announced a side deal with a studio that hasn't really made any movies since "Escapade in Japan" in 1957, you'd be able to swing something with us.
WGA: Is this a joke?
Dan: No, it's sureal.
WGA: Who are you?
Dan: Do I have to go through the whole thing again, or can I just give you the acronym?
WGA: I have things to do.
Dan: Like draw up our side deal? So we can go back to work?
WGA: Look, do whatever the f**k you want, just don't call here again.
(click)

Yay!! Back to work!! (and just in time for the weekend, too...)

Vince out.