Strike Casualties Mount

Apparently WGA strike casualties are more germane to the contents of blog posts than real-life casualties, so I guess I’m obligated to point out what everyone already knows: the Golden Globes award ceremony is the latest TV even to kick the bucket as a result of the striking writers. Or as Variety phrases in such an unbiased fashion, it is the latest “victim” of the WGA strike.

I thought this would be a perfect moment to acknowledge the other casualties of the war on contracts:

• The integrity of new Family Guy episodes. (I know, I know… that implies that the show had integrity to begin with, which goes against its very nature.)
• Greg Daniels’ sexy air of mystery pre-strike videos.
• Nikki Finke’s anonymity.
• Laughter in general.
• Some movie written by some guy we’ve never heard of that we’ll now probably never see.
• My plans to woo and marry John Krasinski. (I’m not going to marry somebody unemployed. Jeez.)
• Your brother-in-law’s pilot episode that he swears ABC was close to funding before the strike. Dude, they even had a meeting with him. A meeting!
• David Letterman’s beard.
• Kevin McKidd’s career.

Let’s have a moment of silence for those lost in this terrible struggle. And let’s not forget the biggest loss of all: Thursday night Pizza-and-Laughter-via-The-Office with my roommate.

Any other casualties you can think of?

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