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So, apparently those writers are actually pretty important. SNL is back and I wonder how many jokes we've been missing as a result of the recently ended strike by the Writers' Guild of America. The 3-month strike has been estimated to have cost Hollywood $2.5 billion.

NBC's Saturday Night Live website is pretty good and you can catch some of the funny segments from the most recent episode. If you saw "There Will Be Blood", you'll like the milkshake bit.

What's the AMPTP?

I didn't know either, so when I saw Sarah Silverman carrying a sign that described her hatred of said acronym, I looked it up. It's the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. I know what you're thinking. "I don't have a ton of sympathy for a bunch of really rich Jewish dudes who live in Beverly Hills." You don't have to sympathize to see how sanguine their argument is and their site is pretty awesome. The striking writers are losing more money than they hoped to gain through their union's negotiations.

www.amptp.org