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Taco Bell Expects Screenwriters To Work For Free Food

I've been on many a picket line, and what tends to happen is the whole community comes out in support of a strike: local bakeries offer free coffee and donuts, and area restaurants often stop by in the afternoon with foodstuffs. It's just the right thing to do. Taco Bell, that purveyor of food for harried workingmen everywhere, will do no such thing, according to Trading Markets. Instead, they are offering striking screenwriters the "chance to win free Taco Bell food by injecting fun and fresh bits of wisdom into the restaurant chain's iconic Border Sauce packets." They want them to work for free, basically, for the chance to win about $260 worth of food. More »

1:43 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Sheila
1,292 views, 29 comments

Latest by trebekyourmothersawhore: I'm not the biggest fan of Taco Bell (although I do have a soft spot for that sweet fake yellow cheese, mmmmm hmmm!!), but I do love pointing out when facts are wrong: 11/09 - Taco Bell workers delivered bags of more »

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Hungry Screenwriters Strike Out On Their Own

Now that they're on strike, it seems like screenwriters are busier and more productive than ever. But left to their own devices, it turns out that they are a distinctly unfunny bunch. Put a bunch of 'em in a room and eventually they'll write Six Feet Under, but in the end they're just monkeys—monkeys writing for the LA Times and New York mag and making their own blogs and getting all up on the HuffPo. Here's our Striking Screenwriter Roundup—clearly the work of simians. All they can think about is food! More »

1:15 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Sheila
4,559 views, 16 comments

Latest by dweeb: I just saw a stagehand holding a sign saying, "Will work for a slice of Sbarro." more »