Leno and Letterman ---- left speechless??

Ain't this a hoot! Leno, Letterman, and all the rest of those 'chat show' galoots are gonna have to shut down if the writers go on strike! They get paid zillions to chat with celebrities and if some writer don't put words in their mouths... they gotta quit and show reruns! Seems I recollect that they started off in this business writing their own gags..... how weird is that!

(BBC) Strike set to silence talk shows Late-night TV chat shows seem likely to be the first victims of a strike by the US screenwriters' union, which has been called over royalty payments.
The Writers Guild of America has asked its 12,000 members to stop working and set up picket lines from Monday.
It wants more cash for work which goes on "new" media such as DVDs or online.
Shows hosted by stars such as Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jon Stewart are expected to stop almost immediately as they rely on a supply of topical jokes.
They call it the toughest time for comedy writing since those three weeks back in the 1990s when Bill Clinton stopped dating!

It was anticipated NBC would broadcast repeats of Leno's programme, The Tonight Show, plus Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live from Monday if the walkout went ahead, the Hollywood Reporter said.
It also said old episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report would be screened under contingency plans by the Comedy Central channel.
But as yet it was unclear what other networks intended to do, it added.
Leno made a quip about the strike on-air on Friday, saying: "They call it the toughest time for comedy writing since those three weeks back in the 1990s when Bill Clinton stopped dating. Remember that?"

I remember writin' somethin' in here a few weeks ago about these fellers not inviting comedians on their shows like Ole Johnny Carson used to. I'll wager that there's a whole passell of youngsters out there in the workin' world who would write their own monologue and them come on and perform it......