"No, That Was Mannix. I Had A Sheepdog."

Interested in a take on the current Writers’ Guild strike that frames the debate with the high level of pissed-off snark you need to fully understand what’s going on? The creative-types behind The Office cast forth some deep sarcasm, straight from the pickets (via):

Now, for the fun part of events like this; where guys who know next-to-nothing about the inner workings of the industry proffer creative solutions from selfish self-interest. How about NBC, while bargaining with the union, take the opportunity to interrupt its regularly re-scheduled programming with long lost episodes of shows it was too timid to pick up long ago? Like “Lookwell,” the Conan/Smigel/Adam West vehicle that never made it past pilot stage. It’s not too much of a stretch, I don’t think, to imagine this show (about West’s washed-up 70s action actor looking for work in Hollywood) actually grabbing a couple viewers in the middle the current self-referential/self-effacing Thursday night slate. Gotta lose the Sledgehammer-esque aesthetic and make the move toward an HD Stedicam approach, but it could work:

Also: would it kill Fox to throw us a bone, with just a single re-broadcast of the Ben Stiller/Jack Black/Owen Wilson Knight Rider knockoff “Heat Vision and Jack”?