The Writers Strike

Well aren't we all grateful that the writer's strike in America has ended. We are now enjoying new episodes of our favourite shows or we will be very soon. At least we'll get a few shows in before the season finales. Then we'll need to busy ourselves for the summer months by gardening or barbecuing or whatever. That will give the writers and actors time to regroup, write something new and exciting and get some great episodes in the can.

But wouldn't it be great if we could put our lives lives on hold for a few months. I'd hire some new writers to change the whole plot. Maybe change the location and add a few new characters. Maybe a hot construction worker named Carlos and a doctor named Miguel. We could bump off some of the less popular characters (no, I won't name names.) We could make my life into a sitcom. All problems would be funny and readily solved in the allotted 22 minutes. We could all have fascinating jobs and maybe live like soap opera stars where no one works at all. (Wait, part of this sounds like real life drama.)

Then in the fall we could all get really excited and organize parties to get together and watch the first show of the 48th season of "The Life and Times of the Prairie Princess". Then after eating popcorn and drinking beer we could rehash the episode and discuss it over the water cooler for the next few days. Meanwhile I could be getting a pedicure and waiting for people who are far more talented than me to decide what would happen to me next.

I hope the writers put in a little more effort for the next season. Quite frankly, I don't think this last year was some of their best work.