TCM to screenwriters: We don’t need you, thanks
January 30, 2008
I support the writers during their little strike as much as the next person. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t find this ad funny.
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The copy reads:
This is a message from TCM to all the Hollywood screenwriters on strike:
Keep it up, guys.
After all, the greatest movies have already been written.
That’s good copy, my friends.
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