honest to god guys you have no idea how fucking hilarious "that's his boss!" is
Paul Simms created, wrote, and produced NewsRadio, a (actually really great) sitcom in the 90s that only lasted a handful of seasons.
the most noteworthy thing about NewsRadio was that the big will-they-or-wont-they relationship of the show completely subverted the trope by having them 'hook up' immediately after the pilot and then had to deal with the relationship throughout the show with that sexual/romantic tension already fullfilled.
but that isn't the funniest part.
the two characters in this relationship were the newly appointed manager of the radio station and the long-suffering employee that he took the promotion from despite her being more qualified.
had my 2nd driving lesson on a simulator and i hit a curb because i was transfixed by their fake 3d ripoff slash recreation of a leroy merlin store that they called "leroy jenkins"
genuinely cant believe that in the year of our lord 2023 the whole western world is funding the genocide of palestinians despite the fact that a year ago they were sanctioning russia and banning them from all international competitions for doing the same thing israel is doing now
Writers and actors versus studios goes deeper than entertainment industry to the rotten core. For instance, remembering person on the-site-formerly-known-as-Twitter, who'd just found out his favourite lecturer of his online class had been deceased for two years and counting. In that time, as university owns his online teaching content, no bereaved are receiving royalties, there is no new lecturer hired, essays are marked by postgraduate students on insecure fragile contracts. Know someone (not deceased) to whom this has also happened. She quit academia, but that online content is still being used, free of charge. They can automate checkouts, at my old uni library they can replace librarians with machines and now cheap contract student 'services' staff (real issue pops up and real librarian pops out the locked and sealed back door. Seriously)
It's not just owning creative content and destroying livelihoods, it's that all 'customers' should know how little they are worth - auto generated AI content, old courses kept on dept usb for a hefty price tag, and I'm waiting for the checkouts replaced by Android with the computer box head with the smiling emoji face stuck to it 'have a nice day'
CAPTAINS VIDEO ON ARMOR TRIMS DROPPED AND OF FUCKIN COURSE THE FIRST ONE HE MAKES FOR US TO SEE IS THE PURPLE VERSION WITH THE TRIM YOU FIND IN THE END CITIES.