ahoy! responded to your response...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Seth-MacFarlane-on-why-WGA-Strike-is-for-the-Little-Guy#comment-262563

Thanks for the comment, Krupo.

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
Some good labour *politics here. *woohoo for the statements of support from the Groeningian side too, from what I read on snpp.com

BTW, blankfist, plumbers and tradespeople also have unions (guilds) in most Western countries.

And to answer the other question, successful electricians and other tradespeople can climb into those ranks, although you're probably running your own business by the point you're hitting the upper 6-digits, but then, 'top writers' are equivalent to tradespeople running their own businesses.

qruel, watch Seth MacFarlane's vid on that line.

bamdrew, yes, I've seen that video. I agree with what they want, I just don't agree with the methods, is all. I'm not a monster. I actually commented on that video, as well.

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
@ blankfist :

have you seen this post? http://www.videosift.com/video/The-reasons-why-hollywood-writers-have-gone-on-strike

its very informative

dupe?

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Life-of-Larry-Early-Seth-MacFarlane-cartoon-made-in-college

is it not this: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Life-of-Larry-Early-Seth-MacFarlane-cartoon-made-in-college

Almost a dupe, but I can't bring the original back to life...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Larry-and-Steve-Early-Seth-MacFarlane-cartoon-from-Hanna-Barbera--2

Wow, what a concept. How on earth did Seth MacFarlane come up with the concept for a cartoon with an idiot and a dog who can talk. Very original.

maybe "has Osama+airplane reference pre-dating 9/11/01"

below, from trusty old wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rhode_Island

A scene in this episode featured Osama bin Laden that only aired once: Stewie sings a musical number to distract airport baggage handlers from noticing the weapons in his luggage, then remarks that he hopes "Osama bin Laden doesn't know show tunes." The camera pans show bin Laden singing "I Hope I Get It" from the musical A Chorus Line as his luggage goes through the detector. This episode aired more than a year before the September 11th terrorist attacks. The entire scene was taken out of the episode in subsequent airings and the Region 1 "Volume 1" Family Guy DVD set (although the scene remains intact up until Stewie's singing in the Season 2 DVD set for Regions 2 and 4), but can be seen on the "Family Guy: Freakin' Sweet" DVD. In the DVD commentary, Seth MacFarlane mentions that the moral is that "the FBI should watch Family Guy more often."

For some strange reason...

I totally love how you can tell the same actor (Seth MacFarlane) does both Stewie and Osama's voices.