The South Park episode Canada on Strike first aired in April 2008 - a “biting” “satire” released well after the Writers Strike had left the news cycle, and one of many media pieces that helped cement the legend that the entire strike had been about The Internet. But one of the many issues that the WGA had brought to the table was the very reason that the South Park team were so annoyed with the Guild in the first place - while the Guild were on strike, South Park and most of the animation industry were still working. Because animation writers are not covered by the Writers Guild.

The WGA wanted jurisdiction over animation in their next contract. But that was an even harder ask than Reality TV, since animation writing was already covered by The Animation Guild, or IATSE Local 839.

CLIPS:

Six Days to Air (Comedy Central)

Canada On Strike (South Park Season 12 Episode 4)

Chris Sanders - Director of How to Train Your Dragon + Lilo & Stitch Cartoons!!! (Directing Animation Podcast #39)

WSC Show #109 - Interview With Patric Verrone (Part 1)

Tina Fey Monologue (Saturday Night Live, 24th February 2008)

WGA Calls for Vote To End Writers Strike (Writers Guild of America)

WGA Calls for Vote To End Writers Strike - Q&A (Writers Guild of America)

Why I’m Striking - Patric Verrone (Deadline)

MUSIC:

“Fork & Spoon”, “C-Funk”, “Divertissement”, “Deadly Roulette”, “Modern, Jazz Samba”, “Fuzzball Parade”, “Bicycle”, “Expeditionary”, “Finding Movement”, “On The Cool Side”, “Groove Grove”, “Floating Cities”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Hard Boiled”, “Leaving Home”, “Lost Frontier”, “On The Ground”, “Odyssey”, “Bossa Antigua”, “Crossing The Divide”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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“Bossy Boots” & “Synapse” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com