Poor Mike Huck-Scab-ee. First he didn't know anything about the NIE on Iran, despite it dominating the news. Then, he flubbed the tragedy in Pakistan based on old news. And now, he's blowing it on late night TV.
He is scheduled to appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight. Jay is returning after a long strike hiatus, which is ongoing for the writers. David Letterman is also returning, but he was able to come to terms with the WGA and he will be back with his full writing staff, as will Craig Ferguson, who is also under Dave's Worldwide Pants Productions.
Nearly two weeks ago, in an attempt to break the united front of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the industry’s bargaining unit, the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East announced they would seek to negotiate with individual studios and network production companies.
The major networks and studios vowed to stand firm, but Mr. Letterman’s production company, Worldwide Pants, was able to conclude a separate agreement because the company owns the two late-night shows and licenses them to CBS. The other shows are owned by the networks that broadcast them.
The agreement would bind Mr. Letterman’s company to the proposals the guild was prepared to propose to the producers before talks broke off earlier this month, including payment for material used on the Web and in other new media.
This is all well and good for Hillary, who will have a videotaped appearance on Letterman's return show tonight. Mike Huckabee? Well, he thought it'd be a good idea to do the Tonight Show. Unfortunately for him, it doesn't seem as if anyone in his campaign actually reads the news and he was puzzled when asked about crossing the picket line:
GOP hopeful Huckabee appeared confused over which of the two late-night hosts had reached a separate deal with the union representing striking TV and movie writers.
Huckabee said he supports the writers and did not think he would be crossing a picket line, because he believed the writers had made an agreement to allow late-night shows on the air. That's not the case with Leno, and pickets outside Leno's Burbank, Calif., studio targeted Huckabee.
"Huckabee is a scab," read one picket sign.
Late Wednesday, the Writers Guild of America issued a statement saying that the guild "thanks the former governor for his strong statement of support for striking writers and hopes that he will not cross the picket lines at NBC."
However, Huckabee appeared on the show despite the calls from the striking writers, according to NBC.
Aw shucks Huck. Can he get anything right?