{"id":703,"date":"2007-12-11T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=703"},"modified":"2007-12-11T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T04:36:11","slug":"amptp-gets-punked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"AMPTP Gets Punked"},"content":{"rendered":"

A website satirizing the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has been launched – no doubt by some enterprising and idle writers. They commandeered the domain AMPTP.com<\/a> and produced a near copy of the producers site. It is absolutely hilarious. Some excerpts:<\/p>\n

“While we’re not going to point fingers or assign blame, we do feel justified in saying that they [the writers] are entirely at fault.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“It is now absolutely clear that the WGA’s organazis are determined to advance their own personal ideologies, political agendas, sexual preferences, barbaric tribal customs, canine wardrobe choices, religious beliefs and blood rituals upon working writers…”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“…we’ve got enough reality shows to choke a horse. Literally – one of the shows is “Can You Choke This Horse?” And for the fall, we’re already working on “Can You Choke This Horse With the Stars?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope I never have to fight these guys. They are brutal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A website satirizing the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has been launched – no doubt by some enterprising and idle writers. They commandeered the domain AMPTP.com and produced a near copy of the producers site. It is absolutely hilarious. 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