Writers of The Daily Show explain the WGA strike

A few of the creative minds behind The Daily Show decided to make a video to better explain the reason why they are on strike. I’ve made a transcript of part of the video below, which I thought was incredibly funny.

Hello there. I’m the president of Viacom. My name is John Jay Viacom Jr III and I’ve come here to tell you to cease and desist. we own these jokes and they’re worth a billion dollars.

Is that right?

Indubitably!

Then can we have just a small percentage of that?

Nope!

Why not?

Because they’re worthless!

Well, which is it? Are they worth a billion dollars or worth nothing?

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You can keep up with news and updates about the strike at United Hollywood.