Posted on 07/15/2005 7:47:16 PM PDT by CHARLITE
hummmm.
just someone else trying to bring dr laura down, i guess people think that her advice is to "harsh"...people need to toughen up
What part of Mr. Prelutsky's article did you not understand?
(A) He got paid in full.
(B) He should have discussed the credit before starting any work. Writing for a TV show, movie, etc. is always pretty much work-for-hire unless you are a Name, and he should have been smart enough to realize this was a similar deal. Movies, for example, often have legions of writers, and only a few actually get their name on the project. Also, he was much in the position of a ghost writer, and ghost writers only sometimes get their name on the project.
(C) I am surprised that he was surprised that the whole thing fell through (as far as his end went). Dr. Laura is a charming talk show host and I think that she often (though not always) gives good advice ... but she is not a trained actor with experience memorizing page after page of dialogue. He should have been expecting the whole thing not to go forward.
(D) Wonder how many new clients he'll attract with this whining?
I have a legitimate celebrity-stiff anecdote.
A decorator finished the house our company built that made a cover spread in House and Garden Magazine.
He did a professional job with the details of textures and finishes, painting and plastering.
He said he'd restored some 1920's plaster in one of the homes in the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport and the drunken Rose had stiffed him.
She got plastered twice but only paid for once.
Typical Kennedy.
But I can imagine a few other things, he was snarky, and was clearly put-off from the beginning, she probably thought he was an arrogant vainglorious bonehead!
He may well have been difficult. Perhaps as tie went bu they became less enchanted with his material and his ability to work with them, -sounds likeit from his complaints.
Fact is, you ditch people like this with varying degrees of finesse all the time in business. It's good management.
What? She should have kept him on staff because changing the plan might offend his ego?
Having said that, I have come to despise certain things about Dr Laura, -EVEN- while knowing she's right about 90% of the time.
I cringe at the way she treats "losers".
No finesse. And she is capricious with her compassion.
-Being "Frank" is cool, but she's just bombastic at the worst time. -Pregnant 16 year old calls in and gets 9 yard of bathos. followed by the classic: "BECAUSE YOU KICKED YOUR HEELS BEHIND YOUR HEAD FOR SOME LOSER!?" There are times when I could tell that people were made to feel terrible, and that's no way to get a point across.
She could be equally staunch adamant, firm without the catty denigrating. -Bad role model IMO
I did like her though, when she wasn't shreikin'
Our local market just replaced her with Glen Beck and I have to say it's a pleasant change from the "Shrew like harping". I guess the moral is, we all need a little shrew-like harping, but in moderation ;> Does every radio station in America need Dr. Laura, ya. -Could she tone the "MEAN" down a bit? Ya.
With all due respect, I don't think that Burt is judging her on her professional advice. He's illustrating that for a woman who has made quite a name for herself (and a fortune) prescribing the correct behavior, ethics and morality for others, her own leaves a lot to be desired.
If you had assiduously worked in a consciencious, professional manner for another professional, over a 4 month period of time, wouldn't you expect payment? . . and wouldn't you anticipate a personal communication from the person who hired you four months earlier, if you were to be abruptly terminated?
Burt's point is simple. In her own conduct, she lacks good manners at the very least. At worst, she's a cheap skate!
......and personally, I've found her to be quite unbending, very often cold......and her insistence that once people have gotten married, they MUST stay married regardless of the circumstances.......to be unrealistic, therefore flawed.
Thanks for your stimulating comment, anyway!,br>
Char :)
I wouldn't call her a monster, it would rhyme with "punt".
She could be equally staunch adamant, firm without the catty denigrating. -Bad role model IMO
I was assured I’d be paid in full – always the right thing to say to a writer who has his lawyer on speed-dial.
So I don't think it's fair to say he did not get paid. Sounds like he's just ticked 'cause she didn't use his stuff and wasn't overly polite about it. This is on the level of everyday rudeness, not moral turpitude.
Ah, come on, aren't you being a little hard on Dr Turkey Neck...
Then you obviously don't know any real conservatives.
Dr Laura is so boring I cannot comprehend how she remains #2. It can't last. By this time next year, Michael Savage will have overtaken her to be second to Rush (no one will ever take that slot away from el Rushbo)
I do not like Michael Savage. I love Larry Elder and Tammie Bruce, but have not found them on the east coast...WMAL area or Harrisburg, PA area.
And we KNOW that what Mr. Prelutsky says or thinks is the Gospel truth because???
schadenfreudedemographisch?
:-)
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