The strike is still going on? Damn. I wonder how long until i notice? That's not even sarcasm. I didn't know the strike was still going on.

Uhh guys, I kind of like "Duel". I enjoyed the heck out of "Clash of the Choirs" too though it's only something that will really work around Christmas, when choral music is just about everywhere.

The truth is that any attempt to cut the studios out of the loop on creation of new material is just about doomed to failure simply because the studios control the means of distribution. It's all very well to speak about doing stuff for the Internet only but you run into questions about how to monetize content so that you can afford to create new content. As much as I support the writers (and the actors and the directors - well depending on what they do in their negotiations) I do realize that there is a symbiotic relationship between them and the studios and networks. The creative people can't get the money to bring their stories to the public on their own, and the studios and the networks are limited in their ability to create new material without the creative people to write and act in and direct movies and TV shows.

These could be the first steps to cutting out the Networks altogehter and delivering the product directly to the consumer!

Now all they have to figure out is how to make enough money to pay the top stars a million dollars per episode and they'll be in business.

Seems very similar to this site:
http://speechlesswithoutwriters.com/
but this has the known actors as you suggested.

I've liked all the strike videos produced by good comedy writers -- the "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" staff videos were quite funny, and the 2 videos created by the Lonely Island dudes and starring Fred Armisen as a studio head were as good as anything you'd see on "SNL" (though, that isn't necessarily saying much, depending on one's opinion of that show these days :P).

I'd like to see more from the actors too, though, especially since they are out there supporting the writers anyway. But at the same time, I don't think "middle America" will end up being on the writers' side if they see millionaire actors championing the cause as if they have a care in the world for the middle-class working folk (of which most of the writers belong).