What If Your Sign Isn’t Funny?

Published: November 21, 2007, 2:39 am

Hollywood's Secrets: What the picket lines reveal.By Jennifer Ordo ez Newsweek Web ExclusiveNov 17, 2007 Updated: 10:12 a.m. ET Nov 17, 2007Striking comedy writer Michael Colton has a lot on his plate. His wife Carla is expecting their first child next month. He has a mortgage to pay, mouths to feed, shoes to buy, and, with no end yet in sight to the Writers Guild of America walkout, little hope of a secure income stream anytime soon. But the stress doesn't stop there. Each day during his four-hour picket shift Colton has to handle a new type of anxiety. What if a "funny" picket sign he writes bombs? "There's definitely competition for funny signs, but also fear of being unfunny. You don't want the biggest comedy writers in town thinking you're not good. Some people are scared to even risk it."Take a joke he tried out last week. Attempting a twist on one popular chant he'd heard-"More Money, Les Moonves," a play on the name of Leslie Moonves,

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