NOTE FROM ERIC:

Happy Independence Day!

The Top 9 Ways Hollywood Would be
Different if it Were Run By the Founding Fathers

9> One thumb up if by land; two thumbs up if by sea.

8> Hugh Grant, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson would all be blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

7> “The safety of Action Heroes being necessary for the gross profit, the right of Good Guys to kill fifty Bad Guys with one bullet, and of Bad Guys to miss Good Guys with fifty bullets, shall not be infringed.”

6> Arnold Schwarzenegger forever type-cast as a Hessian.

5> Jaws would have wooden teeth.

4> “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Key Grips are created equal…”

3> John Hancock would constantly be demanding “Above the title” billing.

2> In contract disputes, a writer counts as three-fifths of an actor.

and the Number 1 Way Hollywood Would be Different if it Were Run
by the Founding Fathers…

1> Special effects and CGI artists routinely burned as witches.

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Credits:

Selected from 47 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Greg Preece, Toronto, ON — 1, 3
Topher Bellavia, Washington, DC — 2
Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Greenbelt, MD — 2, 7
Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA — 4, 8
Dave Ferry, Leesburg, VA — 5
Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL — 6
Clifton J. Gray, Tucson, AZ — 8, RU list name
Aimee Spanier, Oakland, CA — 9
Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC — Topic, Script Doctor