When The Checks Stop Coming In

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, Tyler Perry, When The Checks Stop Coming In

Posted by Bossip Staff

Tyler Perry as Madea

Writers from Tyler Perry’s studio are out of a job:

Four writers involved with a Writers Guild of America organizing effort at writer-director-producer Tyler Perry’s cable TV show “House of Payne” have been fired. The production company says they were fired for cause, but the union said Thursday that they were dismissed because they were involved in the organizing effort. The WGA West plans to picket Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta when the facility opens the weekend of October 3. The guild claims that the problems began in April when the writers — Kellie Griffin, Christopher Moore, Teri Brown-Jackson and Lamont Ferrell — were among seven scribes seeking to negotiate a first WGA contract with Perry’s production company, House of Payne. The company produces “House of Payne” and the upcoming TBS show “Meet the Browns.” No contract has been signed.

Perry’s attorney, Matt Johnson, said that the four were fired because of poor work performance. Griffin, Moore, Brown-Jackson and Ferrell had worked on more than 100 episodes of Perry’s TBS series, now syndicated on Fox. The three remaining writers were asked to stay on, and two did. “We continue to work toward a resolution of their contract,” Johnson said. The WGA has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the four were fired unjustly and that Payne’s company bargained in bad faith.

Damn, people are losing jobs left and right.  SMH.

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  • Mrs. Philly says anyone can be a MAVERICK!

    NOT MADEA!

  • US air Force

    i like tyler perry

  • Aunt Viv

    I haven’t been able to get into “House of Payne” :(

  • luvchild the waterbearer

    If they were the ones writing the jokes, they need to be fired.

    Dang, new writers! now I have to give House of Payne ANOTHA chance. But really, I do hope it does better SOON!!!!

  • Kim

    Tyler Perry is a wonderful producer, can we have more info. on the problem?

  • B-Dolo

    Even though he makes terrible TV and movies, I can respect him firing them. The unions are completely over run by tyrants and it’s good to stay indie.

  • joey bishop

    the “house of payne” is FOUL!

  • http://checkmeout Film (Michele Bachmann and Larry Kudlow are preposterous)

    WGA strike is the reason why we see so much reality TV. Producers can still make a profit because they don’t need a script.

  • Whatchaknoaboutdat?

    I like “House of Pain” in a good show and much funnier then some of the shows on network tv… and the ONLY black show that’s not a reality show or on EBT that is on tv. And I worked at the guild and it’s filled with Jews that don’t care a thang for anything ‘black!!! And some of yall need to quit jumping on their bandwagon…. and just kick back— for the good of your fellow man… and woman… and black writer.

    :)

  • Whatchaknoaboutdat?

    oh plz excuze the typos… I’m always in a hurry…

  • WhatsYoursIsMine

    So they weren’t fired for bad writing?!

  • http://www.gravatar.com Re (I don’t have to answer the mediators questions, cause I’m going to talk to America! I am a maverick. I am an Alaskan. And you’re going to ask me questions and I won’t answer any of them correctly).

    If you like house of payne, you’re a slave. Cause that’s what they act like on the show….

  • http://www.gravatar.com Re (I don’t have to answer the mediators questions, cause I’m going to talk to America! I am a maverick. I am an Alaskan. And you’re going to ask me questions and I won’t answer any of them correctly).

    Especially the old man on the show….wtf….minstrel show contestant…

  • sepia830

    Seeing that pic of TP as Madea just reminds me why I can’t stand his a$$. A couple of years back he was at the Image Awards preaching to black people about being mindful of their image because “..white people see us as nothing more than thugs…” Somebody please tell me what the hell Madea is if not a thug? Always popping off rounds and sh*t…. TP is a hypocrite and not a very talented one at that.

  • tscombo

    What took so long?

  • Madame Enigma

    I knew it was a matter of time before TP started getting all Hollywood…

  • Madame Enigma

    I knew it was a matter of time before TP started getting all Hollywood…

  • DDub

    Tyler Perry is trying to be the Walmart of TV, huh. Writers unionizing means that they’d be garunteed certain things. Among them would be a set number of working days, and I know Mr. Perry doesn’t adhere to the normal production schedule of 22 episodes per year (he was making at least 3x more episodes) so that immediately would pose a problem.

  • Nita

    that’s not a ‘when the checks stop coming in’. that’s a union dispute.

  • Somer

    They need to fire the casting director. I thought we had gotten away from the big obese mama sterotypes. Now that we are in charge of our own casting, we have returned to the orginial sterotypes that we blamed on white Hollywood.

    I went to one of the 1st taping in Atl when CJ was suppose to be the light skin, well built, curly hair son of 2 dark fatties. The mother could barely walk from room to room on the set without all that heavy breathing. After the show finally premired, the writers changed CJ from son to nephew.

  • Cash Rules

    Tyler Perry is facing the beginning of the end. He produces minstrel show images but I think people are waking up to him now…his new film isn’t doing well at all.

  • Madame Enigma

    @ cash rules

    I sorta liked the movie. It is a female movie though…

  • chaka1

    There are 100 episodes??????????? GTFOH??? That show is subpar at best. I guess he tries out his worst scripts on that show to see if they work.

  • http://www.diablosbastille.blogspot.com Rusty Eagle

    I’ve been told House of Payne is horrible because the writers are handcuffed and basically told what to write by Tyler Perry. As far as not paying the writers, he is WRONG for paying union rates to the actors, crew people and NOT paying union rates to writers. Matter of fact the show is under union contract for directors and Tyler directs ALL the episodes, so guess who gets pension, heath benefits and minimum director’s rate PLUS the millions he has made on the TBS deal. You can’t go talking about being Jesus like and a Christian and cheating people. It’s not right, but black people won’t call him out… if that was Jerry Seinfeld not paying a mofo, ni99as, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be looking for a bank of microphones to have a press conference. Pride cometh before the fall.

  • sickofitt

    They should have been fired because the show sucked. I am happy to see unemployed actors get work like Kesha Knight Pulliam and the tasty treat Allen Payne but the show sucks ass. Everybody needs to be fired, Hell, put Martin back on. There situation resolved. Now everyone is Happy.

  • DA TRUFF — DA HOE TRUFF & NUTTIN’ BUTT DA TRUFF

    UNION PROTECTION FOR ALL!!!

    WOULD I LIKE TO SEE FAIR, OPEN, NON-UNION EQUAL PROTECTION & COMPENSATION??? YES!!! BUT IT DOES NOT EXIST……… IF YOU ARE NON-UNION IN THE MOVIE/TV BIZ YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A TEMP.

    PS: CONGRATS TO TYLER ANYWAY FOR HIS SUCESS!

  • WhatsYoursIsMine

    @Somer-

    I went to one of the 1st taping in Atl when CJ was suppose to be the light skin, well built, curly hair son of 2 dark fatties. The mother could barely walk from room to room on the set without all that heavy breathing. After the show finally premired, the writers changed CJ from son to nephew.

    =======================================================

    OKAY! I thought I was one of the only people that noticed that. Tyler Perry did a test run of the show on one of the non major networks (it was UPN or the CW I think) about two, three years ago. They were going to see the response from different markets then shop the show to different networks.

    CJ was their son, I didn’t understand why they changed it and thought no one would notice!

  • Betty

    brown u funny but soo soo true

  • kigali (Black Females NEED LISTEN TO KIGALI!!) She means well.

    I dont understand the portrayals of black people, especially black women, in Tyler Perry movies. They represent everything you dislike about Black females. I just saw “The Family That Preys” the other day and I cant remember how many times I heard a black woman justify her nasty attitude with how many degrees she had or how much money she made.

  • Anton Slizzardhands

    Lurry Johnson I see you WUDDUP!

  • geico lizard

    tyler perry is a sellout he makes blacks look so bad in movies and on tv and he makes black love look like it is dead thats why his movies have mixed couples now.

  • Oshie (I like em brown, yellow, Puero Rican or Hatian, my name is Osh Kosh from the Zulu Nation)

    Here’s a secret: Tyler Perry is OVER-RATED!

    Pass it on.

  • always knew

    I got love for Tyler, he’s a brother. However, the lack of quality in his programming and content of the show, to me is in very poor taste. When Tyler first, came out, I went to all his shows, bought all his DVD’s in an effort to support, a new up and coming artist, trying to make his way. Since he has gotten his contracts with the big companies, it seems as though he has lost his bargaining/ negotiation power. I wish we could see more roles that are of better quality and content, it does help with people’s perception of our race. And the fact that we aren’t monolithic, either…I mean I got love for Big Mommas’, but this is more like an updated minstrel show…..Sorry, Tyler, you should get with Spike,Singleton,Hill Harper, ANYBODY!! To help you with the writing and production….Good luck with that and I hope that we see a change soon!….

  • BKLYNZ OWN

    WHEN THE CHECKS STOP COMING IN…”I DONT STRESS/I GRAP MY GUN AND MY VEST”.{NOTORIOUS B.I.G}IN REFERENCE TO THE MADEA PIC

  • happy to be alive

    erry’s attorney, Matt Johnson, said that the four were fired because of poor work performance. Griffin, Moore, Brown-Jackson and Ferrell had worked on more than 100 episodes of Perry’s TBS series, now syndicated on Fox. The three remaining writers were asked to stay on, and two did. “We continue to work toward a resolution of their contract,” Johnson said. The WGA has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the four were fired unjustly and that Payne’s company bargained in bad faith.

    I thought this was 100% Tyler Perry? Was this Allen Payne’s Company? what is the real deal. Please tell me this is a typo? If not Allen is more than a little Bendover Gem! That’s if He has his own production company also? That would then explain the connection between Tyler and him!!!!

  • Zina {The original princess}

    I can’t believe that they’re making a spin-off of an unfunny show! Now they’ll be two Tyler Perry shows that I won’t be watching. )-:

  • DA TRUFF — DA HOE TRUFF & NUTTIN’ BUTT DA TRUFF

    GO UNION / GO OBAMA

  • Ghost

    OKAY! I thought I was one of the only people that noticed that. Tyler Perry did a test run of the show on one of the non major networks (it was UPN or the CW I think) about two, three years ago. They were going to see the response from different markets then shop the show to different networks.

    CJ was their son, I didn’t understand why they changed it and thought no one would notice!

    ————————————————–

    Those 10 episodes were used to sell the series. Think of them as the entire series in a nutshell. The episodes we are seeing now are the events that happened between episodes 1-10. Much like Fame-the movie took place over 4 years and the tv series covered years 2-4.

    CJ might still be the son. You know the plot I think you’re my uncle, but I find out you are my Dad storyline (thank you Moesha).

  • http://cougarkiss.com cougarkiss dot com

    she is a rich woman and somebody saw her profile on a dating site *cougarkiss**C O M, there the rich sugarmommies seeking young handsome sugarbaby. And her profile says she is loooking a younger man who can treat her like a queen.

  • Tahuh

    If they were the writers on House of Payne, that’s cause enough for them to be fired,lol. That show gets the gas face for real. Just awful!

  • BossLady

    Un oh, Tyler. I’m all for you, but I ride with the unions all day!!!!! Equal wages for equal work. Nuff said.

  • Jasmine

    They have writers on that show? I thought they were just making it up as they went along…

  • truthonly

    lol@jazmine…forreal, sometimes I dont even think the audience can muster up them fake laughs!

  • truthonly

    lol@jazmine…forreal, sometimes I dont even think the audience can muster up them fake laughs!!

  • Subterfuge

    I tried watcing an episode of House of Payne, I really did but it’s just God awful!!

    Not funny, not fun

    The bad jokes, canned laughter, the bafoonery, yet another loud, obnoxious, fat black woman….

    Tired

  • Pat

    Tyler did not go hollywood. The writing was HORRIBLE. They needed to be fired. You can’t keep people on just because you’re black. I’m sure he’s fired people before, but we hear about it now because of his popularity.

    I LOVE Tyler Perry!

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