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Joshua Katt (Joshua@Katt.com) 2015/12/15 18:54

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On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:57:54 -0800, a <none@no.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:12:25 -0500, "Artie Lang Jr" <runkit@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I think Howard would have told us by now if he would NOT re-sign.
>>
>>What do you think???
>>
>>Of course we want more of the show -
>>
>>1) Do you think it will be even less days a week/year??  Would that be acceptable?
>>2) Will it be for 5 or something less (i.e. 2 year contract?)
>>
>>I'm interested in what you think.
>>
>>
>My worthless psychoanalysis is that since doing the show seems to be
>Howard's way of validating himself in his parent's eyes, especially
>his father, I think he will continue to do the show as long as his
>parents/father are alive.  But I could never understand why he doesn't
>do Tue-Wed-Thurs so that he could have a 4 day weekend.  So maybe
>he'll just change his schedule to different days of the week.  How
>many days will depend on how much SiriusXM wants to pay, so less money
>could mean less days.  The length of the contract could be flexible
>since it would give him an out if his parents do die.  Another
>worthless thought is that Howard has the worlds worst agent.  But not
>telling us is just good negotiating.

My 2 cents, shortly after the 1st renewal 5 years ago, Howard
mentioned that his father said many years ago to never accept a pay
cut.  So we got less shows but the per show rate remained the same.
I'm sure this will be the case for this renewal...

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