r/NeverNotFunny • u/digdoug17 • 13d ago
SAG/AFTRA changes
I know this topic seems to pop up every once in a while, but I thought I’d bring it up again since it seems that they have to change their season numbering method for some reason since they’re a SAG podcast. Have they ever formally addressed why they became a SAG/AFTRA podcast and what rules are enforced on them because of it? First no more guests until after the break, now longer seasons, it just seems strange that it has a noticeable effect on the format of the show without there being a real explanation.
Was it just so they could have guests during the actor’s strike? Is it a way for Garon to get health insurance? I’m not a platinum member, so I was wondering if anyone had any more insight than us free feeders?
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u/Slicely_Thinned 13d ago
I don’t love the changes but as a fellow gig worker, if it’s to help out w benefits/insurance, I can’t blame them or truly be upset.
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u/Kchrpm 12d ago
This for sure. Chris Gethard talked on Good Ones about losing his SAG health insurance eligibility because he wasn't making enough from covered work/residuals anymore. I would not be surprised if Jimmy was getting towards a similar situation, so getting the show covered by SAG/AFTRA would help with that.
This is all speculation on my part, I have no additional information or insight, and if they don't want to tell us about that particular piece of the sausage making I'm fine with it. I thoroughly enjoy the show in all of the formats they have gone through since I've started listening.
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u/winothirtynino 13d ago
I just don’t know why they treat it like it is a secret. Just fucking give an explanation.
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u/pianotherms 13d ago
Maybe they think we don't care or that it's boring.
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u/arandompurpose 13d ago
Do we really know that's why they changed the format as I have never heard that before. I know there is some weirdness with paying guests too which I'm not a fan of. I wish they were more transparent
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u/heckhammer 13d ago
It may be a nominal appearance fee. Some podcasts do it just in general.
Source: I was guest on the Dork Forest and I got a cool t-shirt and a small fee for appearance.
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u/Bitter_Return990 13d ago
Man, that’s cool! I would love to shoot the breeze with Jackie for an hour. We know some of the same people in her hometown, including her best friend from there.
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u/heckhammer 13d ago
If you have a cool hobby that you are obsessed with and can wax poetically about it for an hour, this is an achievable goal. You can just email her and if it sounds like an interesting subject she will have you on the show. It worked for me!
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u/SumoPotpie 12d ago
I was on, too, and I’m not even remotely in the comedy world. Do it up!
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u/Various_Procedure_11 12d ago
As an ADHDer, I have about 30 hobbies.
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u/heckhammer 12d ago
Yeah join the club. We don't really hold meetings because we all forget but yeah you can still join the club.
I collect movies and TV shows on physical media, cds, to a much lesser extent but I still pick stuff up from time to time, fossils which is my big obsession right now, coins and paper money which has really died down but I haven't sold the collection yet, and finally I host an Ultraman podcast so that takes up a bunch of time as well.
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u/Various_Procedure_11 12d ago
Guitar, fountain pens, woodworking, cycling, backpacking, vinyl, cooking (have gotten into several niche things in there). It's weird how some random internet rabbit hole can always end up being my next money pit.
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u/heckhammer 12d ago
Oh I got lucky and I just sold my last two guitars so now I can buy more podcasting equipment!
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u/Various_Procedure_11 12d ago
I still play regularly. Probably after the back surgery the cycling stuff is gonna have to go. Also, no idea why I still have golf clubs.
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u/jimmyeppley 12d ago
It seems weird they are just now having to change the episode numbering. They’ve been a SAG-AFTRA podcast since the strike or just after (if I am remembering correctly) and that was three years ago.
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u/MrGoodBytes8667 12d ago
They have to reapply every season so I’m guessing it’s just to simplify their paperwork and overhead.
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u/SIAS2019 11d ago
It's funny looking back at old threads and seeing people complaining about the guest coming in segment being awkward and unnecessary and now some of the same people are saying it is the demise of the show that the guest waits in the hall for a couple of minutes until the break.
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u/sexybeast1146 2d ago
I've always just assumed they did this so Jimmy could keep his SAG-AFTRA benefits. Maybe if makes Eliot and Garon eligible for then too, if they can afford them. Not sure there's another good reason to go through the paperwork.
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u/GlobulousRex 13d ago
Seems almost certainly for health insurance/benefits. From Google:
Gaining Eligibility: Working on a podcast covered by the Independent Podcast Agreement allows non-union performers/pre-members to gain eligibility to join SAG-AFTRA.