If theres a holy grail of awards opening monologues, itsJudd Apatows at theDGA Awards.
Dont ask why that is in a post Trump era political environment.
And that is bigger than how we can make Hollywood great again.
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Pivoting to the dual strikes, Apatow quipped, Many of us had to make painful sacrifices.
I had to sell my mansion to settle on a slightly larger mansion in a worst neighborhood.
Ill tell you what I wasnt doing, making a masterpiece.
Because when Im striking, Im striking!
Ultimately, what did we learn from the strikes?
2, audiences love watching old shows they dont care if theyre new.
They want a warm, familiar blanket.Suitswas the most watched show of all last year.
And Hollywood noticed this trend.
Apatow wrapped up on the whole M&A craze in the industry.
Were going to see a lot of corporate mergers.
Heres how its going to happen.
Then in a hostile takeover, Comcast will immediately engulf Warner Bros Discovery.
Then Jeff Bezos jumps in and buys the whole thing as a Valentines gift to his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.
Lauren flips it and sells it to Salma Hayek.
All this ends suddenly when Byron Allen sweeps in and buys up everything in cash!
Byron Allen has so much cash!
Skip Stevenson died penniless.
Hes a really brilliant businessman, and takes the whole thing and sells it to Pornhub!
Pornhub where they combine AI, videogames, classic movies and pornography, continued Apatow.
AnsweredThe King of Staten Islanddirector, My intentions I dont want anyone to hear it.
Who wants to get in trouble?
I always say its just for the directors in the room.
Last year, someone snuck in and recorded it, and so the transcripts went out.
