[Gunder]

Call me clueless, but I didn't understand Steve Martin's comment about the teamsters. Can someone help me out??

[rudy45]

Call me clueless, but I didn't understand Steve Martin's comment about the teamsters. Can someone help me out??

Probably a reference to the disappearance (and presumably death) of controversial and colorful Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa.

[vikingchick]

It's not just you. I don't get the Teamster joke either. :)

[sheik yerbouty]

The Teamsters may help that whale "sleep with the fishes."

[pbear8]

The craft people in Ho-wood are generally conservative, like my s-i-l. They do not take kindly to demonstations like that idiot just made. I'm sure they would like to 'help' him into a trunk.

[CaptainK]

"Call me clueless, but I didn't understand Steve Martin's comment about the teamsters. Can someone help me out?? "

The great limo liberal Moore made a non union film.

[OneVike]

Most teamsters voted for Bush the last time.

[pbear8]

From the 'Calendar' section of today's LA Times:

Later in the broadcast, documentary feature winner Michael Moore began an attack on President Bush after winning the trophy for "Bowling for Columbine." He was promptly greeted by boos not only from the audience but also from many of the stagehands. As Moore's speech reached its crescendo, Cates and Horvitz decided in the production truck to cut him off.

"Music! Music!" Horvitz yelled. The orchestra quickly drowned out the rest of Moore's speech. As he walked backstage with his trophy in his hands, Moore heard even more criticism from the stagehands, one of whom came up to the filmmaker and told him in colorful language that he had a different opinion of the president.

The guys who do the real work tend to be pretty conservative.