Selflessly lending his image to the WGA cause, oft-troubled former child actor Todd Bridges has teamed up with Everybody Hates Chris showrunner Ali LeRoi in an impassioned plea to the studios, begging them to share in profits that could save writers (and the next generation of young performers) from a bleak future of crack addiction, armed robbery, and desperate participation in televised, exploitative bloodsports. If Bridges' tear-soaked appeal can't thaw the hearts of those controlling the industry that once drove him to the pipe, this strike may never end.