Finding Scraps And Taking On A Second Job: What It Took For One Hollywood Business To — Barely — Survive The Writers Strike

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We check back in on Hollywood Honeywagons after the WGA strike.

"I want to say thank God for commercials," said Marr."Thank God for reality television shows."

Neither of those types of productions were touched by the strikes. Because of that, a trailer of his has been rented out on the set of"That's what's been keeping me going — and events," he said. But those jobs only went so far. To survive the great 2023 Hollywood strikes, Marr had to go back to driving production trailers for other people to make ends meet.

"I have been calling people and asking for work. I haven't had to work, really," he said, grateful for every single gig that's been thrown his way."I've taken those wages and pumped them back into my own business." Marr doesn't expect business for Hollywood Honeywagons to pick back up until at least in January, well after the holidays — but that's if the studios and actors are able to come to their own agreement. The two sides are scheduled to resume talks on Monday, Oct. 2."I hope the actors settle and let's get back to work. Let's all work hard and do good work and make movies and television and commercials and music videos here in Southern California," he said.

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