That was a pretty good book. I remember that bit and in fact it put me off Garry Schandling (who I had liked during Garry Schandling show days) for a while, until Tom's general praise of Hank 'Hey Now' Kingsley got me to give the Larry Sanders show a try. IIRC Garry had come from a 'management' family and did not have much sympathy for strikes and unions as a result, not that he was exactly in a management position when he crossed the picket line there.