Forget the usual directions of "Lights! Camera! Action!" Monday night's meeting of the Screen Actors Guild in New York City was more like "Name-calling! Venom! Near rioting!"

That's apparently what happened when SAG leaders showed up for the meeting, according to Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke. With the a strike authorization vote looming in January -- during a time when the economy is staggering and diving -- a lot of people in the room let President Alan Rosenberg have it with the proverbial both barrels. The angry mob's message? Is this really the time to get all, as Sarah Palin would say, mavericky and risk putting hundreds of people out of work?

On top of that, high-profilers like George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell and others now have signed a petition to cancel the authorization vote.

The only thing missing was someone throwing a pair of shoes at Rosenberg and SAG Executive Director Doug Allen. They could take ducking lessons from President Bush.