Maxtone-Graham steals idea from Chai the Dog!
m_j...@my-deja.com
hiding in a mailbox that was used in the Simpsons' _Faith_Off_--in a
fan-script he wrote! Ian Maxtone-Graham obviously read the script over
the internet (the population of which he pretends to dismiss as
nobodies) and then added the idea to his story. I think he owes Chai a
writing credit for the show when it gets to syndication--and an apology
too for swiping it!
Chai, if you're reading this please don't get too choked up about it,
because I'm sure we're all behind you in what must be a traumatic time.
Mike
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WAV king
It was posted in the public domain without any copyright.
ChaiTheDog
>hiding in a mailbox that was used in the Simpsons' _Faith_Off_--in a
>fan-script he wrote! Ian Maxtone-Graham obviously read the script over
>the internet (the population of which he pretends to dismiss as
>writing credit for the show when it gets to syndication--and an apology
>too for swiping it!
>
>because I'm sure we're all behind you in what must be a traumatic time.
>
>Mike
It's ok-- except I don't remember writing any such joke. Can you tell me the
context in which I wrore it?
m_j...@my-deja.com
What is this a publicity stunt to keep your name up longer? It was in
your Long Delayed Fanscript Act 1 post of 12/12/99.
Here is the excerpt.
(At this point, the music stops and both Marge and Homer wake up in bed
screaming.)
Homer and Marge: I just had the most horrible dream ever!
Marge: You first.
Homer (scared): I dreamed that I got trapped inside a mailbox naked and
everyone was staring at me! Then the police came and laughed at me for
hours.
Marge: You didn't dream that. It happened last week.
Homer: Oh yeah. Hold me anyway?
So when are we going to we sue him? It's obvious that he stole your
original idea.
ChaiTheDog
>everyone was staring at me! Then the police came and laughed at me for
>hours.
>
>Marge: You didn't dream that. It happened last week.
>
>Homer: Oh yeah. Hold me anyway?
>
>
>So when are we going to we sue him? It's obvious that he stole your
>original idea.
> Mike
>
>
>
Oh yeah. I forgot it because I added that bit at the very last moment,
replacing an even worse joke. It was a lot funnier on the screen than on paper.
But still, why should I be angry that a writer of the Simpsons used a joke that
I came up with (and he probably didn't even read to begin with, for that
matter)? It was funny, and I believe that in "The Simpsons" so long as it
works, use it. It becomes more difficult to come up with ideas as a show
travels through the years, and given the opportunity to give all the jokes in
all the fanscripts I've written to the writers of that show at no cost would be
worth it. I may make a career out of writing someday, but as it stands, the
fanscript is only a hobby of mine, and I don't deserve any "real" credit for
them. Really, if I hate every other episode, wouldn't it be extremely piggish
of me to get offended when I laugh at a joke which I came up with first? To
say, haha that was good, but NO! IT'S MINE MINE MINE! Simpsons is in its 11th
season... anything goes. If my fanscript was really the inspiration for that
gag, well, thank you Ian Maxtone-Graham. Thanks a million. But something tells
me it was just a coincidence.
Ostap Bender
<20000218165002...@ng-co1.aol.com>:
>Well, Chai posted the fanscript not too long ago (December, was it?), so
>I'm sure the episode had been written long before that.
>
>In fact, maybe Chai was the one who stole it...
>
>Or...
>
>Oh my God...
>
>ChaiTheDog IS Ian Maxtone-Graham!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha! Oh, mercy!
Trol Ling
I think you should reveal your identity as Elvis.
Dean Humphries
>He stated AS FACT in his BABF10 review that IMG was the best writer on the
>show. Sounds just like something Ian would say, doesn't it? You might as
>well
>come clean, Chai, we've got you all figured out. Carl Johnson my tuckus!
Has anyone ever seen them in the same room together?
Chai=IMG?
Let's get 'em, boys!
___________________________________________________________________
The two men rolled on the ground grappling beneath the murderous hooves.
A left and a right. A left.
Another left and right. An uppercut to the jaw.
The fight was over.
ChaiTheDog
>
>Chai=IMG?
>
>Let's get 'em, boys!
Now look. If I really were Ian Maxtone-Graham, why would I write fanscripts to
begin with? I mean, really, if I were who I am not, I would be incapable of
writing a "fanscript", for any "script" I write would be, the real thing... am
I wrong? What sense is there in throwing away ideas like that when I could
actually get them produced, by "The Simpsons" itself? Honestly, people, you
can't really believe that I'm the one who said all those things about you....
I'm your friend here, people. I've... done no wrong. Please, don't do this to
me... this is all I have left to live for, is this group, honestly. Don't think
that I'm an exclusive bigwig by day and a cheap toupee by night, that's just
not true no. I am me, people, and me isn't him because him and me are two
different people and not one and the same which we aren't. Honest.
Trol Ling
You are one commie bastard!
Trol Lerr
>ARGHH!!..Foiled again!!...You beetle-browed people you!
The proof is in the pudding.
Ben Mann
>
> >ChaiTheDog IS Ian Maxtone-Graham!!!
>
> >He stated AS FACT in his BABF10 review that IMG was the best writer on the
> >show. Sounds just like something Ian would say, doesn't it? You might as
> >well
> >come clean, Chai, we've got you all figured out. Carl Johnson my tuckus!
>
In a way, if they were the same person, you'd have an *easier* time
seeing them in the same room at once.
Ben Mann / buck...@concentric.net
Pete Foosis
>>Has anyone ever seen them in the same room together?
>>
>>Chai=IMG?
>>
>>Let's get 'em, boys!
>
Stop being so modest, Mr. Maxtone-Graham.
p.s. I'm a fan of yours from your NatLamp days. Truly an honor to
communicate with you.
DarthArada
> >>
> >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
> >>
> >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
I'm Matt Selman!
Chris Palm
>I'm Matt Selman!
I call Tim Long!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You all such, ATS! All of you! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Phew...being a writer is hard work.
-=Krispy
"I'm going to tell God to stab you." -- Abe
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Chris Palm
> >>
> >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
> >>
> >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
>I'm Matt Selman!
I call Tim Long!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You all suck, ATS! All of you! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ben Mann
>
> > >> >Dean Humphries is Mike Scully! He's a Scully! Get him!
> > >>
> > >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
> > >>
> > >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
>
> I'm Matt Selman!
I admit it, I *am* the Lindbergh baby!
Ben Mann / buck...@concentric.net
grosse
> > > >>
> > > >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
> > > >>
> > > >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
> >
> > I'm Matt Selman!
>
> I admit it, I *am* the Lindbergh baby!
>
Trole Ling
Adam W. Long
>> >>
>> >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
>> >>
>> >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
>
>>I'm Matt Selman!
>
Hey, I should get to be Tim Long! Oh well, I guess I'll just be Dan Greaney.
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Adam Long
"I don't get it - the box said 'shredded wheat'!"
Ben Mann
>
> >> > > >> >Dean Humphries is Mike Scully! He's a Scully! Get him!
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> Hey, I already told you all that last year.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> And Grosse is Ken Keeler.
> >> >
> >> > I'm Matt Selman!
> >>
> >>
> >I shot Harry Shearer!
> >
> I eat cat meat.
I drink corn nog!
<<drinks nog>>
Ben Mann / buck...@concentric.net
Chris Palm
No corn nog! In fact, no nog, period!
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