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- From: noel@umbc2.umbc.edu
- Subject: Why producers would never admit to reading this newsgroup
- Message-ID: <17NOV92.06423638@umbc2.umbc.edu>
- Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account)
- Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:42:36 GMT
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- Some people said they performed an experiment to see if somone who
- helped make "The Simpsons" read the newsgroup and had some success. Then it
- was asked "Why don't say they read it?"
- The following is based on personal expereince from being on a mailing
- list for a certain cartoon series where the producer actually appeared.
-
- 1. All of a sudden you are going to get people on here saying how much they
- love the show, and beg to have some reference made to themselves in the
- show ("Oh please, name a character/street/park/bridge/rock after me")
-
- 2. People are going to beg for jobs and make lots of suggestions for the
- show which cannot really be used because of legal/contractual/guild
- problems. Then if they were on, and some person suggested and idea as an
- off-the-cuff remark, AND IT COINCIDENTALLY APPESRS LATER; the poster is
- going to claim they were ripped off, even if the idea in question was
- thought up months before
-
- 3. Having the producers on-line will attract the flamers who will come on and
- argue why the simpsons suck; and others who want to pick apart every single
- word of every episode. Perhaps even a couple of grad students wanting to
- do some dissertation on OFF
-
- 4. The usual begging for "inside" information they can impress freinds and
- co-workers with
-
- A lot of this happened on that mailing list and for a good couple of
- months everyone acted really immature. Now the producer in question reads a
- lot but rarely gets on to talk anymore. I would rather just let the newsgroup
- go on as it always has; if they are reading--great! If they are not, ohwell.
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