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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
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Subject: Some bad news for TWILIGHT ZONE fans...
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 03:23:40 EST
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Harlan Ellison has left The Twilight Zone as creative consultant.

Apparently it was due to a Christmas episode being shot that had a racist
(Ed Asner) telling several black and hispanic children that Santa didn't
come for blacks and hispanics.  CBS stopped the episode before shooting --
Ellison had written it -- and Ellison quit.

I'm not a fan of Ellison the man; but I've always enjoyed his writing, and
his TZ episodes this year have been fine.  Also, this sounded like it would
be a great episode (perhaps Asner would find out what Santa leaves racists?
:-) -- no, that's not Ellison's style, though it has appeal).

                                        "And I heard Jeff exclaim,
                                         as they strolled out of sight,
                                         `Merry Christmas to all
                                          -- you take credit cards, right?'"

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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