moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (12/12/85)
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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