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[bryant]

From AICN:

Aaron Sorkin, giant-brained creator of “Sports Night” and “The West Wing,” has now gotten the greenlight from New Line to produce his spec screenplay for “The Farnsworth Invention,” which depicts a 22-year-old genius from Utah who invented television in the 1920s, according to Friday morning’s Variety. This project has long been a part of Sorkin’s agenda, so one assumes Sorkin will still return to TV at some point to oversee his long-gestating proposed series — a backstage show-within-a-show kind of thing depicting the the creators of a fictional late-night comedy show that bears more than a passing resemblance to “Saturday Night Live.”

Josh: “You’re telling me you invented television.”

Toby: “Yes.”

Josh: “Moving pictures, except in your house?”

Toby: “Yes.”

Josh: “Well, there’s no market for that. Donna, do you know where the market for that is?”

Toby: “Look, it’s a perfectly reasonable —”

Donna: “I think it’s in Poughkeepsie.”

Toby: “It’s not in Poughkeepsie.”

Josh: “Then it’s not likely to be in anywhere else, either.”

Probably it won’t be much like that, though.

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[robotnik.livejournal.com]

“The Farnsworth Invention,” which depicts a 22-year-old genius from Utah who invented television in the 1920s,

Aaron Sorkin is stealing my thoughts! Or at reast reading my LiveJournal.

[bryant]

More or less exactly what I was thinking, yeah. But hey! Farnsworth!

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Comic Book Guy: "Is your name Ripley Scott or James Cameron?"
Homer: "No, it's Homer."
Comic Book Guy: "Then I would thank you to stop peering at my screenplay, Homer. And if I see a movie where computers threaten our personal liberties, I will know you have STOLEN my idea."

Story of my life, man...