Comments on: The Farnsworth Invention http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter Lynn http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-707 Peter Lynn Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-707 And for the further edification of those who need it, you ironically nicked that catchphrase from Krusty the Clown. I still think you should sue Sorkin, though -- not for swiping your idea, but for Studio 60 sucking. And for the further edification of those who need it, you ironically nicked that catchphrase from Krusty the Clown.

I still think you should sue Sorkin, though — not for swiping your idea, but for Studio 60 sucking.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-706 Rob Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:03:48 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-706 Hey yeah, I do remember the Farnsworth mention in Sports Night. I think you know this already, but I should probably clarify for the benefit of others: "You're stealing my bit" is kind of a catch phrase around here. I was not seriously suggesting that Aaron Sorkin stole the idea for writing a play about Farnsworth from a post on my LiveJournal. Hey yeah, I do remember the Farnsworth mention in Sports Night.

I think you know this already, but I should probably clarify for the benefit of others: “You’re stealing my bit” is kind of a catch phrase around here. I was not seriously suggesting that Aaron Sorkin stole the idea for writing a play about Farnsworth from a post on my LiveJournal.

]]> By: The Elder Dan http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-705 The Elder Dan Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:58:02 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/12/the-farnsworth-invention/#comment-705 You know Sorkin's been talking about his Farnsworth story for the better part of a decade, right? It comes up all over his other work, Farnsworth gets an explicit shout out in SPORTS NIGHT, got killed as a movie development thing twice I think... You know Sorkin’s been talking about his Farnsworth story for the better part of a decade, right? It comes up all over his other work, Farnsworth gets an explicit shout out in SPORTS NIGHT, got killed as a movie development thing twice I think…

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