hi, couldn't help but chuckle at how tv repeats itself. believe it was frazier that had a program just last year where a famous author befriends his father, and frazier and niles realize its ???, who has a new novel, which they read in manuscript, make comments regarding changing it, and the guy burns the thing. it was quite funny, actually. guess those tv writers are running out of material. ellen b. bananafi@aol.com managing editor bananafish (a literary magazine of short fiction--first issue in the bookstores in november or available by subscription)