Talk:Alan Smithee

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Can anyone verify the existence of "Columbine! A Musical Adventure"? I googled and looked around, wondering what the hell that might be, and got no results. If not, perhaps it should be removed? Lateralus1587 00:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

On E! they told that by re-arranging Alan Smithee you can get "The Alias Men". So someone more experience wikipeder please edit it. I find it annoying when my stuff is removed even though it is very useful information in many articles.

It's not. It's what we call "trivia". Mentioning this fact in the intro is particularly misleading, since the name wasn't coined as an anagram to begin with, and putting it in a prominent place does make it appear that way. "Alan Smithee" is also an anagram of "Asian helmet"—I guess we can't put that in because it's not appropriate in a funny way? JRM · Talk 14:42, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)

[edit] Simpsons Link

Original :

In the episode "D'oh-in In the Wind" of the TV show The Simpsons, at the end of a short film directed by Mr. Burns, it reads "An Alan Smithee Film".

Comment :

The wiki simpsons page does not mention this fact and to my knowledge this episode does not contain a film sequence by Mr Burns. I can't think which episode it would appear in.

According to one of the best Simpson's archive sites, there is a movie produced by Mr. Burns that appears in this episode. It is his nuclear power promo film. Episode AABF02 24.252.27.152 03:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup?

Can anyone explain to a Wikipedia newb why the trivia section here requires cleanup? It looks okay to me. Tarkaan 15:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-Protection

A request for this pages's semi-protection has been sent. -- Ryan ^{I'm Back!} 13:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh! It was fully protected! Thank you!!! now to go lay down and let my aching hand rest. -- Ryan ^{I'm Back!} 13:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

For an update, a local radio show in virginia, Tommy & Rumble, while on the air issued a challenge for its listeners to deface this article. That is why there was a massive influx of vandalism. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)