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TALES FROM THE CRYPT REDUX
“OK. So here's how I imagine it. It's 1992, and two writers at FOX are talking.

1st: So, what are you working on?

2nd: Another script for Tales From the Crypt.

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1st: You don't sound too excited about it.

2nd: Well, you know, the show's been on for 6 years now. And how many times can you write the same ironic revenge story, anyway?

1st: Caught in a rut, eh?

2nd: Yeah. It's another 'couple kills the rich old guy and steals his fortune only to get it in the end by being buried alive' story.

1st: God, how many of those have you done?

2nd: I don't want to think about it!

1st: Look. Why don't you ditch that script and help me out with this thing I'm working on. It's a show that parodies the seventies.

2nd: Tell me more!

CUT TO 2007, ABC NETWORK
JJAbrams: This show will be the death of me.

Writer: I told you that it was getting too complicated.

JJAbrams: Well, THAT won't keep the execs off my back. They're screaming for a new script, and I don't know where to go. I need a week or so to sort things out.

Writer: Time for some 'filler'?

JJAbrams: Yeah, but it's gotta hold the audience. We're losin' them, you know.

Writer: Look. I have an idea. It's a little strange, but bear with me.

JJAbrams: Pitch it to me, baby!

Writer: You know that extra couple you threw in this year, the South American guy and the blonde?

JJAbrams: Yeah. The audience needed some new faces. I never knew what to do with them, though.

Writer: This is what you do. Build an episode around them.

JJAbrams: How?

Writer: [whispering] I have this old Tales From the Crypt script I took when I left FOX. They never used it. We'll just throw in a few 'Lost' situations and people. It's perfect!

JJAbrams: Tell me more! “ --Richard

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