[B5JMS] ATTN: JMS - Question about credits from Jeremiah episode "Tripwire"

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From: "C. Scott Davis" <csdb5 at sericyber.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 01:50:13 -0400
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In the recently aired Jeremiah episode "Tripwire", I noticed that there were
two writing credits (please forgive me if they aren't exact; I'm posting
from memory) :

Excerpts by J. Michael Straczynski
Written by J. Michael Straczynski

I suspect that the "excepts" credit was for the flashbacks from earlier
episodes, but I'm a bit confused as to why they're credited separately,
since they were all written by you.

Thanks, in advance, for any information, and thanks for giving us another
excellent series!


Cheers,

C. Scott Davis

http://cscott.home.mindspring.com/







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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 06 Jun 2002 19:45:27 GMT
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>In the recently aired Jeremiah episode "Tripwire", I noticed that there were
>two writing credits (please forgive me if they aren't exact; I'm posting
>from memory) :
>
>Excerpts by J. Michael Straczynski
>Written by J. Michael Straczynski
>
>I suspect that the "excepts" credit was for the flashbacks from earlier
>episodes, but I'm a bit confused as to why they're credited separately,
>since they were all written by you.

It's apparently a rule under the Writers Guild of Canada, where we shoot the
series, to ensure that all prior work is properly credited, whoever the author
might or might not be.


 jms

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