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** And another:
{{quote|'''Executive:''' He wanted to back a film about a bunch of little people living in a magical land. I said I liked it better the first time, when it was called ''The Smurfs''!
'''Grandson:''' It was ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. We turned down ''Lord of the Rings''. }}
** Also played straight in a sketch where Satan tries to convince a young musician to sell his soul for a tune... but can't, because he can't think of anything good or original to trade for it. He even forgets, for a moment, that ''[[Smash Mouth]]'' has already done one of the tunes he tries to fob off on the guy.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' featured Mr L F Dibley who moaned about the critics who said his films (including ''If'', ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' and ''Rear Window'') were just cheap rip offs of better directors' films. He insisted that he came up with the ideas first, but the more high-profile and high-budget versions were "rushed out" whilst he was at the chemist getting his developed.