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* Characters on ''[[The Electric Company]]'' would occasionally ask "Who's the dummy writing this show?", particularly J. Arthur Crank. |
* Characters on ''[[The Electric Company]]'' would occasionally ask "Who's the dummy writing this show?", particularly J. Arthur Crank. |
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* This trope is a recurring gag on ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''. |
* This trope is a recurring gag on ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''. |
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** An episode parodying ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' started with the Crusoe and Man Friday characters watching ''[[The Monkees]]'', and Friday saying "Who writes this stuff? |
** An episode parodying ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' started with the Crusoe and Man Friday characters watching ''[[The Monkees]]'', and Friday saying "Who writes this stuff?" Once the band arrived, he would repeat this frequently. |
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** Not exactly this trope, but in another episode, Micky is frustrated by a turn of events and stomps off the sound stage, past the cameras and crew, into a back room, and demands that the writers give him an idea to resolve the plot. They do, but he rejects it and returns to the set. |
** Not exactly this trope, but in another episode, Micky is frustrated by a turn of events and stomps off the sound stage, past the cameras and crew, into a back room, and demands that the writers give him an idea to resolve the plot. They do, but he rejects it and returns to the set. |
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* ''[[Red Dwarf]]: Back to Earth'' has Rimmer reading what {{spoiler|the back of the DVD box}} says about him and exclaiming, "Neurotic? Neurotic?! I'm not neurotic! Who writes this stuff?!" |
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]: Back to Earth'' has Rimmer reading what {{spoiler|the back of the DVD box}} says about him and exclaiming, "Neurotic? Neurotic?! I'm not neurotic! Who writes this stuff?!" |
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