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- "DILBERT" CREATOR SCOTT ADAMS
- APPEARS ON "BABYLON 5"
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- Cartoonist drops in on what he calls
- "the best television show ever made"
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- (Burbank, CA -- April , 1997) - Cartoonist Scott Adams, who satirizes
- the American workplace each day in over 1550 newspapers around the world
- with his comic strip, "Dilbert," makes an appearance on his favorite
- program, "Babylon 5," airing (day and time on channel).
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- Earlier this year, Adams character "Dilbert" listed his favorite
- shows for TV Guide and picked "Babylon 5" as his top choice stating it is
- --"the best show ever made." Producers later contacted him to discuss
- appearing in an episode, and despite pressing deadlines for his latest
- book, the cartoonist jumped at the chance.
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- ""Babylon 5" is the only show I schedule my time around," he says.
- "No matter how busy I am, I won't book anything when "Babylon 5" is on.
- So when they asked me if I was interested in being on, I said 'of course.'
- I mean, how often do you get to be on a TV show, let alone your favorite
- show?"
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- Producers originally talked with Adams about playing an alien
- character, "but as it turns out, I play a human -- a slightly deranged
- human, but a human nonetheless." In the "Babylon 5" episode titled
- "Moments of Transition," he portrays a mystery man named, appropriately
- enough, "Mr. Adams", who solicits the services of former station security
- chief and private investigator, "Michael Garibaldi" (Jerry Doyle),
- supposedly to locate a lost dog. "Garibaldi" decides the assignment is
- not for him when the strange man cryptically warns him of a mysterious
- plot to take over the galaxy.
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- Attending to Adams' needs in the episode is his silent Minbari aide,
- played by Adams' real-life girlfriend, Pam Okasaki. "I'm glad Pam had to
- be the alien and not me," admits Adams. "With all that makeup, I didn't
- want to get all that sticky stuff in my hair."
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- Adams called filming the episode at "Babylon 5's" Southern California
- set "a blast," but says he won't give up his "Dilbert" gig any time soon,
- even though he was required to apply for a Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) card
- in order to participate in the "Babylon 5" episode. While on the set, he
- managed to achieve another objective -- to gather information for his new
- book, "The Dilbert Future" (to be released in mid-May by HarperBusiness).
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- Of course, "Moments of Transition" also features some more serious
- business: Minbari Ambassador "Delenn," played by Mira Furlan, will make
- the ultimate sacrifice for her people, telepath 'Lyta Alexander' (Patricia
- Tallman) will accept a desperate proposition that could lead her back to
- the hated Psi Corps and "Captain Sheridan" (Bruce Boxleitner) faces the
- possibility of going to war with Earth. "Moments of Transition" was
- written by show creator J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Tony Dow.
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- "Babylon 5" stars Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle,
- and Mira Furian. Richard Biggs, Bill Mumy, Jason Carter, Stephen Furst,
- Jeff Conaway and Patricia Tallman also star, with Peter Jurasik as "Londo"
- and Andreas Katsulas as "G-Kar."
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- Currently in its fourth season, "Babylon 5" is produced by
- Babylonian Productions, Inc. and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic
- Television Distribution. J. Michael Straczynski is the series creator and
- Douglas Netter and Straczynski are the executive producers. John Copeland
- serves as producer and George Johnsen is co-producer. Eminent
- science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison is creative consultant.
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- Online fans can visit the Official Warner Bros. "Babylon 5" web site
- at: http://www.babylon5.com and the Official Fan Club site at:
- http://www.thestation.com
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- Contact: Sandi Serling
- Serling & Associates
- xxx/xxx-xxxx
- sandis955@aol.com
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