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Article: Laff riot: Tyrannical television? (Citings).(art imitates life)(Brief Article)
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- June 1, 2002
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THE NEW AIRPORT security regime has a friend in ABC. The TV network threatened in March to ax a planned episode of The Drew Carey Show. In it, the show's two resident idiots--who also happen to be Drew's best friends--take jobs as airport checkers, and find that they fit right in.
In a request more hilarious than the show itself, the network asked that at least one security worker be portrayed as "competent," reports the Los Angeles Times. Drew Carey's producers ultimately complied, and a revised version broadcast in late March.
The Times quoted a "network source" as saying that it would be irresponsible to portray all the security workers as ...