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4.74snine years before Roger Myers made his first Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.
4.34sThat could have been drawn by anyone at anytime, Your Honor. There's no signature or date.
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1.67sLook under the frame, Brad.
3.47sCareful. Careful. Whoops.
1.74sIt's there!
4.04sHmm. "To Roger Myers. Keep drawing.
2.97s"Your moxie more than makes up for your lack of talent.
4.44sYour pal, Chester J. Lampwick. September 3, 1919."
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3sOkay. Maybe my dad did steal Itchy.
3.84sBut so what? Animation is built on plagiarism.
3.07sIf it weren't for someone plagiarizing The Honeymooners,
1.7swe wouldn't have The Flintstones.
3.74sIf someone hadn't ripped off Sergeant Bilko, there'd be no Top Cat.
3.5sHuckleberry Hound? Chief Wiggum? Yogi Bear? Ha!
2.6sAndy Griffith. Edward G. Robinson. Art Carney.
3.6sYour Honor, you take away our right to steal ideas,