Another obit (albeit one with an interesting link)

Here's an interesting chestnut from the world of television scriptwriting. Jaime Weinman has an interesting post that I found after following a link on Dead Things on Sticks about the recent passing of Stan Daniels, the Toronto-born executive producer and co-creator of "Taxi" and a writer on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Weinman explains that Daniels lent his name to a comedic device popularized on his shows where a character contradicts something they said a short time earlier. For example, someone will say they're trying to lose weight only to find themselves pigging out at an all-you-can eat buffet later in the scene. You can find some examples from actual shows on Jaime's blog. Apparently some writers -- including one from "The Simpsons" -- call this "The Stan Daniels turn."