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He wrote the scripted content (with a writing partner).

The show’s producer was OK with it, but an NBC executive was not and had him fired.

[verum ago]

He wrote the scripted content (with a writing partner).

The show’s producer was OK with it, but an NBC executive was not and had him fired.

Turns out an NBC exec (Don Ohlmeyer) was a personal friend of OJ's-to the point where he supposedly threw the jury a party after they acquitted. Ohlmeyer fired the writer, too. He also tried to blacklist Norm MacDonald from appearing on NBC's late night shows.