Wednesday, December 10, 2008
News Andre 3000, Cartoon Network, Turner sued by Boston mailman
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM
The mystical and sorely missed Andisheh — who's got some news about his latest projects posted on his blog — sends a link from the Boston Herald:
A Boston postal worker is suing OutKast frontman Andre 3000, the Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting for $2 million in damages, saying they ripped off his idea for an animated series about a group of young musicians and aired it as "Class of 3000."Timothy McGee, 33, a former art student, claims he developed "characters, artwork, storylines . . . and concepts" for an animated series he called "The Music Factory of the '90s," nearly 10 years before the oddly similar "Class" began airing on the Cartoon channel.
McGee's show followed a group of young musicians "as they try to break into Atlanta's burgeoning music scene," the suit says.
His characters included "a young corporate type" who dreams of being a music producer, a "tough full-of-attitude female executive, a young techno-whiz sound engineer, a talented young Asian singer and a central energetic young singer/rapper."
And the Herald goes where I swore I wouldn't.
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