Natasha Richardson's death has reminded me...

...of another pet peeve of mine (they're endless). I noticed she won a Tony for her performance in the 1998 production of "Cabaret." "Cabaret?" Wasn't that a movie back in the 1970s with Liza Minnelli? Kind of like "The Producers," also a remake of an old movie. Except that one spawned another movie in 2005. And now I hear "Equus" is back on Broadway. Hollywood is just as bad, remaking every old 1960s sitcom imaginable--none of which was as good as the original. "Sex and the City" was only off the air four years before they released the movie version. What's next? I hear "Scrubs" may be in its last season. Maybe we should hurry and sign up the cast for a movie. So here's my problem: come up with something new! Be creative! We can take it. There's an old-fashioned word for what you're doing. It's called "plagiarism."