S23E06 · SCENE 15/22 · 12:50
The Book Job · Publisher's office
Publisher demands fake author

A publisher rejects the book because it lacks a fake author.

12:50→13:35
in the episode · 0m 45s · S23E06

What happens

12:50–13:35

The team presents the book to a publisher who likes it but insists on a fake author with a backstory. The team realizes they forgot this step.

WherePublisher's office
DriverHomer
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadHomer's book scheme

Key lines

from this scene
13:14

Where's your Stephen King?

13:31

So hit the floor and find some pathetic wanna-be author.

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Beats

13:03Publisher asks for fake author
13:23Team blames Gaiman

Scene in the episode

12:50–13:35
A · Homer's book scheme
B · Lisa's writing struggle

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