1.   Bill Murray, showing up for the script reading, disingenuously volunteered that nobody had ever asked him to play Shakespeare before.

2.   For years, there have been underground script readings, and a precious few have actually seen the film, which Lewis also directed.

3.   It was director Peter Chelsom who, during a script reading, decided to make the character English.

4.   That balancing effort was in evidence at a script reading by cast members for the pilot episode last month.

5.   The host, Jim Hill, proved himself superfluous and unusable for much beyond script reading.