Dilbert: The Name [Pilot] (Two original screenplays for the 1999 television episode)

  • Culver City, CA: Adelaide Productions, 1998
By Seth Kearsley (director); Scott Adams (comic, screenwriter); Larry Charles (screenwriter); Daniel Stern, Kathy Griffin, Chris Elliott, Larry Miller (starring)
Culver City, CA: Adelaide Productions, 1998. Two scripts for the pilot episode of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series, including one Pre-Table script and one Record Draft script.

Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams, about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode, Dilbert must name a product that has not yet been designed, leading to a significant amount of mental duress. The episode originally aired on January 25, 1999, on UPN.

Pre-Table:

Self wrappers, dated April 6, 1998, on the front wrapper, noted as Pre-Table, with credits for screenwriters Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 62 leaves, with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus, with light dampstaining affecting the top edges of the front wrapper and first four leaves, bound with two gold brads.

Record Draft:

Blue titled wrappers, dated May 4, 1998, on the front wrapper, noted as Record Draft, with credits for screenwriters Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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