To: "Thomas Foley" Cc: "'Chuck Berman" , "'Melanie Berman"' "'Joe Carrabino, Jr."' "'Kevin Clark"' , "'Lise Sweitzerm "'Brandon Sweitzerm "'Michael Fleischer" "'Nick Howard" "'Osborn Frank "' "'Chris Tymniak"' "'Justin Clark" "'Michelle Clark"' , "'Julie Carrabino'" •, "'April Fole Osborn"' m , "

mas Foley" alle Cc: "Chuck Berman" - "Melanie Berman" "Joe Carrabino, Jr." Sweitzer" "Nick Howard" Carrabino" "Kevin Clark" "Lise Sweitzer" "Michael Fleischer" "Osbom, Frank " , "Chris Tymniak" "Michelle Clark" "A ril Fole , "Brandon "Justin Clark" , "Julie , "Jody Osbom" , "Ike Groff" Subject: Fi

The roast was supposedly a fundraiser for his defense in a frivolous libel lawsuit. Although the auditorium was filled at $25 a head, the plaintiff, Michael Fleischer, was suing Ellison for a million dollars. In a 1980 issue of Comics Journal, in a review of Fleischer’ s comic-book-novel, Ellison called him “crazy”