Dilbert: The Competition

Culver City, CA: Adelaide Productions, 1998. Two scripts for Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series, including one Table Draft and one Record Draft. Scripts belonging to screenwriter Steve Sustarsic, with his name on a printed label affixed to the first leaf of the Table Draft.

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 is fired after being suspected of spying for a rival company, and is hired at a surprisingly ethical company. The episode originally aired on February 8, 1999, on UPN.

Table Draft:

Self wrappers, dated May 21, 1998, on the front wrapper, noted as Table Draft and episode No. 103, with credit for screenwriter Ned Goldreyer. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 57 leaves, with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Record Draft:

Blue titled wrappers, dated May 26, 1998, on the front wrapper, noted as Record Draft, with credit for screenwriter Ned Goldreyer. 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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