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When Selman returned, Scully scolded him and told him that he had to apologize to the mayor of East St Louis, who, unbeknownst to Selman, was portrayed by Marc Wilmore.

Wilmore, a former writer on the television comedy The PJ's, had been asked by Scully to participate in a practical joke, in which he would play the mayor of East St Louis and confront Selman about his controversial statement.

According to Selman, Wilmore gave an " Oscar-worthy performance.

" " I was terrified ," he stated in the DVD commentary for the episode, " had a twenty-minute discussion in which said that children were teased at school of Selman's comments, and that the Fox affiliate were gonna be thrown off the air ..." According to Wilmore, Selman immediately blamed the other writers.

Said Selman, " Well, everyone participates, you know [...] Have you never heard of the word ' collaboration '?

" Selman realized the joke when he turned around and saw " all the other writers laughing.

" " I was so relieved ," he said, " I was soaked with sweat [...] I had betrayed my fellow writers, tried to get them in trouble, and they all knew me for the turn-coat that I was.

" As compensation for his involvement with the joke, Wilmore was given a role in the season 11 episode " It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge ", in which he played a psychologist.

In 2002, Wilmore became a writer on The Simpsons.