Says Actor: "Enough Is Enough"

Hollywood - Tempers flared last night, on the set of "Ally McBeal", as actor Peter MacNicol, who portrays the often eccentric "John Cage", lashed out at writer/director David E. Kelley, after reviewing an upcoming script, in which MacNicol is seen riding a unicycle in court, during a trial in which his character defends a circus clown charged with embezzling funds from a traveling show. In a phone conversation with Kelley, who is currently recovering from a tragic suicide attempt, and directing the show from his hospital bed,  MacNicol was overheard to say, "I stuttered for you, carried around a remote flusher, kissed frogs, snapped a clicker in court, walked around in squeaky shoes, and cowered in a fetal position when I had the opportunity to have sex with beautiful woman! If you wanted to die, you should have called me...I would have killed you myself, you bastard!!"
   Fellow cast members echoed MacNicol's disapproval, issuing a letter to Kelly stating, "It's one thing for Peter to be portrayed as a buffoon, but this kind of thing is starting to make the rest of us look silly", "Where do you think up this nonsense anyway?"
   Asked if Kelly had any response to the hostile communiqués, hospital spokesman said, "We have not heard of any reaction from Mr. Kelley, as he has requested not to be disturbed",  "Our only concern at this time is to his recovery". While it was uncertain as to the reason Kelley made the request, hospital employees did report observing an unidentified man enter Kelley's hospital room earlier, carrying a recent issue of "The Daily Cynic".