Owen Wilson Responds To Steely Dan Accusations of Plagiarism

Last week we reported on a joke letter written by the band Steely Dan that accused Owen Wilson and the producers of You, Me and Dupree of ripping off the idea for the movie from their song “Cousin Dupree”. Now Owen Wilson has humoured them enough to respond with a sarcastic quip of his own. “I have never heard the song ‘Cousin Dupree’ and I don’t even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, ‘HEY 19.’ ” (The humour there, for those who didn’t get it, is that “Hey Nineteen” is another Steely Dan song.) Of course, this whole dispute may be just a farce but it’s cool to see that Wilson didn’t feel he was too cool to play along. That Owen Wilson, I’m telling you… he’s good people. If you want to read the original letter you can still find it on Steely Dan’s website here.

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