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McCann</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/220px-John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-John_McCann_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="2940" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">McCann at the 2023 <a href="/wiki/WonderCon" title="WonderCon">WonderCon</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Patrick McCann</div><br />1952 (age 71–72)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Elmhurst, Illinois, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">(1962–present)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John P. McCann</b> is an American writer, actor and producer who has mostly focused on writing/producing animation and family-friendly scripts in the past. He is best known for his work on television cartoons, for which he has received numerous awards, but he has also produced live-action screenplays and television scripts. At present McCann is also working on short stories, and a novella. His fiction tends to be either darkly humorous or horror-related. </p><p>McCann was featured on a panel in July 2008 at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> with other veterans of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Bros. Animation</a>, discussing <i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures" title="Tiny Toon Adventures">Tiny Toon Adventures</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Batman: The Animated Series">Batman</a></i>. The panel included <a href="/wiki/Jean_MacCurdy" title="Jean MacCurdy">Jean MacCurdy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherri_Stoner" title="Sherri Stoner">Sherri Stoner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Romano_(voice_director)" title="Andrea Romano (voice director)">Andrea Romano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Timm" title="Bruce Timm">Bruce Timm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dini" title="Paul Dini">Paul Dini</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rugg" title="Paul Rugg">Paul Rugg</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Elmhurst,_Illinois" title="Elmhurst, Illinois">Elmhurst, Illinois</a> in 1952, McCann grew up with his brother and his sister (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.knkx.org/people/mary-mccann">Mary McCann</a>, now a well-known radio DJ in her own right, based in Seattle) in the Chicago area—mostly in <a href="/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois" title="Skokie, Illinois">Skokie</a>. McCann's first memory of making someone laugh is said to have been in a moment with his father. He did standup for some years in <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, where he met <a href="/wiki/Arsenio_Hall" title="Arsenio Hall">Arsenio Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jay_Leno" title="Jay Leno">Jay Leno</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_and_improv_work">Acting and improv work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Acting and improv work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCann moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> in 1979 to become a writer. Distracted by acting for a while, he worked at two separate comedy improv groups— <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.laconnectioncomedy.com/about/mission_statement.html">The L.A. Connection</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080327022238/http://www.laconnectioncomedy.com/about/mission_statement.html">Archived</a> 2008-03-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041229151848/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_8_24/ai_91090446">M.D. Sweeney</a>'s <a href="/wiki/ACME_Comedy_Theatre" title="ACME Comedy Theatre">Acme Comedy Theater</a> (formerly Two Roads Theater; Sweeney has sold the theater, and now runs the restaurant and club next door, said to have been an investment of Acme Alumnus <a href="/wiki/Adam_Carolla" title="Adam Carolla">Adam Carolla</a>). Writing comedy skits enabled him to hone his abilities with dialogue and narrative, and to explore the way comic timing is affected by the needs of a story: he was no longer simply throwing out one-liners. He reached the summit of his acting career, he claims, as a double for <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Regehr" title="Duncan Regehr">Duncan Regehr</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Errol_Flynn" title="Errol Flynn">Errol Flynn</a>) in <i>My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_writing">Television writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Television writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JPMcCann3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JPMcCann3.JPG/220px-JPMcCann3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JPMcCann3.JPG/330px-JPMcCann3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/JPMcCann3.JPG/440px-JPMcCann3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1721" data-file-height="1837" /></a><figcaption>McCann in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rugg" title="Paul Rugg">Paul Rugg</a> joined Acme Comedy Theater, Rugg and McCann were recruited by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ruegger" title="Tom Ruegger">Tom Ruegger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sherri_Stoner" title="Sherri Stoner">Sherri Stoner</a> of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Bro. Animation</a> for freelance scripts. Ruegger then brought both Rugg and McCann aboard at <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a>, where they worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i>. Along with being one of the primary creative forces behind <i>Freakazoid!</i>, McCann performed the voice for Douglas Douglas, Dexter Douglas' father, and Hero Boy. McCann later worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain" title="Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain">Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain</a></i>, a spinoff of <i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain" title="Pinky and the Brain">Pinky and the Brain</a></i>, which was ironic: the first script he'd written for Ruegger had been an experimental workup of a spinoff from <i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures" title="Tiny Toon Adventures">Tiny Toons</a></i>, using Elmyra Duff as the main protagonist. </p><p>McCann has received a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> and been nominated for seven Emmys—including one for songwriting—and has received three <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a>: one for <i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i> (as a writer), one for <i>Freakazoid!</i> (as a producer), and one for <i><a href="/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain" title="Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain">Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain</a></i> (as a producer). At Warner Brothers, he worked not just on those titles, but also on <i><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_%26_Drix" title="Ozzy & Drix">Ozzy & Drix</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Beyond" title="Batman Beyond">Batman Beyond</a></i>, and an adult animated streaming series based on the character <a href="/wiki/Lobo_(DC_Comics)" title="Lobo (DC Comics)">Lobo</a>. He also produced a couple of public service announcements for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. State Department">U.S. State Department</a> (in a joint project with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Brothers Animation</a>) that featured <a href="/wiki/Bugs_Bunny" title="Bugs Bunny">Bugs Bunny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daffy_Duck" title="Daffy Duck">Daffy Duck</a>, in which Cambodian people were warned about the dangers of picking up stray ordnance from the ground. He remarks that the project took him to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, DC</a> once, and <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> twice. McCann also won a Prizm Award in 1999 for helping to raise public awareness about the dangers of drug addiction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indie_film_production">Indie film production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Indie film production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, McCann wrote, produced and directed a short film in the improvisational style later popularized by <a href="/wiki/Larry_David" title="Larry David">Larry David</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></i>. A take-off on <i>The Blair Witch Project</i>, it was entitled <i>The Glendale Ogre</i>, and starred Marc Drotman, Scott Kreamer, and Kate Donahue. Scored by Julie and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Bernstein_(musician)" title="Steven Bernstein (musician)">Steve Bernstein</a>, it featured camera work by <a href="/wiki/David_Coons" title="David Coons">David Coons</a> of Los Angeles' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artscans.com/">Artscans</a>, himself most well known as the inspiration for the title of <a href="/wiki/Po_Bronson" title="Po Bronson">Po Bronson</a>'s <i>The Nudist on the Late Shift.</i> </p><p>Since leaving <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Brothers Animation</a>, McCann has worked on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron,_Boy_Genius" title="The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius">Jimmy Neutron</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dave_the_Barbarian" title="Dave the Barbarian">Dave the Barbarian</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ruegger" title="Tom Ruegger">Tom Ruegger</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Sushi_Pack" title="Sushi Pack">Sushi Pack</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Animalia_(TV_series)" title="Animalia (TV series)">Animalia</a></i>. He was also story editor for the animated European series <i>Sherm</i>, produced by BAF. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCann lives with his wife in the hills east of Los Angeles, and claims to like "long walks through large corporate and government buildings." He has completed five <a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">marathons</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Marathon" title="Honolulu Marathon">Honolulu</a>, the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Marathon" title="Chicago Marathon">Chicago Marathon</a> of 2007—and the Eugene, Oregon marathon, for which he "broke" four hours in May 2008). He acted as an assistant coach for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training at the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll marathon in June 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures" title="Tiny Toon Adventures">Tiny Toon Adventures</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "Take Elmyra Please") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i> </td> <td>Stephen Wolf (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "...And Justice for Slappy"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Also writer (73 episodes) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sylvester_%26_Tweety_Mysteries" title="The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries">The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (5 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i> </td> <td>Douglas Douglas, Hero Boy (voice) </td> <td>13 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-btva_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Also producer and writer (24 episodes) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain" title="Pinky and the Brain">Pinky and the Brain</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (3 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain" title="Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain">Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer and producer (13 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Beyond" title="Batman Beyond">Batman Beyond</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lobo_(DC_Comics)#Television" title="Lobo (DC Comics)">Lobo</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (15 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_%26_Drix" title="Ozzy & Drix">Ozzy & Drix</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron,_Boy_Genius" title="The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius">The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "The Science Fair Affair") </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dave_the_Barbarian" title="Dave the Barbarian">Dave the Barbarian</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Catscratch" title="Catscratch">Catscratch</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "Charge!") </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars_(2006_TV_series)" title="Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series)">Biker Mice from Mars</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (3 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Animalia_(TV_series)" title="Animalia (TV series)">Animalia</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (3 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pink_Panther_and_Pals" title="Pink Panther and Pals">Pink Panther and Pals</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "Shutter Bugged") </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Scooby-Doo!_Mystery_Incorporated" title="Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated">Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "The Grasp of the Gnome") </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kung_Fu_Panda:_Legends_of_Awesomeness" title="Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness">Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (episode: "The Hunger Game") </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_7D" title="The 7D">The 7D</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mr._Peabody_%26_Sherman_Show" title="The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show">The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/New_Looney_Tunes" title="New Looney Tunes">New Looney Tunes</a></i> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Writer (2 episodes) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._McCann&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-btva-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-btva_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-btva_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/John-P-McCann/">"John P. 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