Variety Scribe to Mike Fleming: Time for Your Own Catchphrase

Early today, PT time, Deadline reporter Mike Fleming cranked out an item with the headline:

Shortly thereafter, Variety’s Jeff Sneider tweeted the following response:

Whether you love @TheInSneider or hate @TheInSneider, he makes a good point here. Shouldn’t TOLDJA! be used exclusively by Nikki Finke, while her workhorses Fleming and Nellie Andreeva brand themselves with equally powerful but separate CAPS-gotchas?

To get the ball rolling, here are a few Fleming possibilities from the FishbowlLA end:

MIC CHECK! (or, if you prefer, MIKE CHECK!)
MFTW! / MFFTW! (Mike Fleming for the win!)
FLEMINGO!

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