File 770 news of science fiction fandom Ellison Reference in Paul? March 24, 2011 at 12:59 am Dan Hoey says: Phil Nichols (on harlanellison.com) wrote: "A couple of days ago I asked the guy at The Californian about his suggestion that Jeffrey Tambor is playing a thinly disguised Harlan Ellison. In his reply to me, he cites only two things as the basis of his deduction: The hat. The profanity." You may or may not agree that this is specifically about Harlan Ellison. Not having seen PAUL, I have no idea. But always there is controversy.