I was just running some errands, and I just happened to tune into an editon of NPR's "Fresh Air." The segment featured film director Jay Roach and actor Steve Carell, both of whom were shilling for their new film, "Dinner for Schmucks."

Here's what's amazing: I listened for nearly 15 minutes, the time it took me to drive from my house to the Spokane Valley Lowe's. And during that time, while being interviewed by Dave Davies, not once did Davies, Roach or Carell mention the fact that "Dinner for Schmucks" is an adaptation of French filmmaker Francis Veber's 1998 comedy "The Dinner Game" - which I happened to see during that year's Seattle International Film Festival.

It was too hot to sit in the sun and continue with the program. But I'm fairly confident that, ultimately, someone did mention Veber's film. I say that because the original source is mentioned on the NPR site. And, in fact, on the site Roach addresses how he changed Carell's character "to express who he is a bit more."

Whatever. If you're like me, who turned off the show without listening to everything, you missed any mention of the original movie. And you got the impression that "Dinner for Schmucks" - hardly an improvement over how the 1998 title was translated - was entirely the creation of the Hollywood journeyman Roach.

That's Hollywood, though, right? It's all a game of credits, and how much you can pad your filmography, no matter what the truth might be.

Below: A sequence from Francis Veber's original "The Dinner Game."