<P> Inspired by the book, director--producer Kenneth Johnson wrote an adaptation titled Storm Warnings in 1982 . The script was presented to NBC for production as a television miniseries, but NBC executives rejected the initial version, claiming it was too cerebral for the average American viewer . To make the script more marketable, the American fascists were re-cast as man - eating extraterrestrials, taking the story into the realm of science fiction . The revised story became the miniseries V, which premiered May 3, 1983 . </P> <P> From the beginning, It Can't Happen Here has been used as a cautionary tale starting with the 1936 presidential election and potential candidate Huey Long . </P> <P> In retrospect, FDR's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is used as an example of "It can happen here". </P> <P> Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention released their first album Freak Out! in 1966 with the song, "It Can't Happen Here". </P>

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