 Lawton worked with radio host and media personality Howard Stern on the script for "The Adventures of Fartman", a fictional superhero character created by Stern for "The Howard Stern Show".With two major studios willing to produce, the movie was put into hold due to a MPAA Film Rating System dispute, as Lawton and Stern felt the content of the film was better suited for a mature audience, and wanted an R-rating for the film instead of a PG-13 rating.The film was put on hold, and Howard Stern included a five-page Fartman story in comics form in his 1995 book, "Miss America", which was based on Lawton's script.