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EXHIBIT 24.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Earl Scheib, Inc.
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of
our report dated July 14, 2000, included in Earl Scheib, Inc.'s Annual Report
to the Shareholders in this Form 10-K for year ended April 30, 2000, into the
Company's previously filed Registration Statements File Number 33-63327,
33-87123, and 33-87130 of Earl Scheib, Inc. on Form S-8 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-87132 of Earl Scheib, Inc.
on Form S-8, Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No.
33-72933 of Earl Scheib, Inc. on Form S-8, and Registration No. 33-87126 of
Earl Scheib, Inc. on Form S-3.
Arthur Anderson LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 24, 2000
