Lew Grade, who owned ITC, is a pretty classic example of a completely non-artistic exec who got the business and hired smart people to make clever shows. He was the only person willing to give Jim Henson the money to make The Muppet Show, for example, when nobody in the USA thought it had a chance.
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Date: 2009-05-04 08:21 am (UTC)