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RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

Inspector_666 posted:

So, my mental image of Ted Turner is entirely based off of Will Forte riding a stuffed buffalo around Conan's show.

Reading about him in this book has done thing to change this. Is it OK that I think he's awesome and hilarious?

I haven't picked up Lords of the Realm yet to know the context, but if you want prime Ted Turner We Could've Finished Last Without You. Written just before the Braves got good by former Braves and Hawks PR man, Bob Hope (not the famous one). For years, Atlanta hated Turner because he was a tightwad and meddled too much*. Once he opened the pocketbooks, he became Our Ted.

* Hope's book goes into the fiasco when Turner tried to sabotage the Hawks so he could move them to Charlotte. It backfired when the ragtag team was actually pretty decent.

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