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108: Even the Smart Guys Fail Sometimes

108: Even the Smart Guys Fail Sometimes

FromWho the F*** is Roger Smith?!?


108: Even the Smart Guys Fail Sometimes

FromWho the F*** is Roger Smith?!?

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Roger begins this episode by explaining what led to the downfall of former HBO honcho Michael Fuchs. You'd think the guy who brought such hits to HBO as "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos" couldn't be fired, but then, this is Hollywood after all. Roger then fills us in on the man he worked closely with at Warner Brothers - Steve Ross. Roger has insight into what made Ross successful as well as one of his ideas that went belly-up even though it involved Steven Spielberg's hit "E.T." and the then successful video game company Atari. It's a behind the scenes account you can't get anywhere else.
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Released:
May 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (33)

So, who is Roger Smith? He testified at the Menendez trial. He got hit on by Grace Kelly. He worked with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Gerald Ford, George Soros and Beverly Sills. He said opera needs subtitles. And Michael Eisner was heard to say... "Who the F*&% is Roger Smith?" Roger Smith. No, not the one married to Ann Margaret and not the one Michael Moore chased from General Motors. The OTHER one. Writer, marketing whiz, editor, entrepreneur. This Roger Smith sat down with PBS film critic and NPR radio host Bill McCuddy who asks So, who the F _is_ Roger Smith? "My real goal was to have an interesting life surrounded by fascinating people," says Roger Smith. "And at that I succeeded beyond my expectations." Have a listen and we think you'll agree.