O’Leary’s breath: Worse than his flame?
It took several readings of the same paragraph in today’s Globe and Mail for me to believe my eyes. From an article about the forthcoming Dragon’s Den:
The final choices [for the judges] were Robert Herjavec, who sold his IT firm for more than $100-million; Laurence Lewin, founder of La Senza lingerie stores; Kevin O’Leary (host of ROB TV’s Squeeze Play), who sold his educational software firm for $3.2-billion; Jim Treliving, a former RCMP cop who owns the Boston Pizza chain; and Jennifer Wood, a beef industry executive.
Kevin O’Leary?! Surely that must be a typo? Kevin O’Leary is accepting a paycheque from us? I mean this can’t possibly be the same Kevin O’Leary from Report on Business Television who recently complained that the CBC should stop trying to produce Canadian programming [full transcript].
Amanda (his co-host): So, I don’t know if you paid attention to the math but the bottom line is it is nearly impossible to live next to the market that we do in America with the production capabilities of content and make money at producing Canadian shows.
Kevin: Then I have one answer, don’t do it.
Amanda: I don’t know if all Canadians would agree with that answer.
Kevin: You know Amanda, all things in life, if you can’t make money, why are you doing it?
I’ll assume the question was rhetorical, Kevin. But it makes us wonder: Other than the fame Dragon’s Den might bring you (god forbid it actually generates ratings), why are you doing it?
Oh, right. Money. Changes everything, eh?
Well, welcome aboard. Try not to break anything while you’re here.
Will Dragons Be The One, Globe and Mail
Ah. I get it. ‘Will it be “The One“‘ — what a clever Globe headline-writer you are. Here’s a treat.
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I wonder if Kevin makes money breathing…
What else is CBC planning for fall ’06? _CBC Watch with Andew Coyne_?
I didn’t even register with the name ’til I read this post. What a hypocrite!
I know the guy who owns the Drake was in the running, but I guess that choice was too Toronto-centric.
And leave it to the Globe – they have a lot of positive things to say about the show, but put them all under a headline that suggests it will be a flop.
Yup,
No one who is critical of socialist fundamentalism should ever be allowed to speak on CBC. Four legs good.
G