Broadcast Executive Gifts

'Hang on a minute - I think there's something else down here!'

"He's not a bad person, but he wants to own two TV stations in the same market."

'Please stand by, dammit, or our ratings will slip even further.'

'Going down will all hands...'

'PBS is weird -- they just ran an eight-hour commercial about how they never have commercials.'

Royal Mail boss to become ITV boss.

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

'Now that I have your attention...'

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

"I was hoping this presentation would be more interesting upside down."

"And just like that, e got rid of Florida."

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Occu-Pie Mars

'We've set the bar quite high at this company. It helps us control bonuses.'

Hollywood Sign Developers

"Here's what I'm gonna do."

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

'Keep me informed of the herds' mood.'

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

'I'm glad you guys could work this out in a reasonable manner.'

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

'And remember to emphasize we're giving them the opportunity to find a better job.'

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

'Quick! We need a bigger chart in here!'