Friday, January 3, 2014

If I Could Surround Myself with Advisors

Thinking about this today, if I could surround myself with advisors, I would love to consult:

1.  Arthur Freed - the "right man in the right place", who united a supreme team of cameramen, dancers, choreographers, musicians, directors, actors, set & costume designers for the best Hollywood musicals.
2.  Edith Wharton - famous novelist, social critic, diarist... not as rigidly structured as Emily Post.
3.  Frederick III (German/Prussian Emperor) - who believed that the people had irrevocable rights.  He lived too briefly.
4.  Hubert Humphrey - debater, humanitarian, Senator and Vice President, who really cared about the people and probably would've done a better job than "veneer" JFK.
5.  Alan Watts - British philosopher who brought simple Eastern wisdom to Western materialistic cultures.
6.  The Right Honorable Bertrand Russell - a wise social critic and philosopher.
7.  Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria - an upstanding modernist, a leader of anti-corruption, and a loving father.
8.  Benjamin Franklin - industrious inventor, journalist, diplomat, publicist, spin-doctor, mastermind... all with common sense.
9.  Preston Tucker - inventor who was too good for his era and would've done a better job than General Motors.
10. Jack Paar - humanitarian, anti-corporate media, excellent conversationalist & talk-show host uniting varied people.
11. Edward R. Murrow - one of the last honest news broadcasters, who did real investigating on WWII and the Red Scare, among many other controversial issues, and wasn't afraid to stand up against corrupt and/or corporate media, so that the truth was reported.
12. William C. Paley (only during his years forming CBS--not afterwards) for his groundbreaking rein and urbane style.
13. Charles Pratt - loosely called the Robin Hood of turn-of-the-century robber-barons, educationalist.
14. William Steinway - who felt that companies should take care of--not just profit from--their stakeholders and employees, who generously built a handsome "company town" that included freedoms not found in Henry Ford's.
15. Abraham Lincoln - (obvious)
16. Anne Rice - sparklingly creative author of amazingly well-detailed mystery novels.
17. Irving Falberg - the rarely-sleeping first genius artist of the original grand MGM movie studios.
18. James Baker - served/advised presidents since Gerald Ford in 1975 until now: White House Chief of Staff, Treasury Secretary (costing taxpayers $100 billion to bail out banks in the 1980s), and Secretary of State.  Then, he got rich working for Enron--one of the biggest "pyramid scam" companies.  Nonetheless, as a master of negotiation, he's a political tactician who accumulates power like a pickpocket.  He'd keep the advice "well-rounded".
19. Robert Morgenthau Jr. - an upstanding moral "duty first" government attorney (especially in NYC), whose male predecessors were pillars of morality, amidst a sea of political ineptitude and corruption.
20. Cyrus the Great - (founder of the Persian Empire) a "just and worthy law-giver" (per the Greeks, whom he conquered), a political genius, an excellent benevolent manager of people (anti-enslavement), a humanist, an innovative builder/agriculturalist, who respected cultural individuality and possessed humility.
21. Nigel Lythgoe - the gentleman who created a dance talent show SYTYCD (where folks aren't "voted off", but instead collaborate for artistic teamwork), and who gives concise accurate compliments and constructive criticism.
21. Christopher Lloyd - (and I'll explain because you may not know him) a screenwriter who's done amazing TV comedy and simply must have wit, creativity, optimism, silliness and good spirit.  He wrote for "Golden Girls" (which ran for 7 years, getting 2 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes and the show rated among top-10 highest-rated programs).  Then, he wrote for "Frasier" (which ran for 11 years as one of the most successful spin-off series in TV history as the most critically acclaimed comedy series of all time--earning 37 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes).  Then, he co-created and writes for "Modern Family" on the ABC network (which has run for 6 years, winning 5 Emmys for Best Comedy Series and a Golden Globe).  *Incidentally, its interesting to see how the other big networks who had been offered "Modern Family" had rejected it based on nit-wit corporate decisions, instead of by talent--which is what TV is about and what draws revenue.  The choices they did make, instead, all failed quickly.  Nothing new in that regard, lol.

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