Can you guess who heads up a major Japanese corporation?
Some SPOnGers take time out from gaming to watch ancient, made-for-TV movies. Occasionally such movies contain more than love lost; love found; love happens to be psychotic killer. Sometimes they contain a portrayal of Sony CEO, Sir Howard Stringer played by Peter Jurasik.
Peter is, of course, far better known as the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, Londo Mollari. If you don't know about Mollari, here's a quick description from the worldofjms site: "Londo was appointed to be the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5. By the time he arrived on the station in 2256, the Centauri Republic was at the lowest point of its decline.
"Londo's mission was to ride the coattails of the expanding Earth Alliance to restore whatever glory he could to the Centauri Republic.
"On 25 August 2262, Londo walked to his coronation alone as a symbol of the Centauri Republic's isolation. Londo Mollari was now powerless in the most powerful position in Centauri society."
Any similarity between the Centauri Empire and anything more earthly is purely coincidental.
The movie in which Jurasik plays Howard Stringer has nothing to do with this. It's called The Late Shift and sees Stringer as CBS Broadcast Group president getting David Letterman to switch to his network. According to People, "Soon after, Stringer dispatched to Letterman a special videotape of CBS correspondent Connie Chung, for whom Dave has jokingly lusted for years. In a low voice she vowed that if Letterman signed with CBS, whenever she made love with her husband, talk-show host Maury Povich, she would moan, "Oh, Dave! Oh...Dave!"
So, there you go... truth and fiction... strange.
Peter is, of course, far better known as the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, Londo Mollari. If you don't know about Mollari, here's a quick description from the worldofjms site: "Londo was appointed to be the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5. By the time he arrived on the station in 2256, the Centauri Republic was at the lowest point of its decline.
"Londo's mission was to ride the coattails of the expanding Earth Alliance to restore whatever glory he could to the Centauri Republic.
"On 25 August 2262, Londo walked to his coronation alone as a symbol of the Centauri Republic's isolation. Londo Mollari was now powerless in the most powerful position in Centauri society."
Any similarity between the Centauri Empire and anything more earthly is purely coincidental.
The movie in which Jurasik plays Howard Stringer has nothing to do with this. It's called The Late Shift and sees Stringer as CBS Broadcast Group president getting David Letterman to switch to his network. According to People, "Soon after, Stringer dispatched to Letterman a special videotape of CBS correspondent Connie Chung, for whom Dave has jokingly lusted for years. In a low voice she vowed that if Letterman signed with CBS, whenever she made love with her husband, talk-show host Maury Povich, she would moan, "Oh, Dave! Oh...Dave!"
So, there you go... truth and fiction... strange.
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