History Quotes / PointyHairedBoss

->In all of the books that have come out about the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration, it's been extremely difficult to hide the fact that Reagan didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on. Whenever he [[WagTheDirector wasn't properly programmed]], the things that would come out of his mouth were like--they weren't ''lies'', really, they were just kind of the babbling of a child. If a child babbles, it's not lies, it's just sort of on another plane. To be able to ''lie'', you have to have a certain degree of competence, you have to know what truth is. And there didn't seem to be any indication that that was the case here. So in fact, all of the fuss in the Iran-contra hearings about 'did Reagan know or didn't he know'...[[HanlonsRazor What's the difference?]] He didn't know if nobody told him, and he didn't remember if he forgot. And who cares?
-->--'''Noam Chomsky''', ''Understanding Power''

->The association with Ted Turner and the cable network was huge; what was ''bad'' was that Ted had "friends" that ran to him and said, "I wanna run a wrestling company!" Ted just put people in charge of wrestling that knew nothing about it...So now the regional manager of Pizza Hut in St. Louis, Missouri is running {{Wrestling/WCW}}. You can imagine how ''that'' got over.
-->--'''Wrestling/RicFlair'''

-->--'''''UrbanDictionary''''' on BillOReilly

->The association with Ted Turner and the cable network was huge; what was ''bad'' was that Ted had "friends" that ran to him and said, "I wanna run a wrestling company!" Ted just put people in charge of wrestling that knew nothing about it...So now the regional manager of Pizza Hut in St. Louis, Missouri is running {{Wrestling/WCW}}. You can imagine how ''that'' went over.

->The association with Ted Turner and the cable network was huge; what was ''bad'' was that Ted had "friends" that ran to him and said, "I wanna run a wrestling company!" Ted just put people in charge of wrestling that knew nothing about it...So now the regional manager of Pizza Hut in St. Louis, Missouri, is now running {{WCW}}. You can imagine how that went over.

->The association with Ted Turner and the cable network was huge; what was ''bad'' was that Ted had "friends" that ran to him and said, "I wanna run a wrestling company. Ted just put people in charge of wrestling that knew nothing about it...So now the regional manager of Pizza Hut in St. Louis, Missouri, is now running {{WCW}}. You can imagine how that went over.

-->--'''Wrestling/JimCornette''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMm0Alg0bvs on]] Wrestling/VinceRusso

->Palin:\\
## An applicant lacking even basic job skills\\

!!!Fiction

!!!RealLife

->Lampert is now known as one of the worst [=CEOs=] in America — the man who flushed Sears down the toilet with his demented management style and harebrained approach to retail. Sears stock is tanking. His hedge fun is down 40 percent, and the business press has turned from praising Lampert’s genius to watching gleefully as his ship sinks. Investors are running from “Crazy Eddie” like the plague...As his company was descending into [[Creator/AynRand Randian]] mayhem, Lampert continued to cheerfully inform stockholders that his revolutionary ideas would soon produce earth-shattering results. Reality: Sears has lost half its value in five years. Since 2010, Sears has closed more than half of its stores. Sears Holdings is financially distressed and Lampert’s own hedge fund has reduced its stake in the company. The Sears store in Oakland, California, open for business with boarded-up windows, [[TheCityNarrows has even been cited for urban blight.]]

->Lampert is now known as one of the worst [=CEOs=] in America — the man who flushed {{UsefulNotes/Sears}} down the toilet with his demented management style and harebrained approach to retail. Sears stock is tanking. His hedge fun is down 40 percent, and the business press has turned from praising Lampert’s genius to watching gleefully as his ship sinks. Investors are running from “Crazy Eddie” like the plague...As his company was descending into [[Creator/AynRand Randian]] mayhem, Lampert continued to cheerfully inform stockholders that his revolutionary ideas would soon produce earth-shattering results. Reality: Sears has lost half its value in five years. Since 2010, Sears has closed more than half of its stores. Sears Holdings is financially distressed and Lampert’s own hedge fund has reduced its stake in the company. The Sears store in Oakland, California, open for business with boarded-up windows, [[TheCityNarrows has even been cited for urban blight.]]

->Someone who sucked so much on ''Inside Edition'' that Creator/{{Fox|NewsChannel}} decided to give him a job as a bs artist on its network. Also, he hates celebrities because they wouldn't give him the time of day on said ''Inside Edition'' show. Likes to [[CasualKink use vibrators on himself.]]
-->--'''''UrbanDictionary''''' on BillOReilly

->I'm reminded of the time during my three-year stint working for Borders when the CEO resigned and was replaced by the former head of Pathmark ''(a New York-area grocery chain, now owned by A&P)''. Somebody who didn't care or know anything about books was suddenly calling the shots at a national bookstore chain. You don't need me to tell you the company didn't exactly turn around under his leadership. I almost wish I swiped one of the training videos that came out when he "refocused" the stores' selling procedures... I'm trying to remember if the word "book" was even mentioned during the fifteen-minute explication of his revolutionary new customer service acronym.
-->--'''[[http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=bo Pat R.]]''' on {{Creator/Ubisoft}}

-><[=SaetheR=]:#916> why are stupid people my managers?\\
<phear:#916> [[KickedUpstairs because they make horrible employees]]
-->-- '''[[http://bash.org/?6211 QDB Quote #6211]]'''

->Maybe you could tell me what is going on. And please, speak as you might to a young child. Or a golden retriever. It wasn't brains that brought me here, I assure you that.
-->--'''John Tuld''', ''Film/MarginCall''

->''"The best thing about Hughes has been his withdrawal from the world--for this, if nothing else, he [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing ought not only to be honored but encouraged by a grateful nation]]. Yet even in the shadows of his cloistered motels, the inept tycoon insists on pulling strings, making a mess of TWA, a disaster of RKO, a shambles of vice in Las Vegas, all while creating the largest unworkable plywood plane in the world at a cost to the taxpayers of twenty-two million dollars. There is something peculiarly inhuman even about his incompetence."''

->''"There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are many highly-paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two."''

->''"In all of the books that have come out about the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration, it's been extremely difficult to hide the fact that Reagan didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on. Whenever he [[WagTheDirector wasn't properly programmed]], the things that would come out of his mouth were like--they weren't ''lies'', really, they were just kind of the babbling of a child. If a child babbles, it's not lies, it's just sort of on another plane. To be able to ''lie'', you have to have a certain degree of competence, you have to know what truth is. And there didn't seem to be any indication that that was the case here. So in fact, all of the fuss in the Iran-contra hearings about 'did Reagan know or didn't he know'...[[HanlonsRazor What's the difference?]] He didn't know if nobody told him, and he didn't remember if he forgot. And who cares?"''

->''"Todd Akin has made several legitimate mistakes over the course of his flaccid political career. Appearing on MSNBC today to say more stupid shit about rape was among them, and judging by his apparent [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance dogged wrongness]] in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it won't be the last....Akin remains an object lesson on the sort of person who should not run for treasurer of the local Rotary Club, much less the US Senate. The sort of person who, simply by opening his mouth, undoes months of efforts on the part of Republicans who are trying to build a more woman-friendly image in the runup to midterms. He is to the American conservative movement what [[Film/TheGodfather Fredo was to the Corleones]]. Even has the same hairline."''

->''"See, he was running a video store before [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince (McMahon)]] let him write for the magazine...He ''can't spell.'' He can't write or speak English! He 'grew up in Brooklyn n' da Bronx or whateva' -- I'm looking at the guy's pad: he can't spell, okay? It's not like he's a goddamn Rhodes scholar...So he's writing for the magazine. He insinuates himself. He's got good ideas. He has good ideas at a time when they ''need'' good ideas. And, you know, I'm not saying he's never had any good ideas. But you know what the problem is? The problem is that all the good ideas he's ever had is from watching [[SerialNumbersFiledOff those goddamn, cheap-ass B-movies]] that they used to rent at his goddamn loser video store. He doesn't know anything about wrestling. That's why when you hear 'ding ding ding!', it's immediately followed 60 seconds later by 'ding ding ding!' Keep the matches as short as possible. When that bell rings, Vince Russo is lost. Vince Russo is a babe in the woods. Vince Russo is a deer caught in the headlights, as long as there's a wrestling match going on."''

->''"Only a fucking idiot would think it was a good idea to provide less parking and fewer trains for the Super Bowl than they do for a normal game."''
-->--[[http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2014-new-york-giants-1630014411 "Why Your Team Sucks 2014: New York Giants"]]

->''"It was only a matter of time before Jerry Jones fucked it all up. I covered the Cowboys for NBC's Dallas affiliate for a few years, and covering the Cowboys is an easy job because Jerry Jones [[AttentionWhore never stops talking]] to the media, and is a completely fucking insane person. He is a man who abhors a vacuum. He tolerates neither quiet failure nor quiet success. If a week passes without the Double J having done or said something completely stupid, he will cry out, 'JEEZUM CROW I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING STUPID TODAY!' and go running for the nearest camera. He's [[TallPoppySyndrome fired Jimmy Johnson]], [[TheDilbertPrinciple hired Barry Switzer]], installed [[TestosteronePoisoning cage dancers]] in his stadium, stretched out his face to look like a villain in a TerryGilliam movie, tampered with Adrian Peterson, [[DirtyOldMan rubbed his crotch on people]], employed BOTH Roy Williamses, and in general has done everything possible to run the Cowboys into the ground... In every Cowboys season, there is at least one moment in which the Double J dismantles the authority of his coaching staff in plain view of millions, and everything falls apart shortly thereafter."''

->''"Larry Kasanoff is [[PrimaDonnaDirector a talent-less, classless scumbag]] that should be banned from Hollywood until the end of time. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar All of the inappropriate innuendos]] are a direct product of his [[ExecutiveMeddling 'creative hand'.]] I cannot tell you how many times this moron derailed production with his brainless input. [[DevelopmentHell It literally has cost the studio millions of dollars]]. They eventually stepped in and removed him from the project. Unfortunately, that was a decade and millions of dollars late."''

->''"{{Remember the Alamo}} (the movie I mean)? No? Yeah, I almost didn’t either. The movie started with potential. Originally, the movie was supposed to be directed by RonHoward, produced by Brian Grazer, and starring RussellCrowe, Ethan Hawke, and Billy Bob Thorton. The deal fell through when Howard asked for an unbelievable $200 million to make the movie. {{Disney}} said 'Hell no!' and everybody but Thorton walked. Disney then hired John Lee Hancock. Who is John Lee Hancock? No one, that’s who. I had to check Website/{{IMDb}} to see what (if anything) the guy had done. His only big movie is ''Film/TheRookie''. Well, now that I know that, he’s the perfect person to direct our $100 million dollar historical epic."''

->''"They might be [[YesMan hacks]], but they’re not pandering hacks. They’re not talking down to us. The scripts they write are about as intelligent as they are. In fact, most of their work seems to be the result of a couple of not-very-bright guys trying their hardest to write really smart movies."''

->''"The wallet-immolating failure of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' may come as less of a surprise to us now, in the year 2014, because [[Creator/GeorgeLucas (George) Lucas]] famously has the self-awareness of reheated spaghetti. But back in the golden [[TheEighties 1980s]], ''Howard the Duck''[='s=] cataclysmic release was the first terrifying sign that the Bearded One might not actually have any idea what the fuck he is doing."''

->'''Mike:''' Him and Creator/MNightShyamalan, how do they keep making movies? ''(rethinks it)'' I'll tell you, it involves a profit margin.
->'''Jay:''' Well, the difference is that Creator/RolandEmmerich movies always make money. M. Night Shyamalan's movies keep ''failing'', but he keeps getting work. Maybe he gives really good blowjobs.
->''(long, awkward pause)''
->'''Mike:''' ''[[Film/TheSixthSense The Suck Sense]]''?

->''"Night’s ''Film/AfterEarth'' production tweets were something to behold, as he simpered on about each shot and edit evoking the emotional wonder and power of cinema, like a blind man telling you how clever his dog is, while stroking a furry toilet seat with a collar on it. Irritatingly, as we constantly see potentially awesome movies dropped from development as studios get jumpy about budgets, it seems like whatever he does, Hollywood just keeps throwing money at him to produce another stinker. How many better films were kept off the screen so that Creator/MNightShyamalan could [[TallPoppySyndrome fart out another one star abomination?]]"''\\
--'''Stuart Millard''', [[http://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/the-self-destruction-of-m-night-shyamalan/ "The Self-Destruction of M. Knight Shyamalan]]

->''"Correctly investigated for being [[OrwellianEditor unfit for transmission.]] There’s a school of thought that says this could have worked with better effects, but there’s a school of thought that thinks climate change isn’t real too, so really, who cares about that? Absolutely nothing about this story comes even remotely close to working. A misconceived disaster, and yet another example of Creator/JohnNathanTurner having no sense that maybe you should avoid putting a complete piece of crap out as a season premiere (See also the premieres of Seasons [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive}} 18]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity}} 20]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen}} 22]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani}} 24]], and [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield}} 26]].) All that can be said is that at least with Season 21 he avoids putting the worst story out as a season premiere. Instead he saves the worst story for an [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma}} even more important slot]]. Oh, dear."''

->''"Someone who sucked so much on ''Inside Edition'' that Creator/{{Fox|NewsChannel}} decided to give him a job as a bs artist on its network. Also, he hates celebrities because they wouldn't give him the time of day on said ''Inside Edition'' show. Likes to [[CasualKink use vibrators on himself.]]"''
-->--''UrbanDictionary'' on BillOReilly

->''"I'm reminded of the time during my three-year stint working for Borders when the CEO resigned and was replaced by the former head of Pathmark ''(a New York-area grocery chain, now owned by A&P)''. Somebody who didn't care or know anything about books was suddenly calling the shots at a national bookstore chain. You don't need me to tell you the company didn't exactly turn around under his leadership. I almost wish I swiped one of the training videos that came out when he "refocused" the stores' selling procedures... I'm trying to remember if the word "book" was even mentioned during the fifteen-minute explication of his revolutionary new customer service acronym."''

-><[=SaetheR=]:#916> why are stupid people my managers?
-><phear:#916> [[KickedUpstairs because they make horrible employees]]

->''"I made a typo in my annual budget request, but don't worry. [[BadNewsInAGoodWay There are only two things]] you can't buy for the test lab this year: Hardware and Software."''

->''"Maybe you could tell me what is going on. And please, speak as you might to a young child. Or a golden retriever. It wasn't brains that brought me here, I assure you that."''

->''"Someone who sucked so much on ''Inside Edition'' that [[FoxNews Fox]] decided to give him a job as a bs artist on its network. Also, he hates celebrities because they wouldn't give him the time of day on said ''Inside Edition'' show. Likes to [[CasualKink use vibrators on himself.]]"''

->'''Mike:''' Him and Creator/MNightShyamalan, how do they keep making movies? ''(rethinks it)'' I'll tell you, it involves a profit margin.\\
'''Jay:''' Well, the difference is that Creator/RolandEmmerich movies always make money. M. Night Shyamalan's movies keep ''failing'', but he keeps getting work. Maybe he gives really good blowjobs.\\
''(long, awkward pause)''\\
'''Mike:''' ''[[Film/TheSixthSense The Suck Sense]]''?
-->--'''''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]''''' on ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'' (1998)

->''"I'm reminded of the time during my three-year stint working for Borders when the CEO resigned and was replaced by the former head of Pathmark. Somebody who didn't care or know anything about books was suddenly calling the shots at a national bookstore chain. You don't need me to tell you the company didn't exactly turn around under his leadership. I almost wish I swiped one of the training videos that came out when he "refocused" the stores' selling procedures... I'm trying to remember if the word "book" was even mentioned during the fifteen-minute explication of his revolutionary new customer service acronym."''

->''"It was only a matter of time before Jerry Jones fucked it all up. I covered the Cowboys for NBC's Dallas affiliate for a few years, and covering the Cowboys is an easy job because Jerry Jones [[AttentionWhore never stops talking]] to the media, and is a completely fucking insane person. He is a man who abhors a vacuum. He tolerates neither quiet failure nor quiet success. If a week passes without the Double J having done or said something completely stupid, he will cry out, 'JEEZUM CROW I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING STUPID TODAY!' and go running for the nearest camera. He's [[TallPoppySyndrome fired Jimmy Johnson]], [[TheDilbertPrinciple hired Barry Switzer]], installed [[TestosteronePoisoning cage dancers]] in his stadium, stretched out his face to look like a villain in a TerryGilliam movie, [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin tampered with Adrian Peterson]], [[DirtyOldMan rubbed his crotch on people]], employed BOTH Roy Williamses, and in general has done everything possible to run the Cowboys into the ground... In every Cowboys season, there is at least one moment in which the Double J dismantles the authority of his coaching staff in plain view of millions, and everything falls apart shortly thereafter."''

->''"It was only a matter of time before Jerry Jones fucked it all up. I covered the Cowboys for NBC's Dallas affiliate for a few years, and covering the Cowboys is an easy job because Jerry Jones [[AttentionWhore never stops talking]] to the media, and is a completely fucking insane person. He is a man who abhors a vacuum. He tolerates neither quiet failure nor quiet success. If a week passes without the Double J having done or said something completely stupid, he will cry out, 'JEEZUM CROW I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING STUPID TODAY!' and go running for the nearest camera. He's [[TallPoppySyndrome fired Jimmy Johnson]], [[TheDilbertPrinciple hired Barry Switzer]], installed [[TestosteronePoisoning cage dancers]] in his stadium, stretched out his face to look like a villain in a TerryGilliam movie, tampered with Adrian Peterson, [[DirtyOldMan rubbed his crotch on people]], employed BOTH Roy Williamses, and in general has done everything possible to run the Cowboys into the ground... In every Cowboys season, there is at least one moment in which the Double J dismantles the authority of his coaching staff in plain view of millions, and everything falls apart shortly thereafter."''

->''"Thanks to an AP report that contradicted every shitty, [[ArmyOfLawyers lawyered-up]] statement that he made on national TV this week, Roger Goodell is a proven liar. No one in the {{NFL}} saw the Ray Rice elevator tape? LIE. Couldn't legally obtain the tape? LIE. Didn't know what was on the tape? LIE LIE LIE BIG FUCKING LIE. He's a liar, but also so much more! He's an autocrat, a bully, an enabler, a stooge, an egomaniac, and a corrupt loon...I say all this while remaining fully aware that NFL owners are now clearly determined to keep Goodell around and shove out some [[TheScapegoat poor underling]] to take the blame. They'll still make a mint in the process. But they would also make the same amount of money if they fired Goodell and hired [[CaligulasHorse this iron.]]\\\
That's one strong iron. Ever negotiate with an iron? The iron isn't fucking around."''
-->--'''[[http://deadspin.com/hey-roger-get-the-fuck-out-1633264122 Drew Macgary]]''', "Hey Roger, GTFO"

->''"Correctly investigated for being [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible unfit for transmission.]] There’s a school of thought that says this could have worked with better effects, but there’s a school of thought that thinks climate change isn’t real too, so really, who cares about that? Absolutely nothing about this story comes even remotely close to working. A misconceived disaster, and yet another example of Creator/JohnNathanTurner having no sense that maybe you should avoid putting a complete piece of crap out as a season premiere (See also the premieres of Seasons [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive}} 18]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity}} 20]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen}} 22]], [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani}} 24]], and [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield}} 26]].) All that can be said is that at least with Season 21 he avoids putting the worst story out as a season premiere. Instead he saves the worst story for an [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma}} even more important slot]]. Oh, dear."''

->''"In all of the books that have come out about the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration, it's been extremely difficult to hide the fact that Reagan didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on. Whenever he [[WagTheDirector wasn't properly programmed]], the things that would come out of his mouth were like--they weren't ''lies'', really, they were just kind of the babbling of a child. If a child babbles, it's not lies, it's just sort of on another plane. To be able to ''lie'', you have to have a certain degree of competence, you have to know what truth is. And there didn't seem to be any indication that that was the case here. So in fact, all of the fuss in the Iran-contra hearings about 'did Reagan know or didn't he know'...What's the difference? He didn't know if nobody told him, and he didn't remember if he forgot. And who cares?"''

->''"Stuart's a nice bloke, but when someone comes in who's ''never'' seen ''Star Trek'' before, and I say, 'Well, [[CharacterDerailment my character wouldn't do that]]', and he says, 'I don't care, just do it anyway'-- first of all, you wanna [[DopeSlap punch his lights out]]. And second of all, he's the director, and you kinda have to do what he says, 'cuz he just keeps making you do it over and over again."''
-->--'''Marina Sirtis''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mltm_-bGcIo on]] director Stuart Baird, ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''

'''Mike:''' ''[[Film/TheSixthSense The Suck Sense]]''?\\
--'''''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]''''' on ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'' (1998)

-->--''UrbanDictionary on BillOReilly

That's one strong iron. Ever negotiate with an iron? The iron isn't fucking around. Literally ANYONE can helm the NFL at this point and not fuck up because professional football is so popular, regardless of how unpopular its leadership may be."''

->''"Let's consider, first of all, Eric Saward's television experience prior to writing [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation}} The Visitation.]] Well. That was a short list. OK, let's move on to his television experience prior to becoming script editor then: The Visitation. If ever there was a case of promoting someone too fast, this is surely it. Even DouglasAdams had a few miscellaneous television credits stretching back a few years. If we look at The Visitation as what it is -- the first produced television script of a writer -- it's got considerable potential. Yes, it's a Robert Holmes knock-off, but it's mostly capable and he's ripping off the right stuff. It's just that nothing about it screamed 'this is the man who should be in charge of shaping the writing for ''Series/DoctorWho'' for the next five years.' It may have screamed 'take this writer under your wing and in three years you'll have a good writer,' but that's not what the program did...Unfortunately, between his meltdown criticizing [[Creator/JohnNathanTurner Nathan-Turner]] in the aftermath of [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe}} Trial]] and his being at the helm for [[{{Cancellation}} the hiatus]], ''Doctor Who'' marked the end of his television career."''
-->--'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/02/one-tiny-little-gap-in-universe-left.html on]] ''[[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Slipback]]''

->''"Stuart's a nice bloke, but when someone comes in who's ''never'' seen ''Star Trek'' before, and I say, 'Well, [[CharacterDerailment my character wouldn't do that]]', and he says, 'I don't care, just do it anyway'-- first of all, you wanna [[DopeSlap punch his lights out]]. And second of all, he's the director, and you kinda have to do what he says, 'cuz he just keeps making you do it over and over again."''\\
--'''Marina Sirtis''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mltm_-bGcIo on]] director Stuart Baird, ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''

->''"{{Remember the Alamo}} (the movie I mean)? No? Yeah, I almost didn’t either. The movie started with potential. Originally, the movie was supposed to be directed by RonHoward, produced by Brian Grazer, and starring RussellCrowe, Ethan Hawke, and Billy Bob Thorton. The deal fell through when Howard asked for an unbelievable $200 million to make the movie. {{Disney}} said 'Hell no!' and everybody but Thorton walked. Disney then hired John Lee Hancock. Who is John Lee Hancock? No one, that’s who. I had to check Website/{{IMDb}} to see what (if anything) the guy had done. His only big movie is ''Film/TheRookie''. Well, now that I know that, he’s the perfect person to direct our $100 million dollar historical epic."''\\
--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/the-alamo-2004-john-lee-hancock/ on]] ''Film/TheAlamo'' (2004)