Flashback: Barry Diller
A reader, ruminating on New Economy euphoria circa 1993 recalls a scene from Senate hearings on Barry Diller's attempted takeover of Paramount: "Diller was being interviewed outside the hearing room by a reporter, and while he was talking, the Capitol Police closed the huge, oaken door to the room. I was also outside the room, so I saw what happened next: when Diller was finished with the interview, he smiled and began striding toward the door without really looking where he was going, ran right into the door ad fell right on his ass. The TV reporter got it all on cameraand panicked. 'Don't worry...we won't use that...don't worry, Mr. Diller. We won't! We won't!'" Ah, 1993! When the corporate raiders got so excited about making piles and piles of money, they were running into walls! Or doors.