"I am not as bigafool as I look, and if you will just go on the assumption that I am not afool, it would correct a good many news items, " he remarked at one press conference in 1914.
Even Fox was lukewarm, refusing to pay for the show, until Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth, already abig Pop Idol fan, told her father he'd be afool to pass up an American version.
His deal for the company was built around an employee stock-ownership plan that would create big gains for them if Zell later sold to another buyer--a greater fool?