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Article: Hugging Engineers, Stalking Williams And Other Hall of Fame Moments.
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- October 26, 2009
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by Kent Gibbons
The Wire heard lots of funny and pithy lines last week between Tuesday night's Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and Wednesday's On Screen Media Summit in New York. Here are some:
The timeliest -- even though it was uttered around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday by the 12th and final inductee into the B&C Hall -- came from NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker.
"I only have a few prepared remarks," he said, shuffling a piece of paper.
"I want to thank Brian Roberts for everything he's done for my career," he said. "Oh I'm sorry, these are the remarks for next month's dinner. Sorry about that." He also said he realized some people might be ...