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...entrepreneur took part in launching France's first private TV network - to the horror of a French cultural establishment that viewed him as a vulgar Italian parvenu. "When I heard Berlusconi was mounting a bid to run for Prime Minister in 1994, I thought it was just a publicity stunt to promote his business interests," says Sancton. But when he won, it was clear that a major change had taken place in Italian political life. "The old-school politicians were merely tolerated, even by those voting for them," says Burke. "With Berlusconi it's different. Italians either love...
...plans are big, they often explode, and if all goes according to his design, he will loose his new strain of comedy-a blend of disaster, stunt, and circus-onto the airwaves...
Taco Bell purchased insurance to pay for the tacos in case Mir hit the target. The firm took the odds, Mir missed, and the stunt, with Taco Bell's name attached, become the subject of fluff news and chit-chat around the world...
...Novak, the Taco Bell stunt is just the beginning. Rather than paste brand names on random spectacles, his plan is to script the spectacles themselves...
There's talk of crashing blimps, but both he and his investors are mum on further details, beyond hints that the ill-fated blimp is only one part of a much larger stunt...