Paramount / Viacom: Sumner House of Horrors
Corporate Gossip
Becca Platsky
5.0 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The Paramount / Viacom story is just like Bravo's Summer House, but SCARIER!
Our main character, Paramount CEO Sumner Redstone, is a horny teenager trapped in the body of a crusty old billionaire. At 92, despite being barely conscious, he was still chairman of TWO publicly traded companies.This real life Weekend at Bernie's scheme was made possible by a group of executive-level lowlifes who took advantage of their absent boss and enriched themselves at the expense of shareholders. It wasn't until a group of unlikely heroes exposed the elder abuse taking place at Sumner's mansion that someone finally pulled the plug. But by then, the stench emanating from the geriatric bachelor pad was too strong for even the most devoted Paramount / Viacom supporters to ignore.
Join Becca and Adam as they tell the story of the unlikely rise and fall of Sumner Redstone and Paramount Global.
CW: Elder abuse, Sexual abuse
Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon
Links:
Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
The Cringey Sexcapades of a Horny Billionaire
Viacom Is Having A Midlife Crisis
Spring Owl Activist Investor Deck
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On tonight's episode of The Young and the Corporate, |
| 0:07.0 | we meet our main character, Sumner Redstone, as he fights for his life. |
| 0:13.0 | We're live on the scene for WBX eyewitness news where a fire has engulfed the Copley Square Hotel. |
| 0:20.0 | Early reports indicate that a disgruntled former bus point may have lit the match. |
| 0:24.6 | There's someone up there on the third floor. |
| 0:26.6 | They're hanging out the window. |
| 0:27.6 | Hold on. I'm coming for ya. |
| 0:29.6 | We're right behind you. You can let go. |
| 0:31.6 | Wait, she's still in there. |
| 0:32.6 | Who? |
| 0:33.6 | Delsa. |
| 0:34.6 | Delsa, you gotta go back in there and get her. |
| 0:36.6 | We'll try, sir! |
| 0:38.3 | Mr. Redstone, glad to see you're awake. |
| 0:42.3 | You've suffered severe burns over 45% of your body. |
| 0:47.3 | But you're at one of the best trauma centers in Boston, and we expect you to make a full recovery. |
| 0:52.3 | If you're up for it, your wife, Delsa's in the waiting |
| 0:54.5 | room. My wife is Phyllis. Oh, I'm sorry, sir. They must have written down the wrong name. Who, who's Delsa? She was with me at the Copley. She's my, uh, uh, uh, say no more. I will check to see if she ended up at this hospital. I'll let Phyllis in. |
| 1:11.6 | Oh, Sumna, I'll let Phyllis in. |
| 1:11.6 | Oh, Sumna, I'm so glad you're okay. You could have died. I was so worried about you. |
| 1:17.7 | Why were you at a business meeting at the Copley so late? I told you nothing good happens after midnight. |
| 1:23.6 | I'll be okay, Phyllis. I'll be okay. In fact, I feel stronger than ever. |
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