No sooner did the words "I quit" cross Viacom president Mel Karmazin's lips yesterday than shareholders practically defenestrated Disney CEO Michael Eisner from a window in Sleeping Beauty's castle. From all of the chatter, you'd think Mel was already running Disney. Do you ever wonder if Eisner wakes up, pauses in the middle of brushing his teeth with his Donald Duck electric toothbrush, and quietly sobs "Why me?" Yeah, so do we. But then we imagine his diamond-encrusted Mickey robot enters to administer his daily hundred-dollar bill enema, and the bluebirds start singing again.

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