Ellison’s Paramount Goes to the Dentist
Ellison’s Paramount Goes to the Dentist  
Podcast: Martini Shot
Published On: Wed Oct 15 2025
Description: When Rob Long was 18, a dentist said his wisdom teeth had to go. His father told him to hang up the phone: “The whole wisdom tooth thing is a scam.” Forty years later, Rob's fine — mostly. And now, watching David Ellison try to merge Paramount and Warner Bros. in an industry where economies of scale rarely if ever succeed, he sees the same impulse at work: a painful, costly procedure masquerading as progress.  Transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices