'Survivor' Meets Millionaire, and a Show Is Born - 2003-10-19
If anything, Mark Burnett, the executive producer of "Survivor" and "The Restaurant," has learned in his decade in television, it is this: never let an opportunity slip away
"The joke is you need roller blades to keep up with him. And he's walking through the casino in Atlantic City and from the corner of his eye he sees a frayed carpet, and he says to the president of the casino, 'Make sure and take care of the frayed carpet.' "
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