Ted Turner on environmentalist cartoon Captain Planet: “In terms of programming, it’s the best thing I ever did.”

Somewhere, Wolf Blitzer is weeping softly into a pillow.

–A. Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer