<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/005360.html">It Depends on How You Define "Valuable"</a></b><br/> Seven or eight-year-old boy: Daddy, who owns ESPN? Dad: Disney. Boy: The man or the place? Dad: Well, actually, the corporation. They own lots of things. Like, they own the Disney Channel, and the History Channel, and Lifetime, and then they own Disneyworld, and the Disney movie studio, and... Mom, with little sister in her lap: Oh, for crying out loud, enough. Dad: . . .which makes <em>The Little Mermaid </em>and <em>The Lion King,</em> and <em>The Lion King </em>on Broadway, and they own ABC, too. And a bunch of publishing stuff. Boy [after a beat]: What about ESPN2? Dad: That, too. Boy: All the ESPNs? All four? Father: Yeah, now there's some valuable intellectual property, huh? --Fascati Pizza, Henry St., Brooklyn Heights<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, May 8, 2006