Commentary: 'Topps' a blatant vanity project

October 07, 2008 For one, a comedy series about executives trying to bring innovation to a baseball-card company feels autobiographical coming from Eisner, who actually bought Topps last year for $380 million with the mandate of rejuvenating the brand. [...] here's the catch about this study in self-absorption: "Topps" happens to be both an exercise in executive egomania and a very funny Web series (a rarity) to boot. In "Topps," twin comedians Randy and Jason Sklar play the fictional Leyland and Leif Topps, potential successors to the throne at the not-fictional Topps company.

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