Academy Award winning producer Peter Guber was convinced Jack Nicholson was perfect to play the Joker in the original Batman movie.  

Peter had been working for eight years to bring the movie to the silver screen.

Eight years fraught with uncertainty.  

Peter had hired Tim Burton as the movie’s director.  Michael Keaton had been brought aboard to play Batman.  

All they needed was a world-class villain.  

Jack was their choice.  … continue reading

It’s the early 1990s.  Dr. Robert Maloney, UCLA professor of ophthalmology, had just done the first LASIK surgery in western North America as part of the original FDA clinical trials.  The surgery was a success and Robert realized LASIK had the potential to improve the eye sight of millions of people.

But potential patients were worried.    

It was a brand new procedure.  So much could go wrong.

Robert’s credentials … continue reading