in 1960, ted turner left college. his father couldn't have been more pleased. >> he thought i was wasting my time. >> you leave brown and go into your dad's billboard business. >> right. >> ted was a natural from the beginning, and his dad quickly made him manager of the company's macon, georgia branch. >> he was running the billboard company there, building more billboards, selling more billboards, make lots of money for his father and for the company. >> already one of the biggest billboard companies in the south, ed turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor, and then lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him.