In the 60's we watched those on Sunday night in the winter brother and me talked my mom into letting us cooking hot dogs in the fireplace for dinner. Same here just a few channels on TV was back and white. Walt was the friendly face I will always remember and associate with WDW, Bob and the rest I associate with greed
I was trying to find the words to explain this to someone the other day and what you posted was exactly what I was looking for. Eisner made the company feel so much more personal and connected to its audience. Personally introducing things, Disney stores bringing the brand and cast to local communities, radioDisney broadcasting with live DJs talking to “you”. Now? None of this. Just a faceless conglomerate.
Was Tom Staggs wrong too?
People around here hated Staggs more than they hate Chapek. I believe the preferred term used to refer to him was "an oddly waifish man of anemic personality."
Seems like any exec with a Wall Street, finance, accounting, field operations backgrounds , is behind the eight ball and already deemed a failure if considered to fill the Disney CEO shoes. TWDC is an entertainment company and someone coming from that world would be more receptive to a better welcome.
You took the words right out of my mouth. You don't see Iger or Chapek doing stuff like that.
I always thought that referred to the weatherman
No that was @WDW1974’s term for Staggs.
Geezzzz then I have to go back and read all the threads for context? BRB
It's a damn shame that Lasseter was a handsy creep because he is also, in fact, a genius.
And it’s the psychological source of where brand loyalty comes from. It’s because we think that a PERSON did this thing well, and so we want to support that person. We did not evolve to have CORPORATE brand loyalty. It’s why we are on this board today, because of what Walt did, even though so much of what we enjoy from the corporation which bears his name has very little to do with him.
I still remember when a thread was made when that first broke out.
I vividly remember seeing a Disney Christmas sometime on the late 1990s/early 2000s that featured Eisner but starred Mickey Mouse searching for Santa Claus at Walt Disney World. I remember the special featured Mickey 8bside Cinderella Castle talking to a team who's tracking Santa. It even ended with Mickey standing outside Cinderella Castle saying something like "Thanks Santa" as the camera zoomed out. I hope this isn't a fake memory because I remember ABC airing this a few times in the early 2000s.
