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Michael Eisner on Larry King tonight

cherrynegra

cherrynegra

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Look, Eisner is a firm believer in making money for the shareholders at the expense of everything that came before. Sacrifice Disney's history to make a quick buck in the present, and forget the future. And he has the audacity to claim Disney is doing better than ever, with just one good quarter. Let's leave that rhetoric after a few more good quarters.
 
joefox97

joefox97

Active Member
OH! And he had the audacity to say that he was interested in LONG-TERM VALUE... he wouldn't understand the concept of long-term value if it bit him on the ______! What an idiot! He's got the potential to "Leave a Legacy" that is UNTOUCHABLE... but he's not going to get it, because he's foolishly squandering the opportunity.
 
TiggerBW

TiggerBW

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Ha!
And what about the whole "I have thought about changing my name to Disney." (he said "jokingly")

BLAH!!!!!!!!! :hurl:

Could you imagine? Na, Don't!!!!
 
cherrynegra

cherrynegra

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Yeah, "change my name to Disney," Oi Ve what a load of crock. Pull out your waders folks 'cuz it's getting pretty deep. And don't forget your $10 ponchos 'cuz the crock is just flying all over the place.
 
joefox97

joefox97

Active Member
I can see the signs changing now: Welcome to Eisner-DisneyWorld... hyphenating the Disney name with his own... perhaps a 50th anniversary "celebration?"

What a joke.

Or maybe EisneyWorld? Either way, even if his name isn't on it, his fingerprints are EVERYWHERE on it.... and they will be for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time to come, even if he isn't... people will be afraid to come back to work at Disney (artists, etc.) for fear that the wussy Disney board will be afraid to take on the new CEO and stop the same problems from reoccuring.

For faith to be restored in the Disney company, it's going to require a HUGE re-tool of the way things are managed. I say, put the power in the hands of the people who know what goes on... find people in each division who know their jobs and make THEM the execs. We don't need high-priced nose-in-the-air execs like Eisner who have no understanding of how things should be, let alone how they are. And in my humble opinion, to hell with the Shareholders... they should be buying Disney for the name, not the potential money-making value. I have long believed that the Disney company should not be public for that very reason. Private investors understand the long-term investment potential of a company like Disney -- in a publically traded company, the investors are fickle and looking to turn a dime as quickly as possible and then get out... that's not the Disney way... it's the Eisner way. Let him go run (ruin?) Enron or something.

Joe Fox
P.S. Look for my editorial soon.... this is just a soapbox speech.
 
mkt

mkt

When a paradise is lost go straight to Disney™
Premium Member
grr.. I missed it. I was out getting Ice Cream... if anyone taped it, and plans on putting it online, LET ME KNOW!!! Or if anyone in Orlando/Tampa taped it, I'll give them a blank tape to copy it.

PM me, IM me, email me...
 
KevinPage

KevinPage

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I wonder who the bigger liar of the 2 is. Larry King claiming to know Sandy Kofax, who said he never met Larry King in his life OR Eisner, who said he cares about the company :)
 
mkt

mkt

When a paradise is lost go straight to Disney™
Premium Member
garrrrr!!!!

i'm having problems with my TV right now.. NOOOOO
 
STGRhost

STGRhost

Member
I am NO fan of Eisners, but I can see that the average lay person (or stockholder) would have watched that interview and thought it went great. He DOES do a good job of plugging the company. And he didn't use any more avoidance tactics than any other CEO/politician. But that doesn't mean I liked what he had to say, or believe he's anything but BAD for the company...

I still stand behind my belief that if he didn't care about the company than he would have just accepted Comcast's offer.
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He has entirely too much pride to let himself be bought out now. He is going to go out on top if he can help it. Also, there really isn't anyone who thought that was a fair deal - he cares about MONEY, not the Disney legacy.

Also? "We pave(paint?) the parks every night." BULL! Has he even BEEN in a theme park in the past 5 years? I mean, to llok around and SEE what's going on? (I actually saw him at the MK once, doing a walk through. He NEVER looked past the yesMen he was with. Not that he would have seen anything bad - the GMs were running all over the park, making sure his path was clear and show ready...)

Grrrrr..... I hate feeling so helpless, watching this a$shole run MY(:lookaroun) company into the ground...
 
Wilt Dasney

Wilt Dasney

Well-Known Member
This is the exchange you're asking about, Josh:

EISNER: I think part of the rhetoric -- I don't know where it was from -- is people being critical of our parks. It really is not true. These parks...

KING: Do you spend a lot of money in those parks?

EISNER: We spend much more money than most of our investors probably would think was appropriate. We have spent an enormous amount of capital on the parks. And actually they wouldn't think it's appropriate because we're now benefiting from all of that.

We have to put a moat around Disney that nobody can do it as well as we do, that nobody adheres to excellence. We paint Disneyland every night. I mean our cast members are maniacally trained and maniacally friendly.

We include new rides, we redress Pirates of the Caribbean and It's a Small World for Christmas. We have new shows in there, the Aladdin show. We have a major -- a key to the program. So I think that's just not true.
 
joefox97

joefox97

Active Member
My mom was supposed to tape it for me... and I have the ability to record it... I'll make an online version of this wasted hour of time as soon as I can...

Joe
 
DisneyJedi

DisneyJedi

Member
Unless they repeat it at 3am, I missed it too. It'd be nice if it could be sent to popkid at #disney-central. I also have some webspace it could be put on. joefox97 if you make a digital version, please let me know.
 

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