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Topic: Eisner Friend or Foe to the Park

#	Author	Message
11	trekkeruss Mon 4/28/2008 3:08p	LOL. Please... Hitler was a monster. Eisner was just some guy who was CEO of a big company. Ask Joe Blow what Eisner did for or "against" Disney and you'll likely get, 'I dunno."
12	oc_dean Mon 4/28/2008 9:51p	Don't they say .. you are remembered for what you did last? Foe
13	Goofyernmost Tue 4/29/2008 3:47a	Only by people with ADD. Eisner, although seeming a little "possessed" toward the end basically save Disney from a huge takeover attempt. He gave us almost all we see now. Epcot, DHS, DAK, enough hotel rooms to house a small country and lots more. His best stuff did come before Frank died, but, there was some pretty good stuff after. I think the problem was that he later surrounded himself with young people that just didn't get what Disney was all about. There only goal was to climb the ladder and establish their own golden parachute. I think he took a lot of bad advise, but, when you micro-manage a mammoth of that size, you might expect to be a bit overwhelmed, so you kind of have to listen to ideas, good or bad. Like, for example, I'd like to know who advised him that he would look good in a buzz cut. He's got a head the size of one of the foam head characters, the haircut only made it worse. I guess that what I'm saying is that he did, as most do, his best work in the beginning. It's easy to change things when there is a lot to change. Eventually one just runs out of new workable ideas.
14	Mr X Tue 4/29/2008 5:40a	***Is he a hero- as seen in greenlighting Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones*** There are definitely those that see those attractions as minuses rather than pluses (not me though, I LOVE splash mountain...indy is okay too).
15	Mr X Tue 4/29/2008 5:42a	***He gave us almost all we see now. Epcot, *** I always heard Epcot was "pre-eisner"?
16	dshyates Tue 4/29/2008 7:08a	EPCOT was the reason they hired Eisner. After the opening of EPCOT Disney was very close to a hostile takeover. Eisner saved the company. Friend. Then after Frank Wells died Mikey got the chance to implement his game plan. But before he implemented his game plan he sold 500 million of his Disney Stock options. After his money was safe, he went with supersaturation marketing. He knew there would be an immediate explosion in profit, but it would be very short term as everybody will quickly tire of the novelty of being able to wipe your tushie with the smiling face of Mickey. He also started greenlighting cheap carnival crap for the parks. And entire new parks in new markets with no attractions. Disney's California Adventure is truly a testiment to the Eisner Era. I believe that the damage done to the Disney Brand reputation by Eisner far outweighs the few good attractions he greenlight. Now Disney is looked at as the greediest, lowest common denominator, entertainment company out there. Given his performance after Frank Wells died, I'm giving all the credit of Eisner's early success to Well's. He should have been given the CEO position. And Eisner should have stayed at Paramount.
17	ni_teach Tue 4/29/2008 7:35a	I think that Mickeyfan1 said it all.
18	mstaft Tue 4/29/2008 8:50a	To me, ultimately, Eisner comes out of it like an ex-wife: beloved, bautiful, and wonderful at first, disdained at best when things go sour! ;) www.insightsandsounds.blogspot.com
19	FerretAfros Tue 4/29/2008 8:53a	Like so many in this world, he was a friend who simply overstayed his welcome. I have no doubt that without him, Disney would not be nearly the company it is today, in a good way. Sure, by the end of his time he started making some poor decisions (closing down 2D animation, ABC Family channel-which isn't the worst thing ever, budget cuts to DCA), but overall his impact on the company was far more positive than any one person could ever take away from it. He took it from a floundering fish out of water to the global entertainment megagiant that it is today.
20	trekkeruss Tue 4/29/2008 9:08a	<<I believe that the damage done to the Disney Brand reputation by Eisner far outweighs the few good attractions he greenlight. Now Disney is looked at as the greediest, lowest common denominator, entertainment company out there.>> If that were true, there wouldn't be a hundred+ million people worldwide visiting their parks every year.

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