| # | Author | Message |
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| Witches of Morva
Tue 4/29/2008 9:21a | ORDDU: Of course there would. Many of those guests are coming to the parks because of Walt Disney's fine reputation from the past more than from anything Mr. Eisner did. He is over-credited far too much. Frank Wells is the one whose praises really deserve to be sung. |
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| trekkeruss
Tue 4/29/2008 10:08a | Why the insistance on diminishing Eisner is beyond me, but let me just say that just as many if not more millions of people are not coming to the parks because of Walt Disney or his reputation. Heck, some people don't even think he was a real person. No, they come because of all the stuff that came well after Walt... stuff that was created during Eisner's tenure. |
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| mawnck
Tue 4/29/2008 10:47a | >>Why the insistance on diminishing Eisner is beyond me<<
He treated an awful lot of people unbelievably badly. Why is it beyond you? |
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| davewasbaloo
Tue 4/29/2008 11:36a | >>>He treated an awful lot of people unbelievably badly.<<<
So did Walt Disney - can you say McCarthy witch hunts? But we still admire the guy, right? |
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| dshyates
Tue 4/29/2008 11:37a | >>Why the insistance on diminishing Eisner is beyond me<<
He sold 500 million dollars worth of Disney stock before he decided to implement his push for Mickey Mouse toilet paper. We haven't seen the end result on the company from his supersaturation marketing plan, and I don't think in the long run making people sick to death of Disney is a good plan. |
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| mawnck
Tue 4/29/2008 12:08p | >>So did Walt Disney - can you say McCarthy witch hunts? But we still admire the guy, right?<<
Walt Disney > Eisner |
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| trekkeruss
Tue 4/29/2008 1:40p | <<Walt Disney > Eisner>>
And in all likelyhood Eisner has done far greater things than you. I guess that makes you... what?
<<Why is it beyond you?>>
Because I really don't feel a need to villify someone I don't know. |
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| Witches of Morva
Tue 4/29/2008 2:39p | ORDDU: Neither do we. But a very close friend of our DID know Mr. Eisner personally and her opinion of him is good enough for us. (Not to mention what's painfully obvious even if you NEVER knew the man personally.) |
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| RoadTrip
Tue 4/29/2008 2:43p | Frankly, the fact that Eisner may have been a jerk to his employees doesn't bother me a bit. Without his leadership the Walt Disney Company would more than likely not exist today as an independent company.
I don't have to like working for the guy to recognize what he did for the company.
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| dshyates
Tue 4/29/2008 2:51p | "Without his leadership the Walt Disney Company would more than likely not exist today as an independent company."
Without slavery America wouldn't be where we are at today. |
