At Scenes from a Hat Bigby wonders if Roy Disney sold out. He draws this list of items Roy himself said the company had to solve before Roy would end his campaign. 10 years of declining performance failing strategy lack of executive depth decline in working conditions and cast morale failure of ABC network failure… Read More »Roy Disney sell out or visionary?
Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland was the first record released on the Disneyland Records Label. A musical tour of the now world-famous Park narrated by the ultimate tour guide, Walt Disney. This original vinyl album is now available on CD for the first time ever – complete with the original album artwork from 1956!… Read More »The record that started it all
Tom Neely is what my wife likes to call and Equal Opportunity Offender. If you have a favorite classic cartoon character chances are Neely has lampooned it in his art. His site requires flash, to protect his art probably, but its worth a visit. While I’m on the subject of great art and animation let… Read More »Equal Opportunity Offender
A few choice quotes from around the horn: The revolt succeeded at the company’s annual meeting last year in Philadelphia, when 45 percent of the votes cast were withheld from Mr. Eisner and the board stripped him of his chairman’s title. Five months later, Mr. Eisner announced he would not renew his contract past 2006.New… Read More »Around the Horn on SaveDisney’s Announcement
Someone check if it is snowing in hell. According to a message on the SaveDisney.com site, Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold have dropped their fight against the Walt Disney Company board, Eisner, and Bob Iger (the incoming CEO). Roy is rejoining the company as Director Emeritus and a consultant. Both have expressed confidence in future CEO Bob Iger and are ready to move forward toward a positive future between the Disney family and the Disney Company. All pending lawsuits have also been dropped.
I hope we’ll hear further how Iger plans to bring the company (but specifically Animation and the Themeparks) out of the tailspin Eisner has caused over the last 12 years. Last year’s ABC success is the only evidence we have of Iger’s ability to find a positive direction for The Walt Disney Company. Shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and, forbid me for saying this, Dancing With the Stars, show signs of hope. So now, we can only sit back and hope that Roy and Stanley know what they’re doing. If real change remains to be made, we have just lost our knights in shining armor.
Full text of announcement below the fold:
The master plan is brilliant: Get folks to the parks. Then make sure they don’t forget about the parks when they return home. Along the way, a young generation will start thinking that Disney is cool again, and that’s crucial, since rival film studios are wresting the animation crown from Disney. At The Moteley Fool… Read More »A Fool in the Virtual Magic Kingdom
Looks like Disney World and Central Florida’s other attractions will escape the brunt of Hurricane Dennis. We’re officially outside the cone of probability and Dennis is two days away. That said, we’re on its eastern side and the landing zone keeps moving east. Plus storms this size do tend to create their own weather like… Read More »Disney World & Hurricane Dennis
To everyone hurt and affected by the explosions in London please know you’re in our thoughts today. Today should have been a day of great joy, having just been awarded the summer games, instead hate and fear mongers have taken advantage of you to practice their trade. Despite best efforts of terrorists of any sort,… Read More »London