Listen "Michael Eisner and the Disney Renaissance (w/ Noah Secades)"
Episode Synopsis
Noah joins the podcast to talk with Kemdi about Disney's history, how the company got by without Walt, and the highs and lows of the Eisner era. Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:25 - Early Disney History, Snow White3:54 - War Movies 5:13 - Post War Period, Disneyland7:40 - 1960s, Walt’s Further Ambitions8:54 - Walt Dies, Aftermath, Roy Disney, Decline of Animation 11:32 - Ron Miller, Touchstone15:11 - Don Bluth17:08 - To Kill a Mockingbird, Song of the South Tangent18:20 - Walt’s Background 20:58 - Escapism, Societal Change 22:31 - Cultural Divide in the Studio, Tim Burton27:09 - Ron Miller Ousted28:20 - Return to Oz, Tron31:58 - Attempted Corporate Takeover and Restructuring 34:11 - Black Cauldron and other late 80s movies 35:42 - Rescuers Down Under 37:18 - Beauty and the Beast, Oscar Nomination38:20 - Break38:52: Aladdin, Robin Williams 42:20 - Lion King, Mulan 43:15 - Celebrity Voice Actors45:14 - Frank Wells Death, Katzenberg Leaves to Start Dreamworks49:10 - Superstar Limo Ride, Rivalry with Universal Studios 52:41 - Break53:31 - Decline of the Disney Renaissance 55:42 - Problems with Disney59:31 - Outro
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