Corporate Chaos and Talking Mice (w/ Skyler Bimat)

Yet another Disney episode. Skyler Bimat joins the show to unpack the complex and fascinating era of Disney following Walt Disney's death. We delve into the creative lows of the 1970s and 1980s, leadership shake-ups, and how the company narrowly avoided a corporate takeover. From there, we track Disney’s massive comeback in the ’90s, only to watch history repeat itself with another downturn in the following decade. It’s a candid look at how Disney survives its worst moments, reinvents its identity, and somehow keeps the magic alive even when everything behind the curtain is falling apart.Timestamps0:00 - Intro, Voice Acting 3:59 - Walt Disney5:47 - Aftermath of Walt’s Death6:56 - Changes in Animation 8:36 - Company Culture Divide, 70s Outputs9:23 - Don Bluth, Cutting Corners on Animation, Chanticleer13:50 Bluth vs Disney15:16 - Parks Stagnation, Ron Miller Era16:11 - Founding Touchstone16:44 - Who Censored Roger Rabbit19:42 - Creating Disney Channel, Early Struggles, Changes21:08 - Disney Pop Star Making Factory22:05 - Ron Miller Regret, Attempted Corporate Takeover, Miller Ousted24:21 - Dream Team Arrives26:03 - The Black Cauldron, Remaking Bad Movies, Stuart Little 31:15 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Bill Murray33:00 - The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King35:16 - Frank Wells Death and Aftermath, Change in Quality36:00 - Pocahontas, Hunchback, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan38:50 - Downfall of Eisner40:02 - Euro Disney, Hong Kong Disney40:37 - Acquiring ABC, Iger, Save Disney, Eisner Forced Out 44:00 - Iger Era46:24 - Turning Red47:12 - History May Repeat, State of Affairs 49:04 - Disney Abu Dhabi49:50 - Outro