Disney Drama Kings (Part 1)
Corporate Gossip
Becca Platsky
5.0 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The drama in the C-suite at Disney's HQ in Burbank makes the Real Housewives of Orange County look like an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse. Each CEO transition is messier than the next as these execs wrestle for the top spot in Cinderella's castle. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode.
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Hosts: Becca Platsky (Becca@nitetoast.com) Adam Platsky (Adam@nitetoast.com)
Produced by: Michael Albanese @bigmanmike
Timestamps:
03:47 Bob Chapeks sudden and surprise departure in November of 2022
08:40 Bob Igers complicated and codepedent relationship with Disney
17:00 Disney's price hikes makes vacation for the average family out of reach
22:05 Abigail Disney debuts a scathing documentary on Disney's employee experience
32:13 3 grown men getting in a fight for the top role at Disney that will ultimately cost the company half a billion dollars
37:00 Disney's epically bad theme park that almost was
Links discussed:
'Prison food': Disney fans slam skimpy, overpriced, 'disgusting' grub at theme parks
Abigail Disney turns critical lens on her family's company in new doc
Ovitz and Eisner: A Kids' Story
A Deep Dive Into the Bloody Battle for 'Disney's America', the Theme Park That Never Was
Images from Bob Iger's book, The Ride of a Lifetime
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, thanks for listening. Before we get started, remember to rate and review this podcast |
| 0:05.1 | wherever you listen. Welcome to the corporate gossip podcast, episode three, Disney Drama Kings, |
| 0:13.0 | part one. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the corporate gossip podcast. We are so excited to be back |
| 0:19.5 | here with another episode, our third episode. |
| 0:22.9 | Today we're talking about Disney. There is so much corporate tea to cover. I do want to say we're starting on our next chunk of episodes. |
| 0:31.4 | So you should be expecting a lot more episodes coming out soon. After Disney, we're going to do Under Armour. |
| 0:35.9 | We're going to do Gawker. If you have any additional ideas of companies you want to see or tea you want to spill, |
| 0:41.7 | send me an email at Becca at nighttoast.com or Adam at Nighttoast.com. |
| 0:47.1 | So let's go ahead and get started. I'm your host, Becca Platsky. I'm here with my brother, |
| 0:51.5 | Adam Platsky. Hi, hi, hi. |
| 0:58.0 | Speaking of heavyweights, was that a Disney movie? There was lots of Disney stuff coming in today, yeah. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, so a great Disney movie that we watched over the holidays. |
| 1:06.0 | Let's get into the drama at Disney. |
| 1:08.0 | Interestingly, we had this idea for this episode like a month ago. |
| 1:13.1 | This was always on the docket. |
| 1:14.8 | And then when the headlines came out last week that Bob Chapic, the current CEO or |
| 1:21.0 | the former CEO now of Disney was going to step down kind of suddenly and be replaced by |
| 1:25.3 | Byger. |
| 1:25.8 | We kind of moved it forward in the production schedule. |
| 1:29.4 | And as we finished up our research, we realized, like, there is so much drama. |
| 1:34.8 | In part one of this two-part episode, we get into a lot of corporate tea. |
| 1:39.5 | We'll start with the headlines. |
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