Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor - Episode 136: How Jeffrey Katzenberg tripped up “Toys”

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start off this week’s show by offering updates on “Cruella 2” & “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.” They then talk about why Robin Williams got so mad at the Mouse back in late 1992 / early 1993 over the way “Aladdin” was being promoted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.
0:06.0	I'm Drew's co-host, entertainment writer Jim Hill, and he and I are recording this on Friday, August 20th, 2001.
0:13.0	This episode of fine tuning will actually be posted on Tuesday, August 24th, which is the 27th anniversary and event that changed the world of entertainment.
0:24.0	It was on the 25th of August, 1994, when it was revealed that Jeffrey Katzenberg would be stepping down to the chairman of the Walt Disney Cup.
0:33.0	And stepping down is such a kind of way of putting that, right? Michael basically pushed him, didn't he?
0:39.0	Yeah, I mean, you can even see this in what the company was producing.
0:42.0	You know, I'm still toiling away on this runaway brain story.
0:45.0	But if you watch the film when he's out when Mickey is outside Frank and Ollie's place.
0:51.0	It's the same scene with Zazu.
0:53.0	You will see a small pink slip, Jim and the initials JK.
0:57.0	No.
0:58.0	No, really?
1:00.0	Yes.
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	Yeah.
1:03.0	Oh, my God.
1:04.0	I had no idea.
1:05.0	I do a lot to zoom.
1:06.0	Oh, my God.
1:07.0	Okay.
1:08.0	This was all sort of put in motion because Jeffrey after Frank was was killed in that tragic helicopter accident.
1:14.0	In April of 1994, Jeffrey wanted Frank's job and he felt he'd earned it, right?
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