Skipped Over Ovitz


The documentary kind of ends with the resignation of Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1997 after he was passed over for president and couldn't adjust to his role. The documentary completely ignores the disaster of hiring Michael Ovitz to fill that president spot when Frank Kelly died. Ovitz was an A-list talent agent who represented David Letterman in the late night wars after Johnny Carson retired. He came into Disney and immediately butted heads with everyone. He walked away from Disney a year later with a severance package of $38M and $100M in stocks. Disney shareholders sued Eisner over such a hefty golden parachute.

All that occurred before Katzenberger's resignation so I am kind of surprised they ignored it.

My memory foam pillow says it can't remember my face. I can tell its lying.

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