PBS American Experience 4 hour Walt Disney edition

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Beth I appreciate your reply. I think many people hold him up on a pedestal and forget he was a talented man, but a man out to make money from a business he loved. He was not a God and not all of his employees loved him, not unlike many business owners today who are called dishonest and greedy. You can love the product and not like the man.

He wasn't always an honest person either. When we were in Jackson Hole we took a scenic ride down the Snake River. Here is the shorten version on the story told to us. Walt was doing a segment on otters in the Snake River for his weekly TV show. The crew was there to film the otters and couldn't find any in the river so they purchased , released, and filmed the otters for the show as if they were naturally living in the river. When they were done filming they left the otters in the river.

I believe that's how he ran his company. He did what he had to do to get the result he wanted.....right or wrong.

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Beth I appreciate your reply. I think many people hold him up on a pedestal and forget he was a talented man, but a man out to make money from a business he loved. He was not a God and not all of his employees loved him, not unlike many business owners today who are called dishonest and greedy. You can love the product and not like the man.

He wasn't always an honest person either. When we were in Jackson Hole we took a scenic ride down the Snake River. Here is the shorten version on the story told to us. Walt was doing a segment on otters in the Snake River for his weekly TV show. The crew was there to film the otters and couldn't find any in the river so they purchased , released, and filmed the otters for the show as if they were naturally living in the river. When they were done filming they left the otters in the river.

I believe that's how he ran his company. He did what he had to do to get the result he wanted.....right or wrong.

Rita, that doesn't surprise me. Although I am surprised we didn't hear that story on our tour down the Snake River.