Even before and after Chepek left the picture, Disney has been found down a dark path. The company was still overly gluttonous and have been doing shady things. From scrubbing LGBT and black actors fork Chinese marketing to making the prices skyrocket at their parks. They were always going to go down that path, but Chepek when full throttle.
Not to mention during Chapek's time as CEO, The Owl House sadly annouced it's cancelation after greenlighting S3 prior to Season 2's premeire and during work of TOH Season 1, as one guy said that TOH didn't fit the Disney Brand.
I still believe he was the guy the gave the go ahead to kill ToH even though creator Dana Terrence said it was not his fault (but then again, we know she lied, he did it). I still hate hearing the words "3 45 minute specials" like I want to punch Chapek badly for it for the sake of ToH fans.
I think Disney is embracing the 7 deadly sins! Pride: Their Self Proclaimed Title as The Kings Of Animation. Sloth: Their Negligence to Their Film Quality & they don't care. Gluttony: Absorbing Studios like Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, & 20th Century Fox for More Profit. Wrath: The Destruction of Blue Sky Studios during COVID. Envy: Their Rivalry with Don Bluth & DreamWorks. Lust: Their Desire For Dominance. Greed: Their Need & Want For Money.
I enjoy your work, but there is almost NOTHING about Iger's own faults on Disney going to the gutter. A massive oversight, it was a failure from both Iger and Chapek.
@@sonicsnake44 The sad thing is if the Covid 19 never happened then Bob Chapek would have succeeded thanks to the parks, giving Disney more reasons to be lazy when it comes to movies.
Ron Miller Michael Eisner and now Bob Chapek quite the history of controversial yet memorable CEOs. Also, for people who claim that LiBeRaLs ArE eAsIlY oFfEnDeD, they sure let five seconds of a movie push their buttons.
Controversial yet "incompetent" CEO's. With Iger taking the cake by being "Re-Hired". He himself can't believe Disney's Board is that stupid. He's thinking "I sure wouldn't Re-Hire myself". lol
I remember the morning this happened, I woke up and checked my phone to see a bunch of notifications that chapek left. I was so damn happy that I accidentally woke up everyone else in my house, after that it was literally one of the best days of my life for more than that reason
Let’s see….Chapek put in charge RIGHT BEFORE the pandemic…and then finding out that Iger was basically still in power (not leaving the company)…I kinda feel sorry for him. People thinking Iger coming back would save it are fools….the guy put the company in the position it’s in today.
Then Disney's Board "Re-Hired" Iger, the man behind all the failure and fireworks. duh! I'd like to see Disney be under a "Real" accounting audit and find out how much Iger and Kennedy and all the rest skimmed how many millions off of every film's "FX Budget" moving the money to their accounts in the Cayman Islands. I guarantee they are not smart enough to get by a thorough and "real" accounting audit! Every episode of The Acolyte cost an average $22 Million dollars! Did you watch any of that? It looked like a "B-Movie Verion of Star Wars". Think about it? $22 Million an episode, then cancelled? WTF! That's how company corruption operates. (and I'm an accountant. I've laundered money through the Cayman Islands, I know. lol)
I'm still unforgiving towards Bob Chapek for his comment about animation "being just for kids", but hearing the rest of this story and the other problems that Chapek caused to Disney only makes me further glad that he was fired.
I feel like most CEOs have that feelings, I think that statement should be at the bottom of his crimes compared to how he handle the Florida situation.
Bob Chapek’s time at Disney was definitely one of the worst periods for the company. Oh and thank you for using a bit of that hilarious video where Mickey fired Chapek. He truly f***ed with the magic!
The sad part is Bob Chapek is from Hammond, Indiana, Not far from where I live and grew up in Hobart, Indiana. I thought he was going to do well and make Northwest Indiana proud. Boy was I wrong.
I feel Iger is more to blame. Everyone scapegoats Chapek but almost every bad decision made under his tenure has ties to Iger and 2 years is hardly enough time to construct and implement every disaster. Iger is so legacy focused that people shift the blame even though Iger’s legacy is still worse in my eyes.
@@Nightman221k Tim Burton started it. He directed Alice in Wonderland. And on a technicality, the remakes started in the 90s with the Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians.
@@CaptainCat101 I'm meaning the wave of direct remakes of things like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, etc. where it's a quickly pushed out barrage and not a one off that was trying to do something unique like 101 and Alice were doing. And yeah Alice did pretty much start it because that was what showed them it could be successful.
33:14 Yeah. And neither can I say a good thing about Bob Iger despite his past accomplishments. Don't expect him to be some kind of savior who can save Disney from going further downhill.
Looks like 2023 is probably Disney's worst year, I have a bad feeling Wish is gonna suck when the running is confirmed at 92 minutes. The Mario movie had that running time and it was also it's downfall despite it's success
I know people will say something like "Isn't Ron Miller the worst Disney CEO?", or "What about Michael Eisner?" However, both Miller and Eisner did things that ultimately helped Disney in the long run. Miller oversaw the creation of both Disney Channel and Touchstone Pictures, while Eisner brought in the Disney Renaissance before things went downhill. Unfortunately, Chapek's tenure was one marred by unfortunate circumstance; COVID-19 instigated the Black Widow lawsuit and the Disney+-exclusive Pixar releases, and his response to DeSantis's new bill and the ensuing fallout was rather chilly, to say the least. Not to mention no one thought Chapek would be the next head at Disney, if not wanted him to. You know you didn't do well when the masses at D23 booed you when you make your entrance. Ultimately, it's no surprise that Chapek was ousted just less than three years after taking Iger's job. And while the returning Iger currently has his own problems with the dual strikes, he's still determined to right the course and not only bring Disney back to its usual self, but make it better than before. And there are certainly signs that Disney's recovering. Elemental was the theatrical success Pixar needed, with nearly $500 million at the box office. And "quality over quantity" is now being prioritized throughout the studios, after the opposite caused the MCU to have its reputation plummet (Eternals, Quantumania and Secret Invasion gaining Rotten status is proof of that). I think that Disney can and will learn from the Chapek era, and I'm certain that Iger won't make the same mistake twice. And regardless of what the future holds, it's going to be exciting as to where Disney heads next. (To his credit, though, Chapek acknowledged that his tenure was rather hellish. So he seems to agree with everyone here.)
Chapek is 100% to blame for the current state of the MCU in my opinion. The only bad things that Iger has done/did to them was firing James Gunn because of Twitter Nazis and asking for Disney Plus content because up until 2019 he kept his hands out and let Kevin Feige do his thing.
I actually liked Quantumania personally, but to each their own. If I’m honest, I’ve never been able to fully comprehend just what CEOs do. I get they’re in charge, but I guess I never truly understood the scope of their jobs enough to be overly interested in the parts they play, large as they no doubt are.
Eisner was far from perfect, especially towards the end of his tenure, but when his successes were massive. The Disney Renaissance, Disney Afternoon on TV, the parks were a perfect blend of classic nostalgia and new innovations, he even hosted the Sunday night movies on TV (and can you imagine Iger or Chapek doing that? 😬)
Eisner was far from horrible. Yes, he made some bad decisions near the end, but all in all, he treated the company much like Walt did, focusing on innovation and imagination. The issue was after Wells passed, Eisner no longer had the financial partner necessary to keep him in check, thus why he started making bad decisions. This in no way means Eisner was awful, where we have him to thank for the disney park resurgence and the Disney renaissance, which lasted from 89 to 2000.
@@katherinealvarez9216 Yup. After Robin Hood Disappointed at the Box Office, Roy E Disney reluctantly brought his Brother-In-Law on to the Chairboard in 1975. Disney was completely Directionless and Leaderless. Miller was acting CEO from 1977 until 1983 when he was officially named Disney CEO. Don Bluth had actually started pitching several film ideas to Disney and "Secret of Nimh" was originally pitch as "Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nimh" as Robert C. O'Brien's Widow Sarah had given clearance for the Novel to be adapted into an Animated feature in 1975, Miller hated the Novel, but Roy Disney was very optimistic after The Rescuers returns came in very solid and impressively well but Miller convinced the rest of the Chairboard to turn down the idea. When Bluth attempted to pitch his original Creation "Banjo The Woodpile Cat" to Disney in 1978, Miller flat out SCOFFED at the concept, which is why Bluth Stormed out of Disney and convinced several animators working on "The Fox And The Hound" to leave with him. Although Ron was officially appointed CEO in 1983 to oversee the launch of Disney Channel and Touchstone Pictures, Both of these Ventures were "Leaky Motors" which is a business term for Startup Ventures of an Existing Corporation that are operating in Red and not making profit. Neither were making any profit until 1985.
@@Tornado1994To be fair, the first movie from “Touchstone Pictures” titled “Splash” was a financial success grossing $69.8 million on a budget of $11 million becoming the 10th highest grossing film of 1984. That being said, “Splash” being a success with critics and audiences didn’t stop Ron Miller from getting fired 6 months after its release. It also didn’t help that the second movie from “Touchstone Pictures” titled “Country” was released 3 weeks after Ron Miller’s forced resignation, and was a box office bomb (grossing $9.64 million on a budget of $10 million becoming the 82nd highest grossing film of 1984! 😬). Ron Miller may have been instrumental in creating “Touchstone Pictures”, but it was Michael Eisner who helped “Touchstone” regain its touch (pun intended) in 1986 with hit films like “Down and Out in Beverly Hills”, “Ruthless People”, and “The Color of Money”. Of course, the rest is history!
@@Tornado1994Also, Ron Miller wasn’t Roy E. Disney’s brother-in-law. Roy E. Disney was Ron’s cousin-in-law, since Ron was married to Roy’s first cousin Diane.
Personally, I wish Michael Eisner should’ve stayed and still kept his job as CEO of the Walt Disney company, because back in the 90s, he started the Disney renaissance.
LMFAO never. He was running things into the ground near the end of his run. By then, only Pixar was making constant box office hits for the company, a since Pixar was independent at the time, Eisner caused Pixar to consider breaking up with Disney until Iger came in and patched things up with Steve Jobs so the studio could be acquired. Not to mention the disastrous openings of EuroDisney and California Adventure.
He also thought Lion King and Finding Nemo would be a failure, said NO to Lord of the Rings, and treated pixar like crap pretty much the same as Chapek.
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 hey I recently thought of something, it’s called The Cleaning House Movement where we try to fire and terminate all the current set of executives at every studio/company/network that’s making Hollywood bad and basically hell on earth and especially for them causing the strike. Do you like my idea?
Whoa, and I thought Michael Eisner was the A.H. of Disney. Then again, he was responsible for the Disney Renaissance era. But he almost made Pixar go in the same direction as Rare did with Nintendo.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames But he also interfered with a lot of films. Wanting to remove Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid, to using the Genie as marketing for Aladdin which made Robbin Willians upset, and finally wanting Pocahontas to win Best Picture.
1. Support the strike! 2. Liked. I’ve been subscribed! 3. Bob Chapek. What a phony! 4. Kudos to Logan as Bob Iger and Tony as Chapek, respectively. (I was focusing on the main topic of the video and just wanted to make sure I gave props to Logan and Tony. I apologize for not doing so sooner)
Tom Staggs was pushed out by Iger. He didn't quit. Iger saw him as a potential threat to his continued contract extensions, and he got the board to dismiss him. It's in the New York Times. "Behind the Scenes at Disney as It Purged its Favorite Son."
You know, in all of this I’m surprised that canceling The Owl House wasn’t mentioned considering it was one of the worst things to happen to Disney in recent years
Disney needs a leader that actually understands their arts and respects creativity. Even during Bob Iger's tenure, Disney has been relying too much on the past and familiar IP's. With all the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. As well as doing all of the live action remakes, which is just as much of an insult to the originals as the direct-to-video sequels were. Which funnily enough were ended as soon as Bob Iger took over Michael Eisner.
It was actually John Lasseter who stopped production of the sequels. He most likely didn't stop the remakes (if he didn't like them) because he wouldn't have had control in that department
@@CaptainCat101 Yeah, I forgot to mention him, since he was promoted to a creative executive over at Walt Disney Animation Studios around the same time when Disney bought Pixar. It's a shame that the type of behavior Lasseter had caused him to be let go in 2018. And what did we get the same year from WDAS? Ralph Breaks The Internet! The first Disney sequel since The Little Mermaid 3, and the first WDAS sequel since Fantasia 2000.
yeah chapek sucked but most of the problems he had to deal with were problems created by iger himself. Lets not forget iger only left because of the pandemic, selling his stock of disney. the man left he company to save his own hide. When the pandemic was over OF COURSE he decides to come back and now he's left with the messes he left to chapek
When you first talked about Chapek’s firing, I commented on your podcast episode (where it has this news story) where I said “rise and fall of Bob Chapek or history of Bob chapek then”. To my surprise, my prediction came true. Somehow, I have the ability to see the future like Bruno. But anyways, fantastic job on this video Mat. Business wise, the Chapek era might as well count as Disney’s 4th dark age after the the 2nd half of Eisner’s era. There may be highs during the era like a handful of animated films getting great praise and success on Disney+, some highly acclaimed rides, Hamilton, and other good things & benefits but this and the pandemic era will unfortunately go down in history as one of the the roughest periods in Disney’s history. As you said, the business side of Disney isn’t that great for now but the creative side is perfectly fine and solid the way it is Sure, Bob Iger may not be a perfect CEO (even during is first tenure as CEO) and they may have a long way to go to fix things up like to bring them back to how the business side of Disney was before the covid period but I 💯 agree with your conclusion at the end where you said that you said that they’ll get better for sure. I’m not worried about their future either. After all, they bounced back after rough eras before. Regardless if the strikes and other low points happened or not they’re going to be ok. It may be a long road to recovery similar to the 1970s and especially the 1980s period, but i hope they’ll get fully better someday soon. That’s my overall piece for now
“The Mob Song” from Beauty and the Beast hits differently now after hearing the news of the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill and how Disney and Bob Chapek handled it since Howard Ashman is a gay man.
25:58 My exact reaction to Chapek's statement on animation. Edit: And yeah, 2022 was definitely a depressing year for Disney fans like myself (even with films I liked such as Turning Red and Puss In Boots: TLW), heck the only thing I really hoped Chapek wouldn't screw with when he first took over WAS the animation side of Disney, since that was the side I always cherished the most (even when the main company was making dumb decisions)... and yet he did exactly that... I was so saddened by WDAS and Pixar's recent struggles that I even went out of my way to beg others to see films like Elemental and Wish in theaters if they truly cared about WDAS and Pixar as much as I did. It seemed to work so far with the former, but now I'm really hoping that the latter will be even more successful, especially now that Disney is about to reach a certain milestone. PLEASE! I can't bear to see one of my favorite animation studios suffer even more when they are just turning 100 years old! Update: *sees the disappointing numbers of Wish and the overwhelming hate towards it* I fricking hate society so much...
Chapek wasn't left with a perfect blueprint to move Disney into successful times (COVID, the star wars fanbase imploding, etc). But some very poor decisions were made regarding Pixar (disrespecting their content by making some of it streaming only content even after 2020), Marvel (the lack of quality control it used to be known for, alongside way too much content getting released), and the parks (that star wars hotel nobody with good financial decisions was going to stay in). Whatever you thought of Disney before him, it absolutely got worse when he left his mark.
Especially when it came to Turning Red, it was inexcusable they didn’t give it a theatrical release over COVID concerns. By 2022, it had greatly subsided and theaters were already reopen. It took revenue away which was horrible. At least though Elemental had a massive rebound, especially for an original. I do see more potential with that too as the film was phenomenal
Chapek got saddled with most of Iger's failed decisions. Most of the shit that happened during his two years was started by Iger and his people, and before Chapek even had the chance to course correct, they scapegoated him. Who knows if Chapek would have been a good CEO for disney, but he was left to clean up Iger's timebombs. It takes years to get new movies and projects greenlit and into production. None of Chapek's ideas even reached that far when they fired him. Everything that released during Chapek's time was started by Iger.
@@CaptainCat101 kids is what got their parents to take them to their themeparks. What sold toys and merch. You get more money from a kid, than you do an adult. Just cause you want more adult animation, doesn't mean that's what's profitable. Most of the disney animation movies you've probably enjoyed have been focused on films that were made with families in mind. Plus you forget the most important aspect of business. If you hook a kid on your company at a young age, they'll probably grow up to spend money with your company when they're an adult.
@@shonen991 kids doesn't always mean families. The Incredibles is a family movie, Paw Patrol is for kids. They're both animated, but one appeals to a wider audience. Not to mention that Disneyland/DisneyWorld has stuff for adults too. They've made several decent horror-themed rides in the past. Yes Disney is more of a hook at a young age, but it has lasting power that can still appeal to adults, animated or otherwise.
And honestly, I don't see Chapek as definitively homophobic because of how he handled that bill. Disney was donating to those politicians because Republicans in general give them less regulatory hurdles (corporate lobbying, *period* is the elephant in the room here) and he was basically under gunpoint. That is cowardly, mind you, but I don't think he agrees with homophobic sentiments himself. Iger probably would've pulled the same "both sides" shit if he were still CEO.
THANK YOU people are so stupid and have no ideal how things work. Chapek had to inherit a mismanaged Star Wars & Marvel brands on top of being billions of dollars in debt over Igor's over spending on fox and having to deal with a completely woke company with igor undermining everything he does and a board of directors that is completely loyal to Igor because he put them all their in the first place.
The decisions Bob Chapek made during his tenure were not only awful, but down right baffling. I hope Iger can repair most of what damage has been done.
@@boydixonentertainment There is one that people forget about and that is Frank Wells, he and Eisner took over after Ron Miller and created the Disney Renaissance. Sadly Wells passed away in an helicopter accident. This led to Eisner eventually makeing bad decisions.
I’m honestly really glad that Chapek is kicked out!! He made a lot of terrible decisions to Disney during his times. I also feel sorry for the animation studios that had deal with him! No CEO is perfect, but Chapek really took things too far
Chapek’s inept response to the bill was especially egregious because Disney was playing lip service when it came to inclusive content. Many properties kept representation minimal so it could be censored when sold overseas, and properties like #TheOwlHouse were outright mistreated.
How Disneyworld dealt with the virus was a joke! In 2021 I was barely a year after fighting Cancer and we were celebrating. Pretty much there was no social distance( and wearing a mask) in the lines all the members did ( not bashing you guys) for hygiene all they did were passing sanitizer before or after the ride and gave us a parade to meet our favorite characters. Universal on the other hand still made it fun! 6 foot encounters with characters in creative ways, they made sure that masks were on and sanitizer before and after the ride! I felt more safe in Universal than at WDW. In fact, I need to redo that trip.
You know generally, I didn't think I was going to like this, mainly the fact I'm not a business guy, or somewhat of a politician. I'm more into the process of how a movie production is made and it having the consequences when things don't go well. But with this said after seeing this I finally got the whole issue when it came with Chepek's damage to the company. At first, it didn't seem like it was too much of his fault like COVID-19 was something nobody could prevented and I can guess it was a nightmare for everyone who had to deal with it. But once it was over, THAT'S when everything gets bad! Like all the poor choices, bad ideas, lousy setups, and dealerships like WOW. It takes effort to actually a beloved company look bad. All of that aside, this will probably take years for them to recover from a hit like that, all is to know who could be the real superior CEO to take over after Iger? That's like a real cliffhanger when you think about it.
2022 was actually a really dark age for everyone. Warner Brothers Discovery, Bam Margera got kicked out of the movie, Jackass Forever due to his drug abuse & how his sober life always gets back to be sour, and so many of our iconic stars passed away, Olivia Newton John, Queen Elizabeth, Bob Saget from Full House & the actor who played the legendary Tommy Oliver from Power Rangers, Jason David Frank. Speaking of that… what I think is Disney’s most terrible decision they’ve ever done than hiring Bob Chapek as CEO… is that the company no longer wanted the Power Rangers. Disney & Michael Eisner acquired the Power Rangers in 2001, as part of the acquisition of Saban & the whole Fox Family network for 8 billion dollars. And the only show from Fox Kids Disney continued is Power Rangers, but they actually made most of the best seasons ever made for the show! 😱 Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury, & RPM! That’s probably the reason why I don’t understand why they decided to sell the franchise back to their original owner. Since then, the Power Rangers universe wasn’t really been the same. No longer wanting Power Rangers is the worst decision Disney has ever made.
Over spending on the fox deal, destroying the Star Wars brand, increasing prices at the parks, mismanaging the MCU, Green lighting multiple box office bombs, turning Disney woke. All of these things where done under Iger but Chapek is the worst CEO???
True he was the fall guy for it,just because they happened while he was there even though it might not have been his fault+Some of those happened eve earlier
14:43 - 15:02 To this day, I still think that was a dick move for Disney shutting down Blue Sky Studios. I missed Blue Sky Studios. If Disney wasn't interested in keeping Blue Sky Studios, why couldn't they sell the studio to a different company who is interested buying the animation studio? Maybe Apple 🍎 could have purchased Blue 💙 Sky Studios and established their own animation studio to released their animated films under their belt. I take Blue Sky over Skydance Animation any day!
They already have Disney animations and Pixar. Why do they need another studio? Iger close down Disneytoons cause there’s too many, Iger would have done the same
Im sorry but I gotta admit I prefer Michael isner over bob and Bob 2. I'll take a million direct to DVD sequels over another overbudgeted boring live action remake
I have a bad feeling Wish is gonna come out terrible, think about it?! It doesn't have a good marketing campaign, toys are kept low in stores, and it's not getting a world premiere because all of the actors are striking until Studios own up their hateful actions and make a new deal as payment 😔😔😔
@@danielsvetlichny5721 This film has two Directors, one is Chris Buck of Surf's Up fame thats good. The other is Fawn Veerasunthorn, who worked on The Lorax, Ranph Breaks the Internet, Frozen, Raya and the Last Dragon. Not so good
I would like this to become a series. Cause I enjoyed this video a lot. Maybe you could cover Iger himself, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg just to name a few
Bob Iger is directly responsible for all of the problems Chapek tried to fix that are still plaguing Disney right now as their stock plummets, yet Chapek is the worst... what an L take.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH! Rather than saying "WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, SJW, WOKE, WOKE" this is actually level headed retrospective on this entire situation WITH ACTUAL FACTS AND RESPECT NOT JUST RAGEBAIT HATE. I learned so much what happened and we need more videos like this that cover TRUE REASONS WHY DISNEY FELL FROM GRACE, and not just scream Woke at everything.
I know people are also saying the same about Bob Iger, but when comparing him to Chapek, Chapek failed to understand what Disney truly stands for. Iger on the other hand does, and his recent comments regarding that the company has been focusing too much on quantity and not enough on quality, is proof of that. And he's right, when Chapek was in charge, he spent the whole of last year looking at ways of gaining more Disney+ subscribers that he just didn't care about anything else, not even the quality of the content they were releasing to Disney+. Same can be said for their theatrical films as well. Then, there was rushing the roll out of Disney Genie at the parks, which I personally don't think would've been half as bad, if he had just chosen to roll it out gradually instead of rushing it. But because of Covid, he had a good excuse to roll it out sooner, rather than later. However, ever since Bob Iger returned, things have slowly but surely been improving, especially at the parks. Free resort parking has returned for guests, park reservations are being dropped at Disney World, starting 9th January 2024, Disney dining plan is also returning. All day park hopping is coming back on 9th January too, and most importantly, Genie+ will change up to the point of where we will be able to spend less time on our phones and more time having fun at the parks, starting in 2024. And as mentioned above, Bob Iger has said that going forward, they're going to be focusing more on quality, rather than quantity. So all and all, things are staring to turn around, and we just need to have faith
It can be argued that Iger was worse as many of his projects and directives came to fruition during the Chapek era. Ultimately the Iger/Chapek woke overlords from Blackrock, Vanguard and Front Street controlled the strategic planning.
I thought Michael Eisner and Ron Miller were bad ones since they also almost tarnished the company, but Chapek made more things worse. But Michael Eisner did try make things better but the failures or Euro Disney and the Loss of Frank Wells was the reason why the 2000s is a bad era. With Chapek I believe the Disney Revival Era is Over and now that were are in a third dark age even with Iger. Chapek doesn't look good
I've honestly been waitimg for you to cover this guy for quite awhile now, but totally worth the wait and hope they lock him up elsewhere tor being a real nutjob!
It's Tony Goldmark AKA Some Jerk With A Camera. He now has a podcast called Escape From Vault Disney, in which Matt has appeared as a guest on two episodes.
35:35 Oh boy did THAT especially aged poorly, because now Iger is arguably doing much worse than Chapek, since he (Iger) is purging content from Disney+ as though he wants to be the next David Zaslav.
He was definitely a bad CEO, but I think we can all agree that every CEO has a dark side.
True words
Like Al Kahn
All because of ambition and greed
Comes with being rich and in power I guess
Can’t argue with that
On second Thought, maybe everyone was a bit too harsh on Micheal Eisner
If Disney fired Bob Chapek, why can't Warner Bros do the same thing to David Zaslav?
because WB has lower standards.
Also he’s like the big head of the entire company so I doubt that a chance of revolt could even stop him
So was Chapek. And yet... ...it's seems like they aren't really doing anything about it.
zaslav is ceo of wb discovery and before that, discovery inc. he was good in his time at discovery inc, but we saw how bad he was in wb.
They need to get their life together first.
Even before and after Chepek left the picture, Disney has been found down a dark path. The company was still overly gluttonous and have been doing shady things. From scrubbing LGBT and black actors fork Chinese marketing to making the prices skyrocket at their parks. They were always going to go down that path, but Chepek when full throttle.
One could say Bob Chapek thoroughly exposed Disney and the other big wigs shit their pants
Not to mention during Chapek's time as CEO, The Owl House sadly annouced it's cancelation after greenlighting S3 prior to Season 2's premeire and during work of TOH Season 1, as one guy said that TOH didn't fit the Disney Brand.
I still believe he was the guy the gave the go ahead to kill ToH even though creator Dana Terrence said it was not his fault (but then again, we know she lied, he did it). I still hate hearing the words "3 45 minute specials" like I want to punch Chapek badly for it for the sake of ToH fans.
And because of what happened, she left Disney on bad terms, probably never wanting to work there again as she's now doing stuff for Adult Swim
And they also ended The Ghost and Molly McGee after 2 Seasons.
As much as people say, "Disney shut down Blue Sky Studios due to COVID 19"
I don't think it was the case at all...
Me either.
Exactly it was idiot chapek’s fault
Disney would’ve closed of blue sky under Iger. They wouldn’t need a another studio.
Yeah, thank goodness CHAPEK was fired.
I think Disney is embracing the 7 deadly sins!
Pride: Their Self Proclaimed Title as The Kings Of Animation.
Sloth: Their Negligence to Their Film Quality & they don't care.
Gluttony: Absorbing Studios like Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, & 20th Century Fox for More Profit.
Wrath: The Destruction of Blue Sky Studios during COVID.
Envy: Their Rivalry with Don Bluth & DreamWorks.
Lust: Their Desire For Dominance.
Greed: Their Need & Want For Money.
I enjoy your work, but there is almost NOTHING about Iger's own faults on Disney going to the gutter. A massive oversight, it was a failure from both Iger and Chapek.
Thank you it's ridiculous to try to put everything on Chapek when most of the bad decisions were Iger's.
Chpaek just continued Igor’s long-term bad choices and was kinda scapegoated. You could say he shot is partner in crime.
@@sonicsnake44 The sad thing is if the Covid 19 never happened then Bob Chapek would have succeeded thanks to the parks, giving Disney more reasons to be lazy when it comes to movies.
This video is about Chapek though. You are absolutely right that Iger is far from blameless.
Just a reminder, AniMat is not diagnosing anyone in this video, only speculating what could be happening in a situation like this.
Thanks for the disclaimer, Dr. Grande haha
Ron Miller
Michael Eisner
and now Bob Chapek
quite the history of controversial yet memorable CEOs.
Also, for people who claim that LiBeRaLs ArE eAsIlY oFfEnDeD, they sure let five seconds of a movie push their buttons.
Five seconds that unfortunately could be cut in international stories, even if there may be an effort to make it casual.
The Right's hypocrisy is always on display about who's easily offended. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Controversial yet "incompetent" CEO's. With Iger taking the cake by being "Re-Hired". He himself can't believe Disney's Board is that stupid. He's thinking "I sure wouldn't Re-Hire myself". lol
You got me at "animation is kids' stuff". Dear Chapek, WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!???
My stepdad, his dad is a retired Imagineer, said that other Disney Imagineers called Bob Chapek as Bob Paycheck as a joke.😂
I think your stepfather's father has a brilliant sense of wordplay.
I remember the morning this happened, I woke up and checked my phone to see a bunch of notifications that chapek left. I was so damn happy that I accidentally woke up everyone else in my house, after that it was literally one of the best days of my life for more than that reason
Let’s see….Chapek put in charge RIGHT BEFORE the pandemic…and then finding out that Iger was basically still in power (not leaving the company)…I kinda feel sorry for him. People thinking Iger coming back would save it are fools….the guy put the company in the position it’s in today.
Bob Iger loaded the TNT barrels in Disney’s castle, Chepek lit the fuse.
Then Disney's Board "Re-Hired" Iger, the man behind all the failure and fireworks. duh! I'd like to see Disney be under a "Real" accounting audit and find out how much Iger and Kennedy and all the rest skimmed how many millions off of every film's "FX Budget" moving the money to their accounts in the Cayman Islands. I guarantee they are not smart enough to get by a thorough and "real" accounting audit! Every episode of The Acolyte cost an average $22 Million dollars! Did you watch any of that? It looked like a "B-Movie Verion of Star Wars". Think about it? $22 Million an episode, then cancelled? WTF! That's how company corruption operates. (and I'm an accountant. I've laundered money through the Cayman Islands, I know. lol)
Miller, Eisner, and even Iger all had positive aspects to their legacy; Chapek however...
Disney is billions of dollars in debt because of igor's decisions.
@@sonicsnake44
Iger, as I said, has positive aspects to his legacy. He managed to pull the feature animation department out of the gutter.
Iger got the company multiple billion dollar movies under him
I'm still unforgiving towards Bob Chapek for his comment about animation "being just for kids", but hearing the rest of this story and the other problems that Chapek caused to Disney only makes me further glad that he was fired.
Miller was WORSE.
I feel like most CEOs have that feelings, I think that statement should be at the bottom of his crimes compared to how he handle the Florida situation.
@@carsfan1995 I wonder if Bob has ever heard of the Hunch Back of Norta Dame?????
@@orangeslash1667 Or Armchair Historian.
@@jeffreygao3956 Most people haven't heard of that one, easier examples include Sausage Party and Ralph Bakshi films.
Bob Chapek’s time at Disney was definitely one of the worst periods for the company. Oh and thank you for using a bit of that hilarious video where Mickey fired Chapek. He truly f***ed with the magic!
I loved that video. The second I saw the clip play in this video, I couldn't do anything except smile
@@CaptainCat101 Same but I was also laughing as well.
Yeah because Disney is doing so much better now right..... Oh wait 😂😂😂
It will take quite a few years to recover.
Chapek was ceo for like a week. Iger's the one who crashed the ship.
The sad part is Bob Chapek is from Hammond, Indiana, Not far from where I live and grew up in Hobart, Indiana. I thought he was going to do well and make Northwest Indiana proud. Boy was I wrong.
What's even worse is that Bob Chapek supports Donald Trump. No wonder why Bob Chapek is a Trump supporter.
I feel Iger is more to blame. Everyone scapegoats Chapek but almost every bad decision made under his tenure has ties to Iger and 2 years is hardly enough time to construct and implement every disaster. Iger is so legacy focused that people shift the blame even though Iger’s legacy is still worse in my eyes.
Iger made poor decisions, but Chapek said animation is for kids. He's unfit to own a company with animation as its foundation.
@@CaptainCat101 wah wah he said a thing. Actions speak louder than words who started the useless live action remakes?
@@Nightman221k Tim Burton started it. He directed Alice in Wonderland. And on a technicality, the remakes started in the 90s with the Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians.
@@CaptainCat101 I'm meaning the wave of direct remakes of things like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, etc. where it's a quickly pushed out barrage and not a one off that was trying to do something unique like 101 and Alice were doing. And yeah Alice did pretty much start it because that was what showed them it could be successful.
I believe you are correct.
33:14
Yeah. And neither can I say a good thing about Bob Iger despite his past accomplishments. Don't expect him to be some kind of savior who can save Disney from going further downhill.
I have a feeling that David Zaslav is the next Victim.
I can see why he was fired on a Sunday during an Elton John concert!
You can't make this up!
I know I wouldn't
Even with Iger’s return to the company, the damage is done and Disney has learned nothing from Chapek.
If he was such a great Co back then why isn't he doing anything to fix it now?
Eh Disney has always been damaged
You said it
Iger was the one that did the damage in the first place before he came in
Looks like 2023 is probably Disney's worst year, I have a bad feeling Wish is gonna suck when the running is confirmed at 92 minutes. The Mario movie had that running time and it was also it's downfall despite it's success
I know people will say something like "Isn't Ron Miller the worst Disney CEO?", or "What about Michael Eisner?" However, both Miller and Eisner did things that ultimately helped Disney in the long run. Miller oversaw the creation of both Disney Channel and Touchstone Pictures, while Eisner brought in the Disney Renaissance before things went downhill.
Unfortunately, Chapek's tenure was one marred by unfortunate circumstance; COVID-19 instigated the Black Widow lawsuit and the Disney+-exclusive Pixar releases, and his response to DeSantis's new bill and the ensuing fallout was rather chilly, to say the least. Not to mention no one thought Chapek would be the next head at Disney, if not wanted him to.
You know you didn't do well when the masses at D23 booed you when you make your entrance.
Ultimately, it's no surprise that Chapek was ousted just less than three years after taking Iger's job. And while the returning Iger currently has his own problems with the dual strikes, he's still determined to right the course and not only bring Disney back to its usual self, but make it better than before.
And there are certainly signs that Disney's recovering. Elemental was the theatrical success Pixar needed, with nearly $500 million at the box office. And "quality over quantity" is now being prioritized throughout the studios, after the opposite caused the MCU to have its reputation plummet (Eternals, Quantumania and Secret Invasion gaining Rotten status is proof of that).
I think that Disney can and will learn from the Chapek era, and I'm certain that Iger won't make the same mistake twice. And regardless of what the future holds, it's going to be exciting as to where Disney heads next.
(To his credit, though, Chapek acknowledged that his tenure was rather hellish. So he seems to agree with everyone here.)
plus people in the Parks division already hated Chapek for his penny-penching ways. Eternals and Quantamania are damn good films.
Chapek is 100% to blame for the current state of the MCU in my opinion. The only bad things that Iger has done/did to them was firing James Gunn because of Twitter Nazis and asking for Disney Plus content because up until 2019 he kept his hands out and let Kevin Feige do his thing.
I actually liked Quantumania personally, but to each their own. If I’m honest, I’ve never been able to fully comprehend just what CEOs do. I get they’re in charge, but I guess I never truly understood the scope of their jobs enough to be overly interested in the parts they play, large as they no doubt are.
Eisner was far from perfect, especially towards the end of his tenure, but when his successes were massive. The Disney Renaissance, Disney Afternoon on TV, the parks were a perfect blend of classic nostalgia and new innovations, he even hosted the Sunday night movies on TV (and can you imagine Iger or Chapek doing that? 😬)
Eisner was far from horrible. Yes, he made some bad decisions near the end, but all in all, he treated the company much like Walt did, focusing on innovation and imagination. The issue was after Wells passed, Eisner no longer had the financial partner necessary to keep him in check, thus why he started making bad decisions. This in no way means Eisner was awful, where we have him to thank for the disney park resurgence and the Disney renaissance, which lasted from 89 to 2000.
Remember when people in the 70s to the 90s think that Micheal Eisner was bad like damn
Ron Miller: I’m the worst CEO Disney has ever had!
Bob Chapek: Hold my beer! 🍺
Miller WAS Worse. He was causing mayhem at Disney going back in 1977.
@@Tornado1994he was part of that crowd that kept going "What would Walt do?" Right?
@@katherinealvarez9216 Yup. After Robin Hood Disappointed at the Box Office, Roy E Disney reluctantly brought his Brother-In-Law on to the Chairboard in 1975. Disney was completely Directionless and Leaderless. Miller was acting CEO from 1977 until 1983 when he was officially named Disney CEO. Don Bluth had actually started pitching several film ideas to Disney and "Secret of Nimh" was originally pitch as "Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nimh" as Robert C. O'Brien's Widow Sarah had given clearance for the Novel to be adapted into an Animated feature in 1975, Miller hated the Novel, but Roy Disney was very optimistic after The Rescuers returns came in very solid and impressively well but Miller convinced the rest of the Chairboard to turn down the idea. When Bluth attempted to pitch his original Creation "Banjo The Woodpile Cat" to Disney in 1978, Miller flat out SCOFFED at the concept, which is why Bluth Stormed out of Disney and convinced several animators working on "The Fox And The Hound" to leave with him.
Although Ron was officially appointed CEO in 1983 to oversee the launch of Disney Channel and Touchstone Pictures, Both of these Ventures were "Leaky Motors" which is a business term for Startup Ventures of an Existing Corporation that are operating in Red and not making profit. Neither were making any profit until 1985.
@@Tornado1994To be fair, the first movie from “Touchstone Pictures” titled “Splash” was a financial success grossing $69.8 million on a budget of $11 million becoming the 10th highest grossing film of 1984.
That being said, “Splash” being a success with critics and audiences didn’t stop Ron Miller from getting fired 6 months after its release.
It also didn’t help that the second movie from “Touchstone Pictures” titled “Country” was released 3 weeks after Ron Miller’s forced resignation, and was a box office bomb (grossing $9.64 million on a budget of $10 million becoming the 82nd highest grossing film of 1984! 😬).
Ron Miller may have been instrumental in creating “Touchstone Pictures”, but it was Michael Eisner who helped “Touchstone” regain its touch (pun intended) in 1986 with hit films like “Down and Out in Beverly Hills”, “Ruthless People”, and “The Color of Money”.
Of course, the rest is history!
@@Tornado1994Also, Ron Miller wasn’t Roy E. Disney’s brother-in-law.
Roy E. Disney was Ron’s cousin-in-law, since Ron was married to Roy’s first cousin Diane.
Personally, I wish Michael Eisner should’ve stayed and still kept his job as CEO of the Walt Disney company, because back in the 90s, he started the Disney renaissance.
LMFAO never. He was running things into the ground near the end of his run. By then, only Pixar was making constant box office hits for the company, a since Pixar was independent at the time, Eisner caused Pixar to consider breaking up with Disney until Iger came in and patched things up with Steve Jobs so the studio could be acquired. Not to mention the disastrous openings of EuroDisney and California Adventure.
He also thought Lion King and Finding Nemo would be a failure, said NO to Lord of the Rings, and treated pixar like crap pretty much the same as Chapek.
Animators saved disney during covid
And as soon as it was over the animators everywhere were kicked in the balls again and again
🤦🏻♂️
Iger is still bad for Disney, with or without Chapek.
Animat, you soon may have to create a history video titled The Rise and Fall of Bob Iger.
I like how he slowly turned into Obadiah from iron man
Also his stunt with the hippo to make himself seem more human made him seem less human
Even he shut down and removed several Disney stores in every place in the United States even in Texas North Star Mall
And I thought David Zalsav being the CEO of Warner Bros. (who still made some questionable choices) was almost bad enough.
He’s just equally as bad
@@brockpifer9929I believe you so much, same with anyone who might end up saying the same thing you did just now.
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 hey I recently thought of something, it’s called The Cleaning House Movement where we try to fire and terminate all the current set of executives at every studio/company/network that’s making Hollywood bad and basically hell on earth and especially for them causing the strike. Do you like my idea?
Zaslav is 100x worse than Chapek
I hate that he removed a lot of cartoons in favor of more reality shows.
Whoa, and I thought Michael Eisner was the A.H. of Disney. Then again, he was responsible for the Disney Renaissance era. But he almost made Pixar go in the same direction as Rare did with Nintendo.
Jeffery Kratzeburg started the renaissance.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames I don't know. He’s an egotistical saboteur.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames Actually Frank Wells did.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames But he also interfered with a lot of films. Wanting to remove Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid, to using the Genie as marketing for Aladdin which made Robbin Willians upset, and finally wanting Pocahontas to win Best Picture.
16:21, Dang, that unknown guy really wrecked that Advertzing Poster to pieces.
1. Support the strike!
2. Liked. I’ve been subscribed!
3. Bob Chapek. What a phony!
4. Kudos to Logan as Bob Iger and Tony as Chapek, respectively.
(I was focusing on the main topic of the video and just wanted to make sure I gave props to Logan and Tony. I apologize for not doing so sooner)
I find Iger more of a jerk and a horrible leader!!! Hoping the protesters win
Tom Staggs was pushed out by Iger. He didn't quit. Iger saw him as a potential threat to his continued contract extensions, and he got the board to dismiss him. It's in the New York Times. "Behind the Scenes at Disney as It Purged its Favorite Son."
Iger: *Gives Chapak 20 Million dollars*
Chapak: “NOOO now I’ll never be a Billionaire” 😭
You know, in all of this I’m surprised that canceling The Owl House wasn’t mentioned considering it was one of the worst things to happen to Disney in recent years
That wasn't Chapek's fault that time.
Disney needs a leader that actually understands their arts and respects creativity. Even during Bob Iger's tenure, Disney has been relying too much on the past and familiar IP's. With all the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. As well as doing all of the live action remakes, which is just as much of an insult to the originals as the direct-to-video sequels were. Which funnily enough were ended as soon as Bob Iger took over Michael Eisner.
It was actually John Lasseter who stopped production of the sequels. He most likely didn't stop the remakes (if he didn't like them) because he wouldn't have had control in that department
@@CaptainCat101 Yeah, I forgot to mention him, since he was promoted to a creative executive over at Walt Disney Animation Studios around the same time when Disney bought Pixar. It's a shame that the type of behavior Lasseter had caused him to be let go in 2018. And what did we get the same year from WDAS? Ralph Breaks The Internet! The first Disney sequel since The Little Mermaid 3, and the first WDAS sequel since Fantasia 2000.
yeah chapek sucked but most of the problems he had to deal with were problems created by iger himself. Lets not forget iger only left because of the pandemic, selling his stock of disney. the man left he company to save his own hide. When the pandemic was over OF COURSE he decides to come back and now he's left with the messes he left to chapek
Disney went from Bob to Bob to Bob. Bobception
The worst ceo in the company’s history. The fact that he thought bullying a fan site was more important than running a company should tell you enough.
When you first talked about Chapek’s firing, I commented on your podcast episode (where it has this news story) where I said “rise and fall of Bob Chapek or history of Bob chapek then”. To my surprise, my prediction came true. Somehow, I have the ability to see the future like Bruno.
But anyways, fantastic job on this video Mat. Business wise, the Chapek era might as well count as Disney’s 4th dark age after the the 2nd half of Eisner’s era. There may be highs during the era like a handful of animated films getting great praise and success on Disney+, some highly acclaimed rides, Hamilton, and other good things & benefits but this and the pandemic era will unfortunately go down in history as one of the the roughest periods in Disney’s history. As you said, the business side of Disney isn’t that great for now but the creative side is perfectly fine and solid the way it is
Sure, Bob Iger may not be a perfect CEO (even during is first tenure as CEO) and they may have a long way to go to fix things up like to bring them back to how the business side of Disney was before the covid period but I 💯 agree with your conclusion at the end where you said that you said that they’ll get better for sure. I’m not worried about their future either. After all, they bounced back after rough eras before. Regardless if the strikes and other low points happened or not they’re going to be ok. It may be a long road to recovery similar to the 1970s and especially the 1980s period, but i hope they’ll get fully better someday soon. That’s my overall piece for now
“The Mob Song” from Beauty and the Beast hits differently now after hearing the news of the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill and how Disney and Bob Chapek handled it since Howard Ashman is a gay man.
Profiting off of minority groups while not actually caring about the groups at all is despicably slimy. Why did nobody else notice this!?
25:58 My exact reaction to Chapek's statement on animation.
Edit: And yeah, 2022 was definitely a depressing year for Disney fans like myself (even with films I liked such as Turning Red and Puss In Boots: TLW), heck the only thing I really hoped Chapek wouldn't screw with when he first took over WAS the animation side of Disney, since that was the side I always cherished the most (even when the main company was making dumb decisions)... and yet he did exactly that...
I was so saddened by WDAS and Pixar's recent struggles that I even went out of my way to beg others to see films like Elemental and Wish in theaters if they truly cared about WDAS and Pixar as much as I did.
It seemed to work so far with the former, but now I'm really hoping that the latter will be even more successful, especially now that Disney is about to reach a certain milestone. PLEASE! I can't bear to see one of my favorite animation studios suffer even more when they are just turning 100 years old!
Update: *sees the disappointing numbers of Wish and the overwhelming hate towards it*
I fricking hate society so much...
Chapek wasn't left with a perfect blueprint to move Disney into successful times (COVID, the star wars fanbase imploding, etc). But some very poor decisions were made regarding Pixar (disrespecting their content by making some of it streaming only content even after 2020), Marvel (the lack of quality control it used to be known for, alongside way too much content getting released), and the parks (that star wars hotel nobody with good financial decisions was going to stay in).
Whatever you thought of Disney before him, it absolutely got worse when he left his mark.
Especially when it came to Turning Red, it was inexcusable they didn’t give it a theatrical release over COVID concerns.
By 2022, it had greatly subsided and theaters were already reopen.
It took revenue away which was horrible.
At least though Elemental had a massive rebound, especially for an original.
I do see more potential with that too as the film was phenomenal
people often say that "Disney is Evil".
I can assure your bottom dollar that people like this are the very reason for that.
You know have a bad Disney CEO who calls animation kids stuff which is horrible which many adults love it as well too bro its good he's out
Chapek got saddled with most of Iger's failed decisions. Most of the shit that happened during his two years was started by Iger and his people, and before Chapek even had the chance to course correct, they scapegoated him.
Who knows if Chapek would have been a good CEO for disney, but he was left to clean up Iger's timebombs.
It takes years to get new movies and projects greenlit and into production. None of Chapek's ideas even reached that far when they fired him. Everything that released during Chapek's time was started by Iger.
Chapek said animation is for kids, that alone makes him unfit to own a company that has animation as its foundation.
@@CaptainCat101 kids is what got their parents to take them to their themeparks. What sold toys and merch. You get more money from a kid, than you do an adult.
Just cause you want more adult animation, doesn't mean that's what's profitable.
Most of the disney animation movies you've probably enjoyed have been focused on films that were made with families in mind.
Plus you forget the most important aspect of business. If you hook a kid on your company at a young age, they'll probably grow up to spend money with your company when they're an adult.
@@shonen991 kids doesn't always mean families. The Incredibles is a family movie, Paw Patrol is for kids. They're both animated, but one appeals to a wider audience.
Not to mention that Disneyland/DisneyWorld has stuff for adults too. They've made several decent horror-themed rides in the past.
Yes Disney is more of a hook at a young age, but it has lasting power that can still appeal to adults, animated or otherwise.
And honestly, I don't see Chapek as definitively homophobic because of how he handled that bill. Disney was donating to those politicians because Republicans in general give them less regulatory hurdles (corporate lobbying, *period* is the elephant in the room here) and he was basically under gunpoint. That is cowardly, mind you, but I don't think he agrees with homophobic sentiments himself.
Iger probably would've pulled the same "both sides" shit if he were still CEO.
THANK YOU people are so stupid and have no ideal how things work. Chapek had to inherit a mismanaged Star Wars & Marvel brands on top of being billions of dollars in debt over Igor's over spending on fox and having to deal with a completely woke company with igor undermining everything he does and a board of directors that is completely loyal to Igor because he put them all their in the first place.
So someone actually made Eisner look GOOD? That's the hardest part of the story to believe...
I think Eisner was amazing in the 80’s and 90’s. But his time was up in the 2000’s.
The decisions Bob Chapek made during his tenure were not only awful, but down right baffling. I hope Iger can repair most of what damage has been done.
Disney shouldn't be LGBT
Me too.
@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293Iger's idea, not Chapek's.
Um... Iger set Chapek up to fail.
@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 why? Because you rather hurt lgbtqa+ people than get help to your self-esteem issues?
I don’t think there’s been a good CEO in any company history, ever.
So the concept of a company is inherently evil to you?
@@jlev1028Can you name any that aren’t?
@@boydixonentertainment There is one that people forget about and that is Frank Wells, he and Eisner took over after Ron Miller and created the Disney Renaissance. Sadly Wells passed away in an helicopter accident. This led to Eisner eventually makeing bad decisions.
You know your reputation as Disney CEO is trash when at D23 Expo, you get boo'ed at.
I wonder if that will happen at a future D23 Expo if Bob Iger shows up 😂
I’m honestly really glad that Chapek is kicked out!! He made a lot of terrible decisions to Disney during his times. I also feel sorry for the animation studios that had deal with him! No CEO is perfect, but Chapek really took things too far
We might as well just call him BOB PAYCHECK
Ha that’s a good one
Kudos to Tony Goldmark for doing a snobby voice for Bob Chapek.
I can only describe Chapek as being the real Disney villain.
Chapek’s inept response to the bill was especially egregious because Disney was playing lip service when it came to inclusive content. Many properties kept representation minimal so it could be censored when sold overseas, and properties like #TheOwlHouse were outright mistreated.
This reminds me of the plot to The Santa Clauses
How Disneyworld dealt with the virus was a joke! In 2021 I was barely a year after fighting Cancer and we were celebrating. Pretty much there was no social distance( and wearing a mask) in the lines all the members did ( not bashing you guys) for hygiene all they did were passing sanitizer before or after the ride and gave us a parade to meet our favorite characters. Universal on the other hand still made it fun! 6 foot encounters with characters in creative ways, they made sure that masks were on and sanitizer before and after the ride! I felt more safe in Universal than at WDW. In fact, I need to redo that trip.
Clearly this individual did not read CNBC's 13,300-word expose.
You know generally, I didn't think I was going to like this, mainly the fact I'm not a business guy, or somewhat of a politician. I'm more into the process of how a movie production is made and it having the consequences when things don't go well. But with this said after seeing this I finally got the whole issue when it came with Chepek's damage to the company.
At first, it didn't seem like it was too much of his fault like COVID-19 was something nobody could prevented and I can guess it was a nightmare for everyone who had to deal with it. But once it was over, THAT'S when everything gets bad! Like all the poor choices, bad ideas, lousy setups, and dealerships like WOW. It takes effort to actually a beloved company look bad.
All of that aside, this will probably take years for them to recover from a hit like that, all is to know who could be the real superior CEO to take over after Iger? That's like a real cliffhanger when you think about it.
As a Disney and Blue Sky fan, I can gladly say THANK GOD he’s not in charge anymore!
But Disney needs to get rid of the woke stuff
@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 Blame Bob Iger for that, not Chapek.
Iger's actually WORSE than Chapek.
Disney would have still closed blue sky under Iger.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogamesSad, but true. Chapek didn't really do anything wrong. Iger set him up to fail.
Bob Iger is the reason why I lost my respect for Disney and it's a goddman shame it hurts so badly.😤
I agree he the reason why we are in mess
Iger or Chapek?
@@Stock_JunctionBoth.
@@nas0518 fair enough
Its crazy that people are blaming Chapek and completely ignoring the billions Igor has lost the company on top of its reputation.
John Lasseter shouldn't be working as a leader at sky dance animation, he should have been punished and sentence to prison!!! 😡😡😡
This has nothing to do with this video!
Should he? He seems to be atoning to me.
2022 was actually a really dark age for everyone. Warner Brothers Discovery, Bam Margera got kicked out of the movie, Jackass Forever due to his drug abuse & how his sober life always gets back to be sour, and so many of our iconic stars passed away, Olivia Newton John, Queen Elizabeth, Bob Saget from Full House & the actor who played the legendary Tommy Oliver from Power Rangers, Jason David Frank. Speaking of that… what I think is Disney’s most terrible decision they’ve ever done than hiring Bob Chapek as CEO… is that the company no longer wanted the Power Rangers. Disney & Michael Eisner acquired the Power Rangers in 2001, as part of the acquisition of Saban & the whole Fox Family network for 8 billion dollars. And the only show from Fox Kids Disney continued is Power Rangers, but they actually made most of the best seasons ever made for the show! 😱 Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury, & RPM! That’s probably the reason why I don’t understand why they decided to sell the franchise back to their original owner. Since then, the Power Rangers universe wasn’t really been the same. No longer wanting Power Rangers is the worst decision Disney has ever made.
Over spending on the fox deal, destroying the Star Wars brand, increasing prices at the parks, mismanaging the MCU, Green lighting multiple box office bombs, turning Disney woke. All of these things where done under Iger but Chapek is the worst CEO???
Well the Star Wars stuff was mainly Kathleen Kennedy.
True he was the fall guy for it,just because they happened while he was there even though it might not have been his fault+Some of those happened eve earlier
Wrong use of woke!
@jeffreygao3956 So you're telling me Disney hasn't become obsessed with far left indenty politics under Igor.
@@Person-wz6iy He could have fired Kennedy at any time and still hasn't done it.
Getting Chapek boot and having Iger returned is like Under New Management
I enjoy the explanation of what Disney has been doing lately. Another bad year for this company 😢
I hate strange world and light-year!
14:43 - 15:02 To this day, I still think that was a dick move for Disney shutting down Blue Sky Studios. I missed Blue Sky Studios.
If Disney wasn't interested in keeping Blue Sky Studios, why couldn't they sell the studio to a different company who is interested buying the animation studio?
Maybe Apple 🍎 could have purchased Blue 💙 Sky Studios and established their own animation studio to released their animated films under their belt. I take Blue Sky over Skydance Animation any day!
i agree but hey at least we got blue sky's last great flim nimona on netflix
They already have Disney animations and Pixar. Why do they need another studio? Iger close down Disneytoons cause there’s too many, Iger would have done the same
Sadly when Blue sky shut down, almost everyone moved into Skydance Animation during the production of Luck!!! Let that sink in 😑😑😑
Blue sky never dies.
@@Monkey1990100Exactly
For their final film, it was a phenomenal way to go out
Im sorry but I gotta admit
I prefer Michael isner over bob and Bob 2. I'll take a million direct to DVD sequels over another overbudgeted boring live action remake
I have a bad feeling Wish is gonna come out terrible, think about it?! It doesn't have a good marketing campaign, toys are kept low in stores, and it's not getting a world premiere because all of the actors are striking until Studios own up their hateful actions and make a new deal as payment 😔😔😔
I think it will do well financially and very mid critically.
Hoping on a miracle though 🙏🙏🙏
Take your time. Wish didn't have its official trailer yet.
Elemental having a massive rejuvenation is hopefully a precursor
@@danielsvetlichny5721 This film has two Directors, one is Chris Buck of Surf's Up fame thats good. The other is Fawn Veerasunthorn, who worked on The Lorax, Ranph Breaks the Internet, Frozen, Raya and the Last Dragon. Not so good
I would like this to become a series. Cause I enjoyed this video a lot. Maybe you could cover Iger himself, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg just to name a few
7:33 I don't know if it's intentional but I love how the voiced given to Chapek sounds like a stereotypical cartoon villain.
I hope you realize Cheapek couldn’t be the worst because Iger is still there
Bob Iger is directly responsible for all of the problems Chapek tried to fix that are still plaguing Disney right now as their stock plummets, yet Chapek is the worst... what an L take.
I’ve said it before, & I’ll say it again; the best public statements should never sound like advertisements.
Tony does a good Chapek impression, too.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH! Rather than saying "WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, WOKE, SJW, WOKE, WOKE" this is actually level headed retrospective on this entire situation WITH ACTUAL FACTS AND RESPECT NOT JUST RAGEBAIT HATE. I learned so much what happened and we need more videos like this that cover TRUE REASONS WHY DISNEY FELL FROM GRACE, and not just scream Woke at everything.
I know people are also saying the same about Bob Iger, but when comparing him to Chapek, Chapek failed to understand what Disney truly stands for. Iger on the other hand does, and his recent comments regarding that the company has been focusing too much on quantity and not enough on quality, is proof of that. And he's right, when Chapek was in charge, he spent the whole of last year looking at ways of gaining more Disney+ subscribers that he just didn't care about anything else, not even the quality of the content they were releasing to Disney+. Same can be said for their theatrical films as well. Then, there was rushing the roll out of Disney Genie at the parks, which I personally don't think would've been half as bad, if he had just chosen to roll it out gradually instead of rushing it. But because of Covid, he had a good excuse to roll it out sooner, rather than later.
However, ever since Bob Iger returned, things have slowly but surely been improving, especially at the parks. Free resort parking has returned for guests, park reservations are being dropped at Disney World, starting 9th January 2024, Disney dining plan is also returning. All day park hopping is coming back on 9th January too, and most importantly, Genie+ will change up to the point of where we will be able to spend less time on our phones and more time having fun at the parks, starting in 2024. And as mentioned above, Bob Iger has said that going forward, they're going to be focusing more on quality, rather than quantity. So all and all, things are staring to turn around, and we just need to have faith
It can be argued that Iger was worse as many of his projects and directives came to fruition during the Chapek era. Ultimately the Iger/Chapek woke overlords from Blackrock, Vanguard and Front Street controlled the strategic planning.
ElectricDragon505, I think it's safe to say this DID NOT age really well since now, Bob Iger is doing WAY MUCH WORSE!
*You don't f****d with the magic!* - Mickey Mouse, 2023
If it wasn't for him disney wouldn't be in this situation
I thought Michael Eisner and Ron Miller were bad ones since they also almost tarnished the company, but Chapek made more things worse. But Michael Eisner did try make things better but the failures or Euro Disney and the Loss of Frank Wells was the reason why the 2000s is a bad era. With Chapek I believe the Disney Revival Era is Over and now that were are in a third dark age even with Iger. Chapek doesn't look good
The worst is Bob Iger
I've honestly been waitimg for you to cover this guy for quite awhile now, but totally worth the wait and hope they lock him up elsewhere tor being a real nutjob!
Next episode: The History of Bob Iger: Disney’s Worst CEO.
I thought of that too..
Maybe Animats will do a video of that in the future
Someday
I think the better title should be "The Rise and Fall of Bob Iger."
Ron Miller.
And I also wanted him to talk about Cosmodore and why he's never coming back on Animation Facts Compilation.
@@jonnyboy4289That would be a good idea for AniMat’s next video on Bob Iger.
What I initially heard about the #DontSayGay bill was that Disney got caught red handed by supporting every politician who voted for it.
He's bad, but he's basically "Creeper" to Bob "Horned King" Iger (except instead of resurrecting dead people, he's zombifying classic Disney movies)
Bob "Horned King" Iger.
I love that. Nice nickname for him.
@@nas0518 Disney had very high exceptions for the Black Calderon, but the production wasn't going well.
To quote a UA-cam video that perfectly sums up how Chapek wrecked Disney... "YOU F****D WITH THE MAGIC!"
People need to stop f&$king with the magic.
18:12, That desrves a Facepalm Moment
This video seems to age like milk as years gone by.
How so?
Both Bobs will go down in history as the worst CEOs in the Entertainment industry. Also, I lowkey got a Disney+ ad when I tapped this video. 😅
That's what I said.
Coincidence?
I think not!
That voice used for Chapek's quotes sounds familiar to me somehow.
It's Tony Goldmark AKA Some Jerk With A Camera. He now has a podcast called Escape From Vault Disney, in which Matt has appeared as a guest on two episodes.
So Bob Capac gets fired and then Bob Iger comes back and basically does the same crap Bob capek was doing but worse
35:35 Oh boy did THAT especially aged poorly, because now Iger is arguably doing much worse than Chapek, since he (Iger) is purging content from Disney+ as though he wants to be the next David Zaslav.
Well you should understand Iger did good when he started as head like return Pixar and acquire Marvel
Great job on this documentary, Mat!! I actually have a nickname for Bob Chapek...Mr. Clean
People need to understand that even if Bob left, Disney is still going on a downhill because of politics
The backlash of Disney could have been avoided if they just sticked to entertaining audiences instead of lecturing audiences with their politics.
I'll never forgive him for Cancelling The Owl House