Topps going public via SPAC

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by marzoumanian

From the press release:

On a personal note, not a big fan of Eisner. He ran Disney for a long time. From all I have read about him he is difficult to work with. One story I remember reading: He wanted Tom Cruise to pay the role of Henry Hill in the classic movie "Goodfellas." Of course Ray Liotta ended up playing it and did an incredible job.

People do change. It will be interesting to see how this goes in the years ahead.

Peace.

Yes, he was difficult to work for. My ex-father in law was president of operations at Disney World when Eisner took over. He was eventually shown the door. Worked out for him though as he became president of Madison Square Garden, then a president of a division in the NBA then built the Kiel Center in St. Louis.

Eisner is an alum of my current wife's alma mater.

[Frankish]

Eisner is sharp and a very competent executive. The level of "difficulty" permitted executive in Hollywood would probably be punished elsewhere, but he's chairman in this case...and as long as his interest is tied primarily to his ownership rather than annual compensation (as it appears to be), I expect he will fight hard for shareholder value.

My own limited experiences with him were of a hard-nosed, rather arrogant guy. But not that far afield....