I think Walt would be grumpy.
Walt complained that well do better withThe Ugly Dachshundthan trying to make classics.
Movie budgets were growing too fast, Walt said, but the idea of selling TV rights toPoppinsappalled him.
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What was it like talking withWalt Disney?
Some of his critics over the years have described him as a reactionary curmudgeon, even anti-Semitic.
I never encountered those traits.
My talks with Disney took place at Disneyland or at his commissary and were wide-ranging.
At 64, he still was fiercely engaged in both spending and raising lots of money.
Far from being the dour Midwestern conservative, Disney was wide open to new ideas and adventures.
When asked why he had kept them, he said, Who else would want the debris?
Walt himself wasnt always a careful negotiator.
