Michael Eisner's track record at Disney is a bit like this, argues Mr Lucier.
This week, Disney Corporation CEO Michael Eisner unveiled the park's newest attraction: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.
Mr Eisner and other media titans would surely laugh at so romantic a notion.
But few people in Hollywood believe Iger will succeed Michael Eisner--a not-so-subtle slight to both men.
"There's a letter from me on what I think they should do, " Eisner says.
The Eisner book, by contrast, implies that the protagonist's character is the cause of his downfall.
On June 29, three weeks after Eisner's meeting with Lott, Disney sent John F.
Right until the last, albeit in a negative sense, Mr Eisner has dominated Disney.
But Mr Eisner argues that there are some general principles that increase the chances of success.
Michael Eisner would cringe to be included, but at 57, he is no spring chicken.
Its mission has evolved over time, as Eisner became aware of how he could be most helpful.
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The Young Eisner Scholars is the outgrowth of one man's natural curiosity, not a predetermined pedagogical philosophy.
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In the late 1980s he helped Michael Eisner turn Disney around as head of the company's studio.
Where Eisner is viewed as a shark--creative, cunning and controlling--Iger is a likeable doer: decisive and diplomatic.
On the surface, this looks like another defeat for Mr Eisner, whose leadership has been heavily criticised.
It is hard enough for the big boys, as Disney's tortured attempts to replace Michael Eisner can attest.
Mr Eisner, one of the entertainment world's great survivors, will no doubt try to fight to the death.
"You couldn't just give the answer, " one student says, trying to explain what was so different about Eisner's teaching.
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"Dorothy went to work on me a little bit, 'You must have some time, ' and so on, " Eisner recalls.
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Take the case of Disney where Michael Eisner stepped in as CEO and chairman rescuing the company in 1984.
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's annual conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July, Saban met with Michael Eisner, Peter Chernin and Rupert Murdoch.
Disney chairman Michael Eisner said an announcement might be made soon on a deal involving the Jim Henson Company.
"Consumers drive the marketplace, " says Lewis Stark, an accountant whose clients include artists at Eisner LLP in New York.
On the afternoon I visit Eisner in the YES offices, Andrew, a skinny, reserved eighth grader, sits with us.
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Eisner dropped in for an unpublicized chat with Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.
Both are calling for the removal of chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner.
Michael Eisner, Disney's chairman and CEO, said the agreement prepared "an even more ambitious role" for Disney on the Internet.
The now legendary fall-out between former Disney boss Michael Eisner and one-time protege Jeffrey Katzenberg garnered headlines and lawyer.
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Since Mr Eisner's wealth is tied to his company's stock performance, he is no longer as rich as he was.
Mr Iger seems unlikely to force radical change on a company that Mr Eisner shaped over the past 20 years.
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