Bob Iger
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And so he was not only very much alive, but very much active in politics still.
And I still remember him coming to the United States for the funeral of John F. Kennedy and thinking, here's a man that was born, I believe, in Victorian England,
attending the funeral of a man who was one of the youngest presidents ever elected.
I just remember thinking about that span of history.
Is that right?
I can't remember exactly.
His father was ambassador.
He was then to the court of St.
James and also had a thing or two to say about the rise of Nazism, which I know that's something that you've also covered.
It would have to be Walt Disney.
Yes, I think about it often.
People always ask me, what would Walt think?
It's interesting, too, because one of the things that was problematic for the company after Walt died so suddenly in 1966 is the company spent so much time asking that question, what would Walt do or what would he think?
So I'm not really interested in turning to him for advice, per se, but I would be more interested in showing him
what's become of the great company that he founded.
And I wouldn't mind a bit of a report card.
Perhaps it's cocky of me to think that he would give me all As.
Well, you know, he is, I know because you've done a little studying of Walt, he never even considered them rides.
They were all stories to him.
They were experiences.