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Still, the last week was an emotional bath for both men, who have worked together for 19 years, ever since Katzenberg joined Eisner at Paramount Pictures. "Bittersweet is a good way to describe our parting," says Eisner. "I wished that Jeffrey were 10 years younger and didn't have the normal and natural ambition to move on." He felt he was at an executive-clock- ticking moment, and those things happen...
Hollywood went seismic over the news. The town regards Katzenberg as the most demanding boss and the keenest people pleaser in the business. People wondered why Eisner, if he didn't want Katzenberg to run Disney's business side as Wells had, didn't simply redefine the job and take the younger man on as a junior partner -- instead of what he will surely become, a ferocious competitor...
...think Jeffrey should have been given anything he asked for, based on his mountain of accomplishments at Disney," says Steven Spielberg, who is co- owner with Katzenberg of Dive, the scalding-hot new Century City eatery. ! "But I don't think he's feeling bitter about it. He's looking forward to an exciting future...
...Katzenberg still speaks of Eisner with affection and respect. "For 19 years," he says, "Michael has been my mentor, teacher, No. 1 champion, my boss and my friend. I just wanted him to take me as his partner, to bring me into his inner circle. I did not want his job. I was prepared to be his No. 2 guy. This was a teacher and a student, and now the student asked to be a teacher's assistant. It's been Eisner & Son, and that's how Michael wanted it to remain...
...Katzenberg, who waxes ecstatic over the allegorical import behind the cartoons, is asked to explain the allegory of his traumatic week. "It's about a father not being able to accept a son," he says. "I still don't understand it, and it's hard to reconcile...