There was a day that the company decided for people to tell their ideas to actual producers and directors called a "Gong Show." That was 20 years before 2009 when an idea almost didn't happen. The idea was given by a man named Ron who was supposed to give 5 ideas like everyone else, but Michael Eisner (Disney Chairman and CEO) and Jeffrey Katzenberg (Disney Studio head) had to go. Ron gave the idea of The Little Mermaid and the gong rang. Jeffrey thought it was just like Splash and the idea was rejected. After a couple of weeks, Jeffrey called Ron and the idea was brought back. For years, Disney Studios worked for years for the perfect movie of The Little Mermaid became a huge success. In 1990, The Little Mermaid won Academy Awards for Original Music Score and the song "Under the Sea" won for Best Song. In the wrap-up party, Jeffrey made a speech of the things he got talked out of that he wanted for the movie like he wanted Ariel to not have red hairand to cut the song "Part of Your World" out of the movie and he was sorry and admitted he was wrong since it might have affected the movie. This huge success nearly didn't happen and it is still well-known today.
Based on the article in Disney Twenty-Three, "Two Decades of Love at First Sight"
By Max Lark
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