 Joel Silver (I) (qv)s cameo as the director of the Baby Herman  cartoon was a prank on Disney chief Michael Eisner (qv) by  Robert Zemeckis (qv) and Steven Spielberg (qv). Eisner and  Silver hated each other from their days at Paramount Pictures in the  early 80s, particularly after the difficulties involved in making  _48 Hrs. (1982)_ (qv). Silver shaved off his beard, paid his own  expenses, and kept his name out of all initial cast sheets. When  Eisner was told, after the movie was complete, who was playing the  director 