![Former and current Disney CEO Bob 'Michael' Eisner. (Or is it Michael 'Bob' Eisner? We're so confused.) Photo by Ed Schipul [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bob-michael-eisner-768x403.jpg)
He’s baa-aaaack! BURBANK, CA — Just a couple of weeks since Disney released their latest earnings, Bob “Bob” Chapek is out as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Uncle Walt’s Insider can confirm that the board has named Michael “Bob” Eisner as his successor. Bob “Bob” Iger, the once and future chairman of the…
The beloved classic has more views than Hamilton! BURBANK, CA– Word has gotten out that Walt Disney’s classic film Song of the South is now available on Disney+. While promised in the past, only now have subscribers been able to watch the movie, which features the stories of Uncle Remus in a mixture of live action…
![Former Disney characters, now kindling. Photo by Loren Javier [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/disney-sells-brooms-other-characters-768x403.jpg)
We’re really going to miss B.O.B. BURBANK, CA — A short paragraph hidden away in the Walt Disney Company Q3 2020 Earnings Report reveals that the company sold off the rights to unpopular characters to raise money to keep the company from folding. The list of characters is quite large, but notable characters are the…
![COVID I, II, & III writer-director George Lucas. Photo by Nicolas Genin [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/covid-123-director-george-lucas-768x403.jpg)
At least if they’re like the Star Wars prequels, they won’t be infectious. BURBANK, CA — Walt Disney Studios announced today that George Lucas is producing a new trilogy for theatrical release based on COVID 19. The new movies, given the working titles of COVID I, II & III, will be written, produced, and directed…
He’s been “sneezing like crazy.” BURBANK, CA — In a statement released today, the Disney Company announced that all seven dwarfs have been quarantined after possible exposure to COVID-19. Only one is showing any symptoms of the virus. Citing medical privacy laws, the company refused to provide the identity of the symptomatic character. However, they…