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UWI Legend award under review; Florida votes not certified

It's Florida. Situation normal. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- The first Uncle Walt's Insider Legend Award is currently under review, as a lawsuit filed in Florida, by a person using the name "100% Marty did not file this," has put the final count in doubt. This is not the first time that Florida has been in the news due to irregularities in vote counts. A shocked Uncle Walt is quoted as saying, "I am saddened that someone would stoop to this level ...

January 7, 2019 by Walt in Florida, Spotlight

2018 – An Uncle Walt’s Insider Year in Review

You get a list of our top articles, and we get to knock out an easy filler article. Win-win! UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- It is that time of the year, where we wonder why we took all of the time to put up all of these lights and decorations only to take them down a month later. It is also the time when all of the various media outlets do those annoying countdowns from things that happened throughout the year. ...

December 31, 2018 by Walt in California, Florida, Other, Spotlight, World, WWWD

Our own Uncle Walt named the first Uncle Walt’s Insider Legend!

The lucky recipient wins a printout of the photoshopped trophy pictured above. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- Because one annual award is never enough, Uncle Walt's Insider is proud to announce our new Uncle Walt's Insider Legends award. And the inaugural recipient is our own Uncle Walt! This award goes out to those who are dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created Uncle Walt's Insider, with the hope that it (Uncle Walt's Insider, not the award) will be a ...

December 18, 2018 by Walt in Spotlight

Artist's sketch of the Vatican pavilion at Epcot. Public domain, courtesy Pixabay.

Lost Attractions: Epcot’s Vatican City pavilion

"Lost Attractions" is a recurring feature on Uncle Walt's Insider, where we shine the spotlight on planned attractions that were never built. Rumors are flying once again about pavilions being added to EPCOT Centre's World Showcase, the "permanent world's fair." No specific plans have been announced, but as our reader poll below shows, front-runners for the new pavilion include Guam, Cleveland, and Morocco. But to us, the most interesting rumor is for a pavilion based on the Vatican City -- because a Vatican ...

October 23, 2018 by Marty in Spotlight

Uncle Walt's Insider newsroom back in the heyday of the 1940's. Public domain, courtesy of Pixabay.

A day in the life at Uncle Walt’s Insider

We pull back the curtain on our operations. You may regret it. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q. -- Now that Uncle Walt's Insider has had an article go viral (thanks again, Yoopers!) and been featured prominently on other websites such as Snopes and... well, just Snopes, our regular readership has doubled. [Ed.: Yep, up to four now!] So we thought we'd find a way to reward you all for your patronage. But then Marty suggested we just do a cheap behind-the-scenes article that wouldn't cost ...

August 11, 2018 by Marty in Spotlight