This article brought to you by Disney+, unless you pay us. GLENDALE-ISH, CA — Disney CEO Bob “Bob” Chapek is continuing his practice of adding charges to things that used to be free! During a recent earnings call, Chapek announced that streaming service Disney+ will be adding advertisements, but that an ad-free experience would still…
![Aw, is Vlad going to miss out on his parade down Main Street USA? Photo by Darcy [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia, and [CC0] via Pexels.com. Yes, it cracks us up that we're using a Kremlin photograph.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/putin-not-going-to-walt-disney-world-768x403.jpg)
To be fair, it might have been in bad taste for Disney to run the ad. MOSCOW — Sources say that a dejected Vladimir Putin has canceled his planned “I’m going to Disney World” commercial. “It was going to be epic,” our source reported Putin saying (but in Russian). “We invade Ukraine, and Kyiv falls…
![Now just humming a Disney song makes me want to spend money on non-Disney stuff. Good job, Chapek! Photo [CC0] via anyrgb.com & etsy.com.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/disney-music-768x403.jpg)
We fear the Coca-Cola ad is only the beginning. What’s that? A cheery instrumental version of Chim Chim Chiree is coming from your TV? It must be a new commercial for Walt Disney World! Except it’s not — it’s an ad for Coca-Cola. And then you hear Bear Necessities… in an ad for Door Dash?…
![Creepy mouse photo by Phil Scoville [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr (altered, thankfully).](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mickmo-challenge-768x432.jpg)
It turns out they’re just normal Disney Parks commercials. UNCLE WALT’S H.Q., SVALBARD — Rumors have swirled for years about children being influenced by videos in which an image of Mickey Mouse appears and entices the children to beg their parents for a trip to a Disney park. The videos reportedly show images of people…