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The new plaque honoring former Disney CEO John Isner. Engraving by Tatiana [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia.

Michael Eisn… no, John Isner named a Disney Legend?

New plaques have been added to Legends Plaza BURBANK, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA -- The Walt Disney Company has added plaques for the most recent class of Disney Legends to the pillars in Legends Plaza! On a recent walk through the plaza, our intrepid reporter noticed newly installed tributes to Christina Aguilera, Wing Chao, Robert Downey Jr., James Earl Jones, Jon Favreau, Bette Midler, Kenny Ortega, Barnette Ricci, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Ming-Na Wen, Hans Zimmer, and... tennis player John Isner? The Disney ...
March 9, 2021 by X in Other
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UWI Legend Award in doubt.

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
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Uncle Walt's Insider Legend Award.

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
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A fake Legacy Award name tag? Photo credit: Cory Doctorow via Flikr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0), modified.

Cast member grants Legacy Award to self using blue magic marker

Disney's highest employee award is just one arts-and-crafts project away! We here at Uncle Walt's Insider love and appreciate Disney cast members and other dedicated theme park employees. As such we especially watch out for cast members who have won the highest award available to them: the Legacy Award, which allows the cast member to wear a special white-on-blue name tag. Imagine our surprise, then, on encountering one such winner who appears to have made his own Legacy Award name tag using ...
January 24, 2018 by Marty in California
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