Secrets You Definitely Didn’t Know About Walt Disney

Published on 01/09/2017
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Some 79 years after Walt Disney was forced to surrender Oswald to Universal, NBC which was owned by Universal, wanted to bring the famous sportscaster Al Michaels over to their new show Sunday Night Football. Michaels, however, was already working for ESPN, which is actually owned by Disney. In the end, both parties got what they wanted as Al Michaels was given to Universal and Disney got Oswald back.

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A French Family

Disney actually came from a Parisian background. In fact, his original family name was D’Isigny before it was Anglicized and changed to Disney. Makes sense.

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A French Family

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