Disney Decade: The 1980s

This week in Disney News, Animal Kingdom announces a new baby mandrill born on July 25, and Angela gets weirdly emotional about it.   National Geographic will be releasing a new show detailing the behind the scenes activities at Animal Kingdom this fall.   Surprisingly, with new movies still on hold, Pixar announces a new movie, Luca, set to come out summer 2021.   Finally, the latest rumor is that Disney’s looking to replace The Hall of Presidents with something a little more long-lasting (aka doesn’t need updating every 4-8 years).   And for our main topic, we continue our long-running Disney Decade series by heading back to the 1980s.    The 1980s was an interesting and important inflection point for the Walt Disney Company.  Between building a new theme park and Board Room shakeups, Disney almost didn’t make it out of the decade as an independent company.  But out of this struggle rose an even stronger company with the end of the decade bringing about the beginning of the Disney Renaissance.   Check us out on Facebook and Youtube or submit a question/topic for us to discuss on a future episode or support us on Patreon