I feel real good about this weekend and we kick it off with a Brand New Wkly Hit List. Here's what we have planned, on Sunday it's Super Bowl LX from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It will be the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England in a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX back in 2015, but the bog difference is that there will no Russell Wilson and no Tom Brady in this one. Hard to imagine that that was a decade ago, you know what else happened a decade ago? The creation of KlicKNet, the blog that grew to be a brand dedicated to making all kinds of media content. I'm happy to say that KlicKNet will truly celebrate its 10th Anniversary this Sunday. Remember that Special Presentation I talked about months ago? We've formatted it into 2-minute retrospective video reel that will premiere on YouTube Channel after the first half of the Super Bowl and right before the Apple Music Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny. In the last four Super Bowls, we've launched new episodes of FakeTV Box immediately after the first half, but for this one year, we're doing things differently and we could easily premiere Anniversary Reel during the Super Bowl Halftime Report on NBC. We'll have more details about this later but first, it's time for a Brand New 5-Day Rounder.
You know last week I predicted that Liv Morgan would win the 2026 Women's Royal Rumble Match, while also predicting that Bron Breakker would win the Men's Royal Rumble Match, and I was half-right. Liv Morgan did win the Women's Rumble, but Breakker was first one to be eliminated from the Men's Rumble for reasons we can't get into right now. Well this weekend, I'm predicting that hundreds will watch KlicKNet's 10th Anniversary Reel Sunday during the Suer Bowl. Speaking of which, the Anniversary Reel will feature highlights from some of KlicKNet's best work over the years, behind the scenes photos, and key moments from our YouTube channel. Plus, the Founder of KlicKNet will reflect on the last ten years by reciting a poem that the KlicKNet Team came up themselves, it's gonna be exciting and emotional at the same time. So keep your eyes peels for the Anniversary Reel immediately after the first half of the BIG GAME. By the way, we'll be covering the Super Bowl this Sunday on social media which include highlights shorts on FTB 60, and we might film a future episode of FakeTV Box during the game. Speaking of FakeTV Box which officially turned Five-Years-Old this week, it's Flashback Friday which means it's time for another blast from the past, let's all relive this episode of KlicKNet's flagship series from 2021.
Our Inside Scoop this time around concerns Disney, the company has brought us talking mice, talking ducks, talking bears, talking pigs, talking tigers, talking chickens, talking goats, talking snowmen who aren't named Frosty, and they've brought whatever the heck that blue thing was in Strange World. Jesus My God! No wonder that movie couldn't make a $100 Million Worldwide, and if you look at Hercules which made over $250 Million back in the '90s, it's quite clear that the MVPs of that movie were those red and blue things who work for Hades. But in all seriousness, we're here to talk about the announcement that The Walt Disney Company which has just found "The Chosen Ones," noticed how I said Ones and not One? That's right Bob Iger is stepping down from his position as CEO of Disney, he will now be a Senior Advisor until his retirement come New Year's Eve 2026, and his successor will be Disney Parks....I mean Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro. D'Amaro's tenure will begin March 18 next and he will also join the board of directors following the company's annual shareholders meeting.
In addition to that, Dana Walden who is currently co-chair of Disney Entertainment has been upgraded to President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company and will report directly to D'Amaro, some are calling this new job for her "a consolation prize," and by "some" I mean me. Real people looked at Dana Walden as a top contender for the role of CEO along with Josh D'Amaro, but ultimately the winner was D'Amaro, of course that doesn't mean that Walden's new job isn't all that special. While she may not be Disney's first female CEO, she will become Disney's first female president, and personally it's very amazing how Disney will get its first female president before the United States of America does. I mean we had a chance to make it happen in 2016 and it don't work out the way we'd hoped, then we tried again in 2024 and America blew it, which is why we're seeing ICE kill Moms driving in their cars and kill Men who I didn't know could be ICU Nurses when they're grown up. I always thought that only women can be nurses, the same only men can be orange and have the god complex of a Marvel Supervillain.
Anyway, you gotta be impressed with Disney making this decision for new leadership, because history has taught us that when a duo runs things, success follows. Disney was co-founded by Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney who led everything together from the 1920s and all the way to the 1960s. That is well over five decades, so we might as well call them "The Blueprint on How to Run a Company as a Twosome," which sounds like the perfect name for a college textbook that could come in handy if you’re studying to work in Business. Then we fast forward to the '80s and '90s when Michael Eisner (CEO) and Frank Wells (President/COO) formed what sources say was "a legendary partnership" that revitalized the Walt Disney Company. Thanks to Eisner's creative vision and Wells' business acumen, they managed to oversee massive growth for Disney, as well as Disney Channel, the Disney Renaissance which included movies like the one with the red and blue things who work for Hades, the launch of new ventures like the Disney Store, the Disney Vacation Club, the Disney Cruise Line, and also new theme park projects like Disney Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom both in Orlando, Florida.
It's very convenient that I mentioned the theme parks that Eisner and Wells developed together because Disney is looking to build a new theme park resort in Abu Dhabi which is set to begin construction later this year. No doubt that D'Amaro and Walden will pick up where Bob Iger left off and oversee the development of this new project, as well as other projects concerning the Theme Parks, Disney's Entertainment Units, ESPN, Gaming Expansions, and A.I., yes I said it AI, which I recently used to make a CGI versions of the KlicKNet Lightbulb Logo thanks to Google Gemini. Now if you KlicKNettars want a better understanding of what Josh D'Amaro has to offer, we have found out that he and Bob Iger were recently interviewed on ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir, and this is D'Amaro's first interview since being promoted to CEO. Also, take a look at what the guys from OrangeGrove55 have to say about the new leadership of Disney.
One thing I agree about that OrangeGrove55 video was when they mentioned Bob Chapek, it's clear that he wasn't the perfect to run Disney back in 2020, especially not when COVID-19 took over the world. He maybe great at running a company like Pepsi, but Disney is about so much more than a soft drink, if there was a media production company called KlicKNet, I don't think you can even trust Bob Chapek to run it as CEO. That's why Disney needs someone like Josh D'Amaro, for he has charisma and unlike Bob Chapek, has a face that doesn't remind you of former New York Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll, basically D'Amaro is Disney's John Harbaugh. KlicKNet is looking forward to what Josh D'Amaro and Dana Walden have planned for the future of The Walt Disney Company, and it's worth pointing out that this August is D23 2026 in Anaheim making it the first convention event for D'Amaro as CEO and Walden as President/CCO. I would imagine them going all-out with the big announcements for Disney Movies, TV Shows, Streaming Shows, Theme Parks, Cruise Lines, Gaming and Merchandise. What risks will they take in their quest to become the next Walt and Roy or the next Eisner and Wells? Only time will tell. If I were them, I'd get "The Blueprint on How to Run a Company as a Twosome" right away, because it’s a book worth reading.
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