“After Disney” Event Announced for The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco This April, Including Author Q&A

The book chronicles the tumultuous time at The Walt Disney Company after Walt's death.

A sure-to-be-fascinating new entertainment-history book was published earlier this week from author Neil O’Brien– it’s entitled After Disney: Toil Trouble, and the Transformation of America’s Favorite Media Company, and O’Brien will be appearing for an event at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California at the beginning of next month for an in-person discussion.

What’s happening:

  • The Walt Disney Family Museum has announced an upcoming event in promotion of the new book After Disney: Toil Trouble and the Transformation of America’s Favorite Media Company from Recorded Books.
  • The event will feature author Neil O’Brien as speaker and will take place on Saturday, April 5th at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
  • Tickets cost $15 for Walt Disney Family Museum members and $35 for adult non-members / $30 for seniors and students (with valid ID) / $25 for youths. Non-members can purchase them at the museum’s official website starting today at noon.

What they’re saying:

  • Walt Disney Family Museum: “Join us for an in-depth look at the new book, After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company, with author, award-winning journalist, and producer Neil O’Brien. After Disney tells the story of the succession struggle that followed Walt Disney’s death and the evolution of the company to the entertainment titan that it is today."
  • Official publisher synopsis of After Disney: “This is the upstairs-downstairs story of the executives and animators who clashed and collaborated to keep America’s most storied company alive during the most uncertain period in its one hundred year history."

After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America’s Favorite Media Company is available now wherever books are sold.

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Mike Celestino
Mike serves as Laughing Place's lead Southern California reporter, Editorial Director for Star Wars content, and host of the weekly "Who's the Bossk?" Star Wars podcast. He's been fascinated by Disney theme parks and storytelling in general all his life and resides in Burbank, California with his beloved wife and cats.