Tom K Morris
@tomkmorris.bsky.social
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Great summation of the extraordinary life of Eddie Sotto! He was lightning in a bottle!
An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed.
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose worked influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country. Sotto is best known for designing Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Paris, but ...
www.latimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Great summation of the extraordinary life of Eddie Sotto! He was lightning in a bottle!
Words are insufficient for me to summarize the extraordinary life of the brilliant Eddie Sotto, even after a day of writing notices of varying lengths. Although I knew this day was approaching, I still don’t know where to begin. Eddie had been signaling it to me in the most paradoxical, “Eddie” way…
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Words are insufficient for me to summarize the extraordinary life of the brilliant Eddie Sotto, even after a day of writing notices of varying lengths. Although I knew this day was approaching, I still don’t know where to begin. Eddie had been signaling it to me in the most paradoxical, “Eddie” way…
Randomly came across Disney artist Frans Van Lamsweerde in one of those posts that casually boasts, “My father was an artist at Disney.” And my follow up, “What was his name?” Then the unfamiliar name, followed by a Google search. And then, “Holy Cow!” Pictured here are his private Christmas cards.
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Randomly came across Disney artist Frans Van Lamsweerde in one of those posts that casually boasts, “My father was an artist at Disney.” And my follow up, “What was his name?” Then the unfamiliar name, followed by a Google search. And then, “Holy Cow!” Pictured here are his private Christmas cards.
Ughh… RIP Rob Reiner, one of the very best in the business.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Ughh… RIP Rob Reiner, one of the very best in the business.
In reference to my peanut brittle comment, this photo crop on the left was taken in 1967 approx where the Mobil Station on 535 is, near WDW’s LBV entrance, looking east. And to answer an expected followup question, the legs belong to Welton Becket. Stuckey’s was there for years.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In reference to my peanut brittle comment, this photo crop on the left was taken in 1967 approx where the Mobil Station on 535 is, near WDW’s LBV entrance, looking east. And to answer an expected followup question, the legs belong to Welton Becket. Stuckey’s was there for years.
An original Walt Disney-era concept for Project Florida finally becomes a reality!
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
An original Walt Disney-era concept for Project Florida finally becomes a reality!
I wonder if they found any peanut brittle.
Aerial photos of ramp construction in the redo of the I-4 interchange with SR 435 S Apopka-Vineland Rd.
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I wonder if they found any peanut brittle.
As it appeared in my day. Too bad I didn’t know who William Pereira was at the time, I bet he would’ve showed me around!
Our school bus passed it every day.
Our school bus passed it every day.
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As it appeared in my day. Too bad I didn’t know who William Pereira was at the time, I bet he would’ve showed me around!
Our school bus passed it every day.
Our school bus passed it every day.
It's hard to imagine that architect Bill Pereira, who gave us the futuristic LAX icon, Transamerica Tower, CBS Television City, etc, and who masterplanned much of the Irvine Ranch incl UCI & Newport Center, maintained his last office for 20 years in this barn on a former buffalo ranch in Newport.*
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It's hard to imagine that architect Bill Pereira, who gave us the futuristic LAX icon, Transamerica Tower, CBS Television City, etc, and who masterplanned much of the Irvine Ranch incl UCI & Newport Center, maintained his last office for 20 years in this barn on a former buffalo ranch in Newport.*
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Walt Disney Family Museum on 02/28/26 about the origins of Walt Disney Imagineering (WED Enterprises). I'll reveal some new details & personalities involved with planning Disneyland that might surprise you! I hope to see my Bay Area friends there!
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Walt Disney Family Museum on 02/28/26 about the origins of Walt Disney Imagineering (WED Enterprises). I'll reveal some new details & personalities involved with planning Disneyland that might surprise you! I hope to see my Bay Area friends there!
Here’s a mystery to try and date. This hung in the Golden Horseshoe from when to when? It appeared in the film Summer Magic in 1963. The artist, Jim Schaeffing, says it was painted for the Golden Horseshoe. People remember it hanging more recently there, but it’s gone now, when was it removed?
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here’s a mystery to try and date. This hung in the Golden Horseshoe from when to when? It appeared in the film Summer Magic in 1963. The artist, Jim Schaeffing, says it was painted for the Golden Horseshoe. People remember it hanging more recently there, but it’s gone now, when was it removed?
Here’s an IAAPA Fun Fact!
In olden days, IAAPA (then known as NAAPPB) was almost always held in Chicago. The reason? Proximity to Riverview Park, a 72-acre amusement park run by William B Schmidt, whose industrial & safety innovations made his park worth an annual visit by his peers.
In olden days, IAAPA (then known as NAAPPB) was almost always held in Chicago. The reason? Proximity to Riverview Park, a 72-acre amusement park run by William B Schmidt, whose industrial & safety innovations made his park worth an annual visit by his peers.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here’s an IAAPA Fun Fact!
In olden days, IAAPA (then known as NAAPPB) was almost always held in Chicago. The reason? Proximity to Riverview Park, a 72-acre amusement park run by William B Schmidt, whose industrial & safety innovations made his park worth an annual visit by his peers.
In olden days, IAAPA (then known as NAAPPB) was almost always held in Chicago. The reason? Proximity to Riverview Park, a 72-acre amusement park run by William B Schmidt, whose industrial & safety innovations made his park worth an annual visit by his peers.
So, thanks to Chris Merritt’s incredible “Book of Marc” my memory has been jogged re this scene I haven’t thought about for 40 years. IIRC, I was asked to place this scene into an environment after the figures on the right were deleted due to budget…
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So, thanks to Chris Merritt’s incredible “Book of Marc” my memory has been jogged re this scene I haven’t thought about for 40 years. IIRC, I was asked to place this scene into an environment after the figures on the right were deleted due to budget…
I also posted this on X but does @ProgressCityUSA have the Marc Davis sketch for this scene? I barely remember doing these crude sketches and can’t remember exactly why. I’m sure I didn’t ideate any of this, but perhaps I helped lay it out. My memory of working on World of Motion is sadly piecemeal!
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I also posted this on X but does @ProgressCityUSA have the Marc Davis sketch for this scene? I barely remember doing these crude sketches and can’t remember exactly why. I’m sure I didn’t ideate any of this, but perhaps I helped lay it out. My memory of working on World of Motion is sadly piecemeal!
You might be surprised to know that the Skyway Station was actually expanded along the back in the 1960s. You might also be surprised to know that Walt’s son-in-law, Bob Brown, “art directed” it. Imagine going from designing part of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to this “barn!”
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
You might be surprised to know that the Skyway Station was actually expanded along the back in the 1960s. You might also be surprised to know that Walt’s son-in-law, Bob Brown, “art directed” it. Imagine going from designing part of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to this “barn!”
“We get our ideas from anywhere, but most mostly The Andy Griffith Show.”
-Walt Disney
-Walt Disney
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“We get our ideas from anywhere, but most mostly The Andy Griffith Show.”
-Walt Disney
-Walt Disney
I try to only post obscure anniversaries, so here’s one: 61 years ago, Oct 26, 1964, a curious episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired. The timing was perfect, and thus an iconic theme park sight gag was born!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I try to only post obscure anniversaries, so here’s one: 61 years ago, Oct 26, 1964, a curious episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired. The timing was perfect, and thus an iconic theme park sight gag was born!
Can you believe it? This guy is 94 years old today!
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Can you believe it? This guy is 94 years old today!
Lunch with Mike McCracken. His father Michael (in the b&w photo) was one of Blaine Gibson’s key sculptors at Imagineering from 1967-1979 and sculpted some of the most iconic figures in the parks. He left to do freelance work on films and the occasional odd job like this version of the Big Boy.
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Lunch with Mike McCracken. His father Michael (in the b&w photo) was one of Blaine Gibson’s key sculptors at Imagineering from 1967-1979 and sculpted some of the most iconic figures in the parks. He left to do freelance work on films and the occasional odd job like this version of the Big Boy.
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Come see all the good stuff we kept IN the film on October 19th as part of the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival.
An Outtake from BOB GURR: LIVING BY DESIGN
YouTube video by Frank H. Woodward
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October 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Come see all the good stuff we kept IN the film on October 19th as part of the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival.