Tom K Morris
@tomkmorris.bsky.social
Somehow I screwed up the thread. This was Josh’s office.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Somehow I screwed up the thread. This was Josh’s office.
Not as much as they did on I Love Lucy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Not as much as they did on I Love Lucy.
Where else are you gonna store the rocket pops?
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Where else are you gonna store the rocket pops?
Its sister, a mile north.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Its sister, a mile north.
I forgot about the broken fence but here it is, and I’m now electing you to tell me what else out of this pile they built or didn’t!
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I forgot about the broken fence but here it is, and I’m now electing you to tell me what else out of this pile they built or didn’t!
The timing mentioned in the caption aligns with my memory of working on WoM only a couple of weeks after I started in January ‘79. But the hot air balloon scene that I somewhat ideated for WoM must’ve overwritten my memory of this other scene,
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The timing mentioned in the caption aligns with my memory of working on WoM only a couple of weeks after I started in January ‘79. But the hot air balloon scene that I somewhat ideated for WoM must’ve overwritten my memory of this other scene,
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!
Arrow points to location of pump station, apparently by 1966 it was changed from a shack to a rock. This might be the mystery rock in question?
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Arrow points to location of pump station, apparently by 1966 it was changed from a shack to a rock. This might be the mystery rock in question?
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!
McCracken Sr. also sculpted the Swan Boat bow, among many other faves. Oh, he was also one of the artists on the Hall of Presidents paintings!
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
McCracken Sr. also sculpted the Swan Boat bow, among many other faves. Oh, he was also one of the artists on the Hall of Presidents paintings!
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.
Scary looking in the classic close-up, especially knowing that this was probably taken around April with only 2 months to go!
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Scary looking in the classic close-up, especially knowing that this was probably taken around April with only 2 months to go!
Inside this humble warehouse on Apopka Vineland Rd, the gothic towers and ornamentation for Cinderella Castle were created. Eleven years later, the stately king palms standing in front were transplanted, along with others, around Spaceship Earth.
Photo by John Kemp
Photo by John Kemp
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Inside this humble warehouse on Apopka Vineland Rd, the gothic towers and ornamentation for Cinderella Castle were created. Eleven years later, the stately king palms standing in front were transplanted, along with others, around Spaceship Earth.
Photo by John Kemp
Photo by John Kemp
I’ve been to my share of a ‘60s-style English pubs (usually London or Tokyo). That’s not a ‘60s-style English pub. This is:
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’ve been to my share of a ‘60s-style English pubs (usually London or Tokyo). That’s not a ‘60s-style English pub. This is:
Even the jet set marveled at it!
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Even the jet set marveled at it!
Some of these might be DeCuir Jr. Also, I misspelled Kaminski, according to my “seance” with WB.
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Some of these might be DeCuir Jr. Also, I misspelled Kaminski, according to my “seance” with WB.
In this case it WAS freshly paved, but not that hot. You can see where I tried to press my tennies into it.
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In this case it WAS freshly paved, but not that hot. You can see where I tried to press my tennies into it.
October 1, 1971. It was so hot that day that my Red Ball Jets sunk into the freshly poured pavement.
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
October 1, 1971. It was so hot that day that my Red Ball Jets sunk into the freshly poured pavement.