Bob Gurr interview
Didier Ghez: Can you share some memories about Joe Potter?
Bob Gurr: In January 1966, as part of an EPCOT sales junket Walt Disney organized, a dozen of us Disney folks visited several cities across the US using the Mouse, our corporate Grumman aircraft. One stop was to Westinghouse, at the time a large electrical equipment manufacturer located in Pittsburgh. After a tour of its R&D division, hosted by their board chairman, all were treated to a light lunch before returning to our hotel.
As Walt, Joe Potter, and myself exited one of the Westinghouse company limos, Walt said that he was still hungry, and we should all go to the hotel coffee shop to get something else to eat. As we entered the shop, Walt saw that the Disney merchandise was displayed on a bottom shelf. “C’mon, boys, let’s fix this!” Walt exclaimed. We all then proceeded to remove the other items from the top shelf, then move the Disney products from the bottom to the top.
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- Parent entry
- 1 - The Mique Nelson letters (Mique Nelson)
- 2 - Katherine Kerwin interview (Dave Smith)
- 3 - Gerry Geronimi interview (Michael Barrier, Milton Gray)
- 4 - Gerry Geronimi interview (Ross Care)
- 5 - Ward Kimball interview (Ross Care)
- 6 - Ward Kimball interview (John Culhane)
- 7 - Dick Huemer interview (John Culhane)
- 8 - Ken O'Connor interview (Ron Merk)
- 9 - Chaperone for Donald Duck (Janet Martin)
- 10 - Herb Ryman interview (Kathy Greene, Richard Greene)
- 11 - Five Years with Walt (Don Douglass)
- 12 - Ken Peterson interview (Bob Thomas)
- 12 - Ken Peterson interview (Bob Thomas)
- 13 - Kay Wright interview (Alberto Becattini)
- 14 - Dell Conell interview (Bill Spicer)
- 15 - Elma Milotte interview (MICA Productions)
- 16 - Bob Gurr interview (Doobie Moseley)
- 17 - Bob Gurr interview (Jim Korkis)
- 18 - Bob Gurr interview
- 19 - Barbara Palmer interview (Michael Broggie)
- 20 - Hani El-Masri interview (Julie Svendsen)
