Friday, February 12, 2010

Wham-O-No!

I really hope this doesn't mark the start of the February of Death.... After losing Art Clokey, Donald Goerke, Jan C. Gabriel and Glen Bell, I didn't think I could take any more.... Well, on February 9, 2010, America lost a legend. At the age of 90, Walter 'Fred' Morrison succumbed to cancer at his home in Monroe, Utah....

Walter Morrison gave us a little known toy called THE FRISBEE!!!! That's right!


While enjoying a family picnic in 1937, Morrison and his future wife started tossing around the lid of a popcorn tin.... The popcorn tin lid dented easily, but did that stop Walter? NO SIR!
They moved on to their next best option - cake pans.... on to cake pans. Soon Morrison was off and selling the 'Flying Cake Pans'.


In 1955, Morrison added a deeper and thicker rim and sold the disc known as the 'Pluto Platter'. And finally, in 1957, Wham-O purchased the marketing rights to what two years later would be known as 'The Frisbee' (a spin-off of the name of the 'Frisbie Pie Co.')

Anyone care to join me in a memorial game of frisbee golf on Saturday?

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