005 Toy Story - Buzz Syndrome

The Rotoscopers tackle their first Pixar film, Toy Story! (Because you're not an official animation podcast unless you've covered Pixar). Morgan & Chelsea share their experience of meeting Don Bluth. Also covered is the animation news for the week, the introduction of a new segment called the "Nerdy Couch Hour" and, of course, a hilarious discussion about the first CGI feature-length animated film Toy Story.  Highlights: ■ We have a cricket problem ■ Morgan & Chelsea go to Don Bluth Front Row Theatre ■ Quick News Segment: Lorax opening weekend $70.2 million, new Japanese Brave trailer & Robert Sherman passes away ■ Nerdy Couch Hour: The movie name change trend ■ Main Discussion: Toy Story ■ Is the entire movie quotable? ■ VHS & 90s movie preview tangent ■ Toy Duel ■ Why Barbie wasn’t in the first Toy Story film ■ Conundrums: What kind of toy is Bo Peep? ■ Favorite scenes: Andy’s playtime & the birthday party ■ The music: no characters singing in the film & potential Sid Phillips villain song ■ The characters: lots of characters but not too many, Rex’s voice actor & Billy Crystal was supposed to be Buzz ■ The Pixar movie experience ■ Pizza Planet: the delivery guy, whack-a-alien & alien juice dispenser ■ Disneyland’s Red Rockett’s Pizza Port: the futuristic Red Robin? ■ Items that are in every Pixar film ■ The green alien men cult ■ Sid Phillips character discussion: crazed genius, pop tarts for breakfast & appearances in Monsters’ Inc. comics ■ Conundrums: Buzz syndrome, Zurg’s secret weapon & batteries for toys ■ Trivia: Woody and Andy’s last name & early working titles for the film ■ Mrs. Nesbitt’s tea party with Marie Antoinette and her sister ■ What we rate the film ■ Bloopers: no flushing allowed, the lego table, multiple interruptions by the cricket & nerdy kid in his room Runtime: 1:13:08, 33.1 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram ■ Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon ■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected] ■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices