Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

re: Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Floyd Norman — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:09:11 GMT

Great as always :)

re: Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Floyd Norman — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:05:20 GMT

Nice picture of Renee...

Sure do remember the boards in the hallways! Lots and lots of boards.

Jesse as a character really did need a boost to make the audience care about her. The song and sequence did it perfectly.

I always thought that Ricardo Montalban would have made a better choice for the Prospector. Kelsey Grammer was just a too safe, IMHO.

Some of the Pixarian's in the link: Ken Mitchroney, Bud Luckey, Jeff Pidgeon and Steve Boyett. One of the train trips to Reno.

re: Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Floyd Norman — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:05:22 GMT

Great again, Mr. Norman! Those were some perceptive kids! Yay for them! Can't wait for the final installment!

re: Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Floyd Norman — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:22:02 GMT

Ah, another great installment of this terrific series. Now, I have to say...I read somewhere that it was Tim Allen (voice of Buzz Lightyear), who persuaded Disney to make TS2 a feature. Is that correct? Also, I must add that I LOVE Jessie the Cowgirl. My sister, who grew up watching the Roy Rogers TV series (and who wanted to be a cowgirl herself), loved Jessie too, and says that she has just the right wholesome, rambuctious spunk and fighting spirit she'd expect from a 1950's-type female range rider. IMO, Jessie needs her own spin-off, especially if she got a pony of her own to ride (another dream of my sister's that, alas, never came true.) Anyway, another wonderful article. Kudos and thanks to Floyd and Jim!

re: Playing with Toys -- Part III: "So where was the dog ?"

Floyd Norman — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:39:35 GMT

Joan Cusack as Jessie was genius - as Gigglesock said, she brought a great level of spunk to the character, and I think she was the most endearing character in the film.

I also think the choice of Kelsey Grammer was a good one because his soothing voice as the Prospector lulled us into thinking of him as a good guy with psychological insight (a la Frasier), which made the double-cross that much more shocking. Giving him the name "Stinky Pete" was an added contrast to his voice (of course, when we saw the "outtakes" we understood why he was such a stinker!).

Thanks for another wonderful installment, Floyd.

Playing with Toys -- Part IV : Coming in for a soft landing on a pile of ... shaving cream ?!

Floyd Norman — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:28:18 GMT

Animation legend Floyd Norman completes his four-part series about the production of "Toy Story 2." In today's installment, Floyd talks about the last year of production on this Ash Brannon / John Lasseter film. As the crew struggled to solve several

Playing With Toys

Floyd Norman — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:38:18 GMT

The inside story on the making of Toy Story....