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Blog Post: Pixar's Darla K. Anderson's slow & steady path to success

Jim Hill

Here's kind of a depressing fact to start 2011 off with: 88% of all people will fail to keep their New Year's resolution . With 45% of those folks falling off the self-improvement wagon by the end of January. And why is that exactly? To be blunt, it's because a lot of us aren't willing...

on1 Jan 2011
Blog Post: "To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

Jim Hill

There's this genuinely eerie passage in Karen Paik 's " To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios " ( Chronicle Books , November 2007), which talks about how a single book basically changed the course of John Lasseter 's life. In ninth grade, Lasseter was searching the art section...

on28 Nov 2007
Blog Post: A special "Toon Much of a Good Thing" edition of Why For

Jim Hill

First up, Danny writes in to ask: Jim, Any reason that you know of why Pixar started skimping on their DVD packages? Up to and including " The Incredibles ," no company did the medium justice better than Pixar. But the discs for " Cars " and " Rataouille " (which I have an advanced copy of) are pathetic...

on2 Nov 2007
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Why "Ratatouille" 's good-but-not-great box office numbers are now causing problems for Disney's marketing department

Jim Hill

By now, you've probably heard that -- over this past weekend -- " Ratatouille " finally officially achieved really-for-real blockbuster status. Earning over $200 million during its initial domestic run. Mind you, it did take this new Brad Bird film quite a while to reach that milestone. As you can see...

on3 Sep 2007
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Want to help chart Pixar's future? Then be sure and take that animation studio's online survey

Jim Hill

As part of their classic comedy routine, " The 2000 Year Old Man ," Carl Reiner asked Mel Brooks what he attributed his amazing longevity to. To which Mel replied: "I never, ever touch fried food. And I never run for a bus. There'll always be another." I bring up Brooks' bus joke for a reason. In that...

on6 Aug 2007

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Blog Post: Pixar's Darla K. Anderson's slow & steady path to success

Blog Post: "To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

Blog Post: A special "Toon Much of a Good Thing" edition of Why For

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Why "Ratatouille" 's good-but-not-great box office numbers are now causing problems for Disney's marketing department

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Want to help chart Pixar's future? Then be sure and take that animation studio's online survey