‘Toy Story (1995), Written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, & Alex Sokolow - With Ryan Kiourkas & Cody Krull!

It’s Animation May on Best Original Podcast! Over the next seven weeks, I’ll be going through each of the animated films that have received nominations for Best Original Screenplay, starting this week with Pixar’s rookie debut, ‘Toy Story.’ Ryan Kiourkas and Cody Krull joined the show to talk about how revisiting the film compared to our childhood memories of it, ‘Toy Story’s’ tumultuous production history, if Syd is actually a bad kid or just sorely misunderstood, how unlikable Woody is, and, most importantly, how tumbleweeds were invented. Later, I gave the boys a quiz to find out which Toy Story characters they are—and the results were pure poetry. I’m glad the Oscars are over and we can get back to talking about some original screenplays! 10 films down, 390 go.

P.S. I am so sorry that the audio quality for this episode sounds like I recorded it while aggressively crinkling rolls of tinfoil in my hands. I promise I was not doing that—I just forgot my microphone and had to record with my phone. I’m only human (like that Christina Perri song from the Twilight movies). 

P.S.S. I also said this was episode 22 and that was a lie. It’s only episode 21. It was wrong of me to mislead you in this way, and I’m deeply sorry. Please don’t start a hate campaign against me on Twitter with the hashtag “#BestOriginalPodcast?MoreLikeWorstOriginalPodcast!” and get me trending. I would hate that. -XOXO Dakota

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Link to Andrew Gay article “The Cowboy, the Spaceman and the Guru: Character and Convention in the Screenwriting of Toy Story”

Link to Entertainment Weekly article “'Toy Story': The inside buzz”

Link to Joe Blevins article “Maybe destructive Sid from Toy Story wasn’t such a bad kid after all”

Link to Kirsten Acuna article “'Toy Story' Had An Unwatchable Script Until Joss Whedon Saved It”

Link to Nicholas Barber article “The dark side of Toy Story”