Potato Head, Rex the cowardly dinosaur - provide a lot of character-based interaction in the latter, whereas they’re more a cranky chorus in the original film. The supporting toys - Hamm the piggy bank, Mr. Similarly, many of the jokes depend on a particular shtick - creating nudge-nudge parallels between the toy world and the human world - less refined than the verbal and visual wit of later Pixar productions like The Incredibles (2004) and, yes, Toy Story 2 (1999). The Randy Newman song score, for example, is only a baby step away from musicals the story is overly dependent on Newman-accompanied montages (the filmmakers sometimes sound too ambitious in the commentary, when they liken their use of these songs to The Graduate ). But Toy Story deploys its own formulaic devices. Lasseter and his associates also stress that they wanted the lead characters to be funny and interesting, in contrast to the usual bland prince/princess Disney model.Īll fair enough. Unlike traditional Disney films of this era, it is not a musical as such, there is an absence of what the filmmakers call the “I want” song (e.g., “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid, or “Belle” from Beauty and the Beast ). But in contrast to the appropriately laudatory behind-the-scenes features included on this new DVD, there are some cracks in its generally pleasing veneer Toy Story is wonderful, a breakthrough, but not quite a flawless experience.ĭuring the informative and chummy “Filmmakers Reflect” segment (featuring key Pixar personnel, including director John Lasseter, and Joe Ranft, a story editor who passed away a few months before the DVD release), the filmmakers run through a sizeable list of what their animated feature is not. The story of cowboy doll Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) dealing with the arrival of Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), a shiny new threat to Woody’s status as favorite toy, is a family-friendly buddy comedy that refuses to talk down to any portion of its wide audience. Waternoose III and Thorny in Toy Story 5 (since the death of the James Coburn and Alex Rocco).Ten years on, much of Pixar’s Toy Story, the first computer-animated feature film, is as sweet and smart as ever. He also reprised his role as Frasier in The Magical World of Disney television specials Mickey's 60th Birthday and Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration. Ivan Krank in the Teacher's Pet movie, and was the Narrator in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
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He is also well-known for his voice roles as Sideshow Bob on the popular Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons, Vladimir in Don Bluth's 1997 film Anastasia, Zozi in the 1999 spin-off film Bartok the Magnificent, and Hunter in Warner Animation Group's 2016 film, Storks.įor Disney, he voiced Stinky Pete in the 1999 Disney/ Pixar film, Toy Story 2, and reprised this role in the video game of the same name. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcoms Cheers, Wings, and Frasier. Auden James Ellis Source Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor, comedian, singer, producer, director, writer, and activist, who is best known for his role as Dr.