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This week, a new addition to Storybook land canal boats, a casting call hints at new entertainment, Rex returns for a new party, interact with the Avengers in a different way, Josh Gad takes guests on a spooktacular ride, we finish our conversation with Brandon from Spirit Jersey, and more! Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/. Check out all of our current partners and exclusive discounts at https://www.dlweekly.net/promos. News: There has been a lot of speculation on what is happening with Storybook Land Canal Boats at Disneyland since it's refurbishment started. We finally have at least part of an answer! Between the patchwork section and Mr.Toad's section a new Rapunzel tower will rise, with wanted posters for Flynn Rider and a secluded dock with a boat inspired by the film. A trellis on the Casey Jr. bridge will feature twinkling lights and play “When Will My Life Begin?” during the day, and “I See the Light” at night. – https://disneyparksblog.com/dlr/rapunzels-tower-coming-to-storybook-land-canal-boats-at-disneyland/ Some new live entertainment is coming to the Disneyland Resort. A casting call has gone out for seven improv actors, vocalists, movers, and dancers for a new production. They are also looking for band members to accompany the show. Submissions are open through October 17th. No word on when this show will debut or what it is. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2025/10/02/your-dream-job-is-now-hiring-at-disneyland/ Not too long ago, Rex from Toy Story came to Pixar Pier. He is back, but this time he is ready to party. Partysaurus Rex, which is Rex in his party outfit of a viking hat, with red lochs hanging out, and a few necklaces with colorful beads and a peace sign. You can catch Partysaurus Rex in the 2012 Pixar short Partysaurus Rex, which is part of the Toy Story Toons series. – https://www.laughingplace.com/disney-parks/partysaurus-rex-meet-and-greet-dca/ There is a new way to interact, and maybe get a photo with, you favorite Avenger. There is a new “Avengers Assemble” moment in Avengers Campus where a few Avengers come out together, are introduced by the F.R.I.D.A.Y. voice over the PA, pose for a group photo in front of the Avengers' jeep, then break up to meet with guests for photos in the area. After a short time, the F.R.I.D.A.Y. voice comes back and informs them they are needed elsewhere, and they disperse. – https://www.laughingplace.com/disney-parks/avengers-assemble-new-moment-avengers-campus-dca/ One of our favorite previously turned down cast members, and Disney Legend Josh Gad was back at Disneyland recently. This time, he was working the Haunted Mansion. This took place before the Holiday overlay was installed, as he can be seen talking to the caretaker, dancing with the ballroom ghosts, and much more! You might remember that Josh previously worked on the Jungle Cruise as a skipper, was a conductor on the Disneyland Railroad, and worked the Kilimanjaro Safari at Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. To see his experience, check out the link in our show notes. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2025/10/03/a-disney-celebrity-just-became-a-haunted-mansion-caretaker-and-we-are-so-jealous/ https://youtu.be/UTHSUCKCY8s?si=WHP0bZie-C41dFHb The Broken Spell Lounge at the Disneyland Hotel, which opened back in October of 2024, just now got it's permanent sign. The new sign hangs from the ceiling with a magic wand and twinkling stars surrounding the Broken Spell Lounge name. The lounge is usually open from 4pm to 10pm, with live music daily at 5:30pm, 6:45pm, and 8pm. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2025/10/05/better-late-than-never-something-new-just-arrived-at-a-popular-disney-hotel-lounge/ Not only is Disneyland celebrating 70 years, but so is the Mickey Mouse Club! The Mickey Mickey Mouse Club premiered on October 3, 1955. To celebrate, some new, retro-style merchandise has come to the resort. There are some classic Mickey ears, a Mickey Mouse Club Member jacket, a Mickey plush, tote bag, tee, and more! – https://www.micechat.com/424727-disneyland-news-ticket-increase-aerial-construction-photos/ In the hub at Disneyland, there are pumpkins that represent each land of the park, with a character representative. Adventureland started this Halloween season with Tarzan, but has been swapped to Jose from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. This change makes sense since Tarzan's Treehouse has been replaced with the Adventureland Treehouse. It is interesting that they swapped this out mid-season. – https://www.laughingplace.com/disney-parks/disneyland-adventureland-pumpkin-update/ We have a couple of construction updates to tell you about around the resort. First, the Disneyland Hotel security gates near the old ESPN Zone building are still closed, but the new gates are installed and should be open soon. Over in Disney California Adventure, the TWO new Avengers Campus attractions are coming along quickly. The main framing of the building – or buildings, depending on how you look at it is complete. The walls should start to enclose the structure soon. The scale of this structure is massive! – https://www.micechat.com/424727-disneyland-news-ticket-increase-aerial-construction-photos/ SnackChat: Naples Ristorante e Bar – https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/downtown-disney-district/naples-ristorante-e-bar/menus/ Discussion Topic: Creative Director of Spirit Jerseys Brandon Ptasznik https://www.spiritjersey.com – Use code dlweekly10 to get 10% off brandon@spiritjersey.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On a special pod blast episode of Pop Goes The Classics, Andy Atherton rides solo to do a live watch of the Pixar Short, “Partysaurus Rex” from 2012. To watch along on Stream Lounge, click this link: https://www.streamlounge.io/watch/8efcea77-73da-4e16-9fbd-5374ac2a52da
Baywatch Berlin, der Bollerwagen unter den Laberpodcasts, steht wieder in den Startlöchern und ist mit drei Kasten „Peinlich“ und fünf Flaschen „Skandalös“ beladen. Wie einst die Hobbits im Auenland, ziehen Heufer-Umlauf, Schmitt & Lundt in das große Abenteuer und stehen wieder vor der Herausforderung, all die unzusammenhängenden Themen, Wutausbrüche und Emotionen zu einer brauchbaren Podcastfolge zusammen zu schmieden. Einer scheitert dabei schon auf den ersten Metern: Schmitt hat am Vorabend der Podcastaufnahme den Abschluss der „Wer stiehlt mir die Show“-Dreharbeiten GEFEIERT und dabei für ein paar Stunden vergessen, dass die Losung „Work hard Play hard“ in der Todeszone Ü40 bittere Folgen haben kann. Was folgt ist logisch: Schmitt schafft es erst gar nicht ins Aufnahmestudio, sondern wird - von Übelkeit und Schamschüben geplagt - von der Couch aus zugeschaltet. Da unser Partysaurus Rex den Erzählungen seiner Podcastkollegen nicht mal ansatzweise folgen konnte, werden die Kernthemen hier nochmal kompakt zusammengefasst: Klaas wurde bei Late Night Berlin von seiner eigenen Mutter überrascht und steht seit diesem David Lynch-Moment komplett neben sich. Lundt berichtet von der Aftershowparty des deutschen Filmpreises, wo er „nur mal kurz Hallo sagen“ und „höchstens eine Stunde“ verweilen wollte. Naja, do the math. Außerdem fand das alljährliche Coachella der Uncoolen - der Eurovison Song Contest - statt, der neben sehr, sehr vielen Lichtern auch wieder viel Schatten zu bieten hatte. Apropos Lord of the Lost: Hat Schmitt in dieser Folge eigentlich schon was gesagt? Der kämpft gegen Kater, Übelkeit und die Sinnlosigkeit seines Seins. Als Klaas dann noch in Erinnerungen an Survival-Pionier Rüdiger Nehberg schwelgt und von dessen Ernährungskonzept „Leben von der eigenen Substanz“ berichtet, ist Schmitt endgültig abgemeldet. Mhm. „Leben von der eigenen Substanz“…hilft nicht nur beim Überleben im tiefsten Dschungel, sondern taugt auch prima als Motto für die Themenfindung und Aufnahme von Baywatch Berlin. Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/BaywatchBerlin
In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they look back on the 2012 Pixar short Partysaurus Rex, which is the third and final Toy Story Toons short. Rex is called a "party pooper" when he isn't seen as much fun as the other toys. When Bonnie takes Rex in the tub for her bath playing with the other bathroom toys, Rex has a lot of fun playing with them and becomes a rule breaker by filling up the bathtub with water and bubbles while Bonnie and her mom leave. He's praised by the toys as a party animal and Rex deems himself with the nickname "Partysaurus Rex". As the last short of the Toy Story Toons, does it end on a high note or is it the worse of the bunch? Listen and find out. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/old-school-lane/support
This week, Courtney (she/her) and Frank Farrell (he/him) join us for Toy Story Toons; a series of shorts consisting of Small Fry, Partysaurus Rex, and Hawaiian Vacation. They're like the movies, but short. Who put worms in the Old Country Buffet mashed potatoes? Has Jerry Seinfeld come out of his cage and is he doing just fine? Is Jeff Probst the moral standard? “What I'm going to say sounds insane.” - Courtney Farrell “You got to be nicer to 25 year olds.” - Frank Farrell Courtney would like to promote the show The Duchess on Netflix. Frank encourages you to check out Oscar animated shorts and making stuff with your ideas. Click HERE to listen/like/follow/rate and review. It really helps the show! Captain's Log Shout-out: Click HERE to help out with The Other Host's vet bills for their cat Oliver's surgery.
Within a few years of the release of Toy Story 3, five more Toy Story, uh, stories were released in the form of Toy Story Toons and TV specials. In this episode, we're working our way through three Toy Story Toons (Hawaiian Vacation (2011), Small Fry (2011), and Partysaurus Rex (2012)), as well as two Toy Story TV specials (Toy Story of Terror (2013) and Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)). Mike works double duty to recap five separate plots, we talk about our favorite and least favorite moments, our biggest disappointments, and our favorite surprise characters. Plus, of course, more talk about how Mr. Potato Head continues to defy the laws of physics and reality.
We find three wee little Toy Story bonus Toons this week with Micaela Pettigrew! We chat about Hawaiian Vacation (2011), Small Fry (2011), and Partysaurus Rex (2012). These three sweet little stories are a fun addition to the ever-expanding Toy Story universe. All our friends return and we get to spend extra time with Rex, the surprising backbone and old reliable friend who's always there! Come for Barbie and Ken's first kiss and stay for the wealth of fun kid meal toys and puns. Which kid's meal toy would you be? Tell us @ITDVPodcast on Twitter! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: Instagram Twitter: Twitter Email: InsideTheDisneyVaultPodcast@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify
Kate set Betsy up with a challenge. They've been deeming too many books as "classics". What book could I produce that would engender more of a debate? Well, after all these episodes (82!) Betsy thinks she's figured out Kate's least loved genre. It involves childlike art. It involves kids who aren't entirely saintly. Really, it was just a matter of time before they got to this one. They've not done a David Shannon book before. Ultimately they determine that the fault at work here is not that of David, but the inattentive parents. Happily, Kate has provided the "Partysaurus Rex" video link. It is a delight: https://vimeo.com/51194871 And the Etch a Sketch is from 1960, if that helps date the kid in the book. Yes, Betsy. It was Hiawatha and the Peacemaker. For the full Show Notes please visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2019/04/08/fuse-8-n-kate-no-david-by-david-shannon/
Raine and Ilya talked about Raine's journey starting from Rainmaker all the way to Industrial Light & Magic, pivotal moments in one's life, environment inside the VFX studios, tackling personal work and sense of self, various art styles, and a lot more. Raine Anderson is a self made artist who has been working in the film, commercial, TV and video game industry for close to 20 years. Raine first got his start in late 1997 as a runner at Mainframe Entertainment. He then moved his way up into an artist position shortly after and has not looked back. Over the years, Raine has traveled around the world honing his art on both the professional and personal levels. He is currently working as a Texture Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic Vancouver. Some of Raine’s work credits include Happy Feet (2006), Avatar (2009), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Partysaurus Rex (2012), X:Men: Days of Future Past (2014), The Revenant (2015), Deepwater Horizon (2016) as well as the upcoming Valerian and the City of a Thousand planets (2017) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). You can find out more about Raine and his work here: https://raineanderson.wordpress.com/https://www.instagram.com/raineandersonart/https://www.pushthesky.com/m.imdb.com/name/nm1923654/filmotype/visual_effects?ref_=m_nmfm_1
In episode 031 of the Pixar Post Podcast we discuss: Pixar Post Website Updates At the top of the episode we chat about the wrap-up of last month's Book Club discussion of The Pixar Touch as well as the announcement of our next book, The Art of WALL•E. Be sure to check out more details on the Book Club page. Pixar News Starting at 4:09 into the podcast - we chat about the amazingly hilarious Toy Story That Time Forgot Sky Broadband commercial. Starting at 13:40 into the podcast - we chat about the release of the Toy Story of TERROR! Blu-Ray and play our favorite clips from the vintage toy commercials (including a lot of laughter) - we even dig into the Pixar employees who worked on these three pieces. Finally, we cover the Partysaurus Rex director's commentary which certainly tops the list as one of our favorite commentaries to date. Starting at 28:00 into the podcast - we chat about the Inside Out sneak-peek that was released and cover our thoughts on our first glimpse at Riley. Starting at 34:19 into the podcast - we chat about the first clip of LAVA which was recently released as well. We cover our thoughts on the song, visual elements as well as our anticipation for the entire short being released ahead of Inside Out. Part Five of The Pixar Pipeline Project Starting at 42:38 into the podcast - We are excited to bring our fifth interview as part of the Pixar Pipeline Project. The Project is a nine-part series of Pixar interviews which will allow us to follow the path of a Pixar movie through its journey from story to screen. Our fifth interview is with Aaron Hartline from Pixar's animation department. We chat about everything from a day-in-the-life of an animator, to his work as the Supervising Animator on LAVA (with additional insights and details from the project). Finally, we wrap up with a discussion on Aaron's journey to Pixar as well as some amazing stories of inspiration and perseverance on getting into animation. Like we mentioned in the podcast, we want to hear from you - did Aaron's interview inspire you, did it make you think deeper about the career path you're on? Let us know - send us an email (info@pixarpost.com) or leave us a voicemail and we may even play it on our next episode (voice mail line (415) 799-7678[POST]). Pixar Post - T.J. & Julie
In episode 005 of the Pixar Post Podcast we discuss: Monsters University news - New short clip titled "A message from the Dean", High-resolution character artwork & ID cards were released, MU official website updated with extra details on characters. Re-release of Monsters, Inc. including PartySaurus Rex prompted us to unleash our custom Rex around town again as he shopped and bought the Blu Ray at a store. Reminder to enter to win in our Evil Dr. Porkchop T-Shirt contest. Brave wins several awards at the American Cinema Editors awards and the Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards. The Blue Umbrellanew stop-motion vine video from Valentine's day, dates added for SXSW festival & a reader will be providing a review of their experience viewing the short film soon. Pixar Post - T.J. & Julieinfo@pixarpost.com
In our third episode we discuss: - Update on our logo as well as additional PartySaurus Rex photos from Pixar Canada. - Discussion of the 40th annual Annie Awards and what awards Brave took home. - The Good Dinosaur potentially leaked logo - The Blue Umbrella stop-motion animation video we created, variations of umbrellas to see in the short and Director Sachka Unseld is asking for your questions. - What we're working on for the upcoming week.
In episode 002 we discuss: A review of feedback from our first episode - our new Voice Mail tip line (415) 799-POST - Our new logo is under development - We are now on Vine (application)...you can find us with the user name "Pixar Post". - Additionally we discuss Pixar Canada joining Twitter as well as receiving one of our custom PartySaurus Rex toys! - Mark Anrews is going back to Scotland to mentor students at the Glasgow scool of art. - Spin Master signs a master agreement to produce all the toys for the upcoming Monsters University. - Disney Infinity update (packaging, release schedule and a possible leak of future characters). - The Blue Umbrella news updates (Official world premiere date, Pixar wrap party details, additional speaking event in Hamburg and is The Blue Umbrella inspired by My Neighbor Totoro? - Our interview with the Live-Action Toy Story project team member, Jonason Pauley. - Our director's commentary reviews of A Big's Life and the short film, Day and Night.
Welcome to our kickoff episode of the Pixar Post Podcast - in this episode we discuss: - An introduction to us and why we started the blog, as well as this podcast. - Our Podcast expectations and plans. - The previous week's hot Pixar news (Brave wins Golden Globe, The Blue Umbrella making-of videos, our PartySaurus Rex making-of video, Disney Infinity game launch, fan art, WALT app review. - Top three posts (in volume) for the week. - What we're working on for the upcoming week. You can find full show notes at http://pxrpst.co/Episode001