034: News: February 5, 2011

The Office and Pixar share a few laughs; we go behind the scenes of the recent Up “premake” trailer; an update on Cars 2, and more!

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Lee Unkrich met his look-a-like Office mate Ed Helms when he visited the tv show's set last week. Photo courtesy Lee's Twitter.

Pic courtesy Lindsay Vandergalien's blog.

Pic courtesy Lindsay Vandergalien's blog.

Tom Hanks with "directors" Angus MacLane, Bobby Podesta, and Mark Walsh. Photo Courtesy Whosay.com/TomHanks. Identification Via Pixar Times.

The Beauty of Pixar from Javier on Vimeo.

Links for today’s episode:

The Office official website:
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/

Blogger Review of Cars 2 screening:
http://www.cc2k.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2258

Trip to Pixar Links:
Patton’s tweet:
http://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/12223447610425345
More info about Comedy Death Ray:
www.comedydeathray.com

Fun facts about Toy Story 3 and the Oscars (via Pixar times):
http://pixartimes.com/2011/01/28/fun-facts-toy-story-3-oscar-nominations/

Pixar animator and Office fan Lindsay VanderGalien’s blog:
http://vandergalien.blogspot.com/

Possible review of Cars 2? (contains spoilers):
http://www.cc2k.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2258

Piece by David Price for The Pixar Blog:
http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/25-years-of-pixar-by-david-price.html

Story about the Claw Machine Kid:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351443/To-infinity-Two-year-old-crawls-INSIDE-toy-grabbing-machine-watching-Toy-Story-night-before.html

Get the music from Geri’s Game on iTunes (Flambee Montalbanaise):
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/flambee-montalbanaise/id375227478?i=375227565

Post office site, announcing the Pixar stamps:
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2010/pr10_125.htm#21th

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