004: News: August 2, 2010

How they do Spanish Buzz in Spain; Pixar Museum exhibit hits Oakland, and a new Cars Toon short film about Monster Trucks!

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Links from this episode:

Lee Unkrich’s formspring account (a few minor spoilers)
http://www.formspring.me/leeunkrich

Audio Stories about the Exhibit:

KGO Newstalk AM 810’s interview with John Lasseter:
http://shasta.bayradio.com/podcasts/29JulyLivelineLasseter.mp3

NPR station KQED Radio’s story by Cy Musiker, and interview with Pixar Animator Warren Trezevant (with pictures!)
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201007301730/a

And a Web extra interview with John Lassetter
http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/news/2010/07/2010-07-30-lasseter.mp3

San Francisco Chronicle’s multiple stories covering the exhibit:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/30/DDT21EJANM.DTL

Listed it as among the Must Dos:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/30/CMOC1DGQ6H.DTL

For fun, a review from the Chronicle from 1995:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/11/01/DD69735.DTL

Official YouTube channel where you can view some of the Cars Toons shorts:
http://www.youtube.com/user/disneycarstoons

A clip of Monster Truck Mater from Stitch Kingdom:
http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-news/television-disney/sneak-peek-mater-tormenter-monster-truck-mater-cars-toon/

Jeff Katzenberg about passing Pixar:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/dreamworks-animation-looking-up/
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/dreamworks-will-pass-pixar-katz-predicts_1155687

Before next week’s episode, you can expect our first ever Special Feature episode, to give you a first hand look at the Pixar exhibit in Oakland!

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