John Lasseter
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Oct 29, 2026
Alfie WalkerHOST
It definitely does.
Josh BrookerGUEST
I think a big part of it is when John Lasseter was booted out of Pixar, for reasons we're not going into here, but let's just say not good reasons.
Josh BrookerGUEST
Well, almost Weinstein reasons, actually.
Josh BrookerGUEST
But he shacked up with a Skydance animation.
Alfie WalkerHOST
Yeah.
Alfie WalkerHOST
To be fair, from any
Josh BrookerGUEST
documentaries or written things I've heard about Pixar, it always sounded like when he came into The Incredibles and Ratatouille, he was kind of brought in by John Lasseter, wasn't really part of the team as much as certain other filmmakers with Pixar.
Josh BrookerGUEST
So I wonder if that might be part of it as well.
Tom DuncanHOST
I think there are a lot of people that would stand behind you on that.
Tom DuncanHOST
I think there's also something to be said that most of the most beloved Pixar movies, sans, you know, a couple of the first early Toy Story movies with Lasseter and then obviously the Brad Bird films in their Ratatouille and Incredibles, most of the ones with a have been a Pete Docter production.
Tom DuncanHOST
And I think that's the reason he ended up getting, I wouldn't say gifted, but essentially promoted to the level where he is the new Lasseter because so much of these productions he had been the overseer for that he felt like the most natural pick when everything with Lasseter happened and then they needed somebody to step into the breach.
Myke EmalGUEST
Mike, who did you have? Same pick, Pete Docter.
Myke EmalGUEST
And this segues for what you were saying.
Myke EmalGUEST
He's my pick because Monsters, Inc. to me is like the linchpin in the Pixar timeline.
Myke EmalGUEST
Because like you said, up to this point, Lasseter is running everything.
Myke EmalGUEST
It's two Toy Stories and Bugs Life.
Bill KroyerGUEST
And I walked in with one of the first classes from CalArts, which was this brand new school they had just started.
Bill KroyerGUEST
And who do I walk in with? I walked in with Brad Bird and John Lasseter and Tim Burton and John Musker and all these guys.
Bill KroyerGUEST
I mean, the people that were going to change the industry, we all came in together as young green interns.
Bill KroyerGUEST
And, uh, that's how I got into, into the big time of animation.
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Bill KroyerGUEST
Nothing had ever been done like it before.
Bill KroyerGUEST
They just didn't understand it.
Bill KroyerGUEST
I will say the one guy who really got into it was John Lasseter.
Bill KroyerGUEST
That
JamesHOST
LAUGHTER Sorry.
JamesHOST
Well, I don't know if John's going to leave that in, but...
JamesHOST
Probably not.
JamesHOST
To give context, Andy just showed Obadiah's stain on the camera.
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JamesHOST
right yeah um
AndyHOST
who will be brad bird i didn't know brad bird worked on this
JamesHOST
Brad Bird, apparently Brad Bird, Tim Burton and John Lasseter
AndyHOST
all worked as like in the animation department.
Scott BrillPANELIST
And it took two years for them to rewrite it, rework it.
Scott BrillPANELIST
John Lasseter, who is a genius.
Scott BrillPANELIST
We haven't talked about the director of it, by the way.
Scott BrillPANELIST
A genius.
Nathan WoodsHOST
If you're not supposed to be working, then don't clock in and I'm watching you.
Brent ButgereitHOST
Yeah, and we talked about this in the episode we did with John Lasseter, donning, doffing, dillying, dallying, that some of that work time or that time that isn't work but you're kind of there early or you are coming into traffic, that could potentially be considered work-relevant time depending on the circumstance of your workplace and what the expectations are for you as a worker.
Brent ButgereitHOST
So if you work remotely but are required to come in for particular meetings, it's theoretically possible that some of that traffic time might be considered compensable.
Brent ButgereitHOST
Or when you get to the actual facility, you might have to badge swipe in and it takes you a minute to actually get to the station where you're punching the clock.
StevenHOST
No worries at all.
StevenHOST
I've gone for, because a lot of mine is quite Pixar themed, I've gone for John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, who are two of my favourite people from Pixar.
StevenHOST
They're
ChloeHOST
male.
JacobGUEST
Ha ha! So he went on to found his own company.
JacobGUEST
And that guy was John Lasseter.
NoahHOST
I mean, there's that, but also, well, yes, there was that, but he also did.
NoahHOST
What was it? There was like the brave little toaster.
NoahHOST
And I feel like also,
JacobGUEST
I don't
NoahHOST
really trust John Lasseter himself just because of what he got outed as, you know? So,
JacobGUEST
like, who knows at this point?
JamieHOST
But I remember one of the clips that were played on the DVD at the Disney store.
JamieHOST
And John Lasseter in particular speaks highly of Donna Murphy, but as a Broadway star.
JamieHOST
And I didn't realise until watching the
StevenHOST
clip.
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JamieHOST
And then they decided to put pins on potential.
JamieHOST
And to be honest, I really was hoping that it was the whole live action remake was going to be scrapped for all the films.
JamieHOST
I thought it was going to be like when John Lasseter came in and stopped all the sequels.
JamieHOST
I really did.
Geeky SparklesHOST
But they're trying to give away free tickets to go to get people in the seats.
KneonHOST
Yeah, so this is a Haley Steinfeld and Rashida Jones, Rashida Jones, who I liked until it turned out she was the one that got John Lasseter canceled.
KneonHOST
And they're probably hoping that that they're gonna be able to turn things around because all their movies after Lasseter got gone, most of them have had misfired except for the the franchise films.
Geeky SparklesHOST
mm-hmm that's why they keep doubling down the franchise films and they should have put Toy Story at you know this in this time slot
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