Buzz Lightyear

Thank you so much, uh, all of you, for being here.

Um, I am very excited, as I mentioned, to be getting into the topic at hand this week.

It is one that I think our listeners will know and love, and we have received many correspondents asking us to tackle, to, to tackle, to tackle the subject.

So without further ado, today on the program, a Space Ranger who first orbited around our hearts in 1995, a persona who believes steadfast in their mission regardless of its truth, a figure created for exploration, yet one that resides within the smiles of children for infinity and beyond.

The subject is Buzz Lightyear.

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Ooh.

Yes.

This is a, this is a fun one.

I'm glad we're doing a fun one after the-

Well, it's fun, but it's also extremely serious.

Yeah.

'Cause this is, this c- this, this character is a perso- is a space man, and his mission was, and it was, he was having a very hard time because imagine, imagine b- really believing you have a mission and then it turns out i- it's not real.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

It's kinda like the Truman Show of space.

Sort of.

Mm.

And like a cartoon Truman Show of space.

Yeah, I agree with you.

I don't, I don't think that's-

It's a bit of a stretch, but I can see where I c- I sort of also get it.

Buzz Lightyear is a character and he's a great, he's a great, great man and I, I actually really love him.

Yes.

Over the series, and I'm sure we'll get into it, but, um, the places they take Buzz and how they allow him to grow and learn, um, is vast-