Ep. 008 -- Late to the Party

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Introduction - Welcome to Episode 10 of the show! Rachel is the Acting Director and Host for this episode, joined in the studio by The Star Swordsman as Co-Host. Thomas is also part of the Radio Pixar team, and we welcome our new Editor, Brad. General Pixar news - Up preview screenings, Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek! roller-coaster opens in Tokyo Disneyland, Disney-Pixar's Greatest Hits CD release, Pixar goes to Germany and more! Trivia Question - We hope you've watched Toy Story lately! Forum Talk and Pixar Planet news - TSS and Rachel discuss a couple of topics that have gotten people talking over at the forums, as well as highlight an outstanding thread and fan creation. Plus an update on the news surrounding "the Planet". Happy birthday to our forum members! Round Table discussion (Part 2) - Last episode two special guests joined us to talk about all things Pixar, so here's the second half of the roundtable. Hosted by Thomas. Song request - Want to hear a song from any Pixar feature or short? Send us a line. 'Up Tour 2009' project - Hog-Hug had a chat with Radio Pixar about her fan project to give thanks to Pixar Animation Studios. Upcoming Pixar events and Pixarian birthdays - get ready to jot down information of the best events for Pixar fans to know about. And a "happy birthday" to the Pixarians who recently celebrated their special day. Contest winner announcement - Last episode we held a contest to kick off our hiatus-ending episode. Listen out to hear who is the winner of The Art of Pixar Short films book. Trivia answer - We know you're dying to know if you got the question correct... WALL-E "The Axiom" - A very talented Pixar Planet member let us play his piano performance of this song. Thanks a lot, theowne! Outro - We hope you enjoyed Episode 10 - let us know what you thought of it: pixarplanet.com/forums or radiopixar [at] pixarplanet [dot] com.

• Introduction - Rachel is the Acting Director and Host for this episode, joined in the studio by Thomas as co-host. it's a new season of Radio Pixar and we've got new members in the Radio Pixar team, we're aiming for a 3-weekly release from now on, details of a giveaway to celebrate the fresh season of Radio Pixar and the first episode for 2009! • General Pixar news - Monsters, Inc. 2, Pixar comics, Toy Story + Toy Story 2 double feature, and more. • Wrap-Up - all the news surrounding Pixar's "Up"coming feature. • WALL•E news - was WALL•E the success we hoped it would be? • Trivia Question - The Star Swordsman is back with his noodle-scratching trivia for this episode. • Round Table discussion (Part 1) - two special guests join us in chatting about topics surrounding Pixar. Part 2 of the round table will be played in Episode 10. • Upcoming Pixar events and Pixarian birthdays - get ready to jot down information of the best events for Pixar fans to know about. And a "happy birthday" to the Pixarians who recently celebrated their special day. • Pixar at the Oscars - a re-cap of how Pixar fared at the biggest awards ceremony of the year. • Song Request - want to hear your favourite Pixar song on the next episode? Contact us! • Up video game report - a downloadable demo of the Up video game was released for PC. Mitch gives it a test run. • Pixar Planet events and member birthdays - a lot has happened around the 'Planet since the last episode of Radio Pixar, plus we give birthday shout outs to our regular members. • Vox pops: "why are you looking forward to Up?" • Mitch's report - forum member, Mitch, talks about her experience at the Oscar-Nominated Animation Feature Symposium event, then joins Radio Pixar for an interview. • Trivia Answer • Outro - thanks for listening - send us your feedback!

News on WALL-E's box office returns and the first awards start rolling in for Pixar's little robot; plus an initial look at Up, and reports from the Totoro Forest Project auction at Pixar headquarters. KyrieEllison from PixarPlanet.com joins the show for a spoiler-free discussion of WALL-E-- all this, plus your emails on this week's episode of Radio Pixar!

Current news and features from around the Web regarding Pixar's latest film, WALL-E-- also, WALL-E trivia for those of you who've seen the film.

"Radio Pixar #5: Finally Five!" - News, with a brief history of Pixar - News Talk with Dash and The Star Sowrdsman(a bit outdated due to scheduling problems, but it's still good!) - Forum Talk with Pixar Vixen and Aggie - Caution: some of the Forum Tlak might be "Spoiler-ific" - Will John Rat-in-a-burger voice a charatcer in Ratatouille? - In-depth discussion about the world of Cars with Dash, The Star Swordsman - Wrap up - Next week, is the official announcement of the winner of our co-host contest! - remember to call us to voice your opinions! We've been waiting for some voicemails to play Contacts: Phone 206-350-LUXO (206-350-5896) E-mail: [email protected]

- News - Aggie is sitting in for TL this week - Some chat about Pixar's movie posters - Randy Newman, the masterful music maker! - Stop by randynewman.com - Watch A Bug's Life... NOW! - Birthdays and our Burton influenced Thread of the Week - Special halloween 'treat' - AJ joins the wrap up - New call-in line! 206-350-LUXO (206-350-5896) - Sorry, no bloopers this time!

- news - "Trick or Street" contest! - the lowdown on "Lifted" - birthdays, and a violent Thread O' the Week - indepth discussion on Violet's powers - TL goes "science nerd" - recomended reading: "Science of Superheroes" - ghost Violet - Violet has to be careful around airport security - now accepting donations! - all those clicks you hear throughout the show is Dash trying to keep his mic plugged in. Don't worry, we told him to get a new one.