The Best of Toy Story and a History of Animation

The Best, 1/19/2018

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2 min readJan 19, 2018

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The Story Behind the Toy Story: On this day in storytelling history — Woody was supposed to be a bully, Buzz could have been red, and Steve Jobs had to fund the project when Disney took a step back… Learn more about one of the most noteworthy animated films in the history of storytelling!

Reading

Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons by Leonard Maltin

Listening

You Got a Friend in Me

Plus more from Randy Newman!

Randy Newman Youtube Playlist

Watching

Toy Story binge!

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

DIY

Create your own ‘animation’ by using flipbook! Check out Wikihow’s How to Make a Flipbook.

Eating & Drinking

The Best Keto Cauliflower Cheese

Yuumm…🤩

Can you tell we’ve been trying out the Ketogenic diet? If you want to give it a shot yourself, here’s one of our favorite cookbooks:

Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking by Maria Emmerich

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That’s it for today’s edition of The Best. Happy Friday, everyone! We’ll be back next week with more great content like this!

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