One of the first pawprints of Pixar. How
many have actually seen this one? I did. What cha think of it?
Yep – I actually did have the privilege of seeing it
before most of it was “cut” from the Pixar website. I haven’t seen it in a few years, but I still
remember (and love) it. 
(Wow – were you feeling “posty” today, Pixfan? Only you posted about
six new threads in the Short Films section. No offense intended; I’m just curious.
)
Ha,ha I
know! 
I figured that might come up sooner or later so I answered that in my Tin Toy post. Since this was a
short films section, I just felt “every” Pixar short deserved their own post.
This is the only short I haven’t seen…Anyone know where I can find it?
And rightly so.
lizardgirl: If
you go to the Theater section of the Pixar website, access the
Shorts option, and click on Andre and Wally B., you
will be allowed to view a few seconds of the film. I’d tell you the ending, but I don’t want to spoil it for
you…should you ever get to see the whole thing.
Thanks, Mitch!
Though technically this ISN’T a PIXAR short, it is the
first that John Lasseter worked on when the computer animation division that will become PIXAR was still under
Lucasfilms.
It is crazy to imagine that PIXAR’s fathers are George Lucas, Steve Jobs, John Lasseter,
& Ed Catmull! They are all just dripping of brilliance!!
And this short (along with the future
Luxo Jr.) proves it!
True that, true that. 
But I
classify the Big JL as Pixar itself.
Despite
the negative circumstances associated I don’t think it’s truly fair to mention these fine gentleman as the
founding father’s of Pixar without also mentioning Dr. Alvy Ray Smith. =)
You are very welcome, Ms.
Ooo!! History Lesson!! Seriously, Dash, who was this man? This is the
first I’ve heard of him!
We can only watch the sneak peak on the Pixar site, but
from what I see it looks ok. I don’t think the story looks very good, but I’m sure that wasn’t really the main
concern when making the movie.
Ditto!
Alvy Ray Smith was one of the first top executives at Pixar. The Adventures of Andre and Wally B was his
concept and under his direction. He was kinda a cross between Ed Catmull and John Lasseter working from both
creative and technical angles. Ultimately there was disagreement between him and Jobs, Catmull, and Lasseter
about which way the company should go and they split on less than cordial terms. They don’t really like to
mention it despite the fact that he’d been there and heading things up pretty much longer than anyone except
maybe Dr. Catmull.
Hmm, that’s very interesting…It
explains why some of us hadn’t heard of him, at least.
Yes, that is rather intersting. I don’t
suppose you know where this Mr. Smith is now, do you? (Just curious…just curious…)
According to Wikipedia,
Dr. Smith is currently President and Founder of Ars Longa, a digital photography
company.
Dr. Smith – excuse me.
Photographing
company, eh? I never would have guessed…
Thanks for the information, Dash!
Yes Dash, thank you for enlightening us about PIXAR
conception . . . it’s always nice when you learn the whole story - with the bits that people don’t like to talk
about . . . at least I do!