Toy Story Zero: The True Story Of Andy’s Dad & Woody’s Origin (ft. Mike Mozart)

for him. He opens his wallet and, right inside, you can see the imprint of a key that has been in that wallet for probably most of his life. He takes out the key and says to Andy: ["Andy, go upstairs and you will find a very special trunk. It has been waiting for you all these years. It was something very special from my childhood and now it is yours." . And inside, inside he's going to be your best friend in the world." ] But when Andy went up the stairs, found the trunk and took it down, his father... had died.

And for a few days, Andy completely forgot about It wasn't until after the funeral when he returned home and found him that he finally opened the trunk and discovered Woody, Slinky and Mr. Potato Head None of whom could recognize that this boy, this Andy, was not the same Andy. who put them in the trunk. They had all been asleep the whole time and had no idea of ​​the passage of time, and since Andy and his father looked so alike when they were children, the toys didn't even realize that he was a different child. Woody doesn't even realize that his

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al owner has passed away, or that the Andy playing with him now isn't the Andy who wrote his name on his boot, and that's it, and God, he just answers EVERYTHING!

Why is the moving truck so empty? Oh, because it wasn't really his house. Andy's parents already had a lot of stuff in Seattle. The things in the truck are mostly just his son's and some mementos from his grandparents' house. Why doesn't Woody remember who he or Andy's father is, despite him being an "old family toy"? Because Andy and his father looked the same and Woody was never aware of the show. Why are there no photos of his father? There is! By the way, did you know that polio causes vision problems and that's probably why that photo of young Andy's father is wearing glasses?

And if you're still not sold, there's one more little detail I left out. When the secretary sent Woody to Andy's dad, she included a note that said, "For Sheriff Woody's favorite deputy," and guess who else got a pair of Buzz and Woody prototypes when they were first released? None other than Mike Mozart. He showed them to us. He still has them in the box, it was so surreal. But in the box that Joe Ranft sent him, he left a note that said... [—In fact, he tore up this

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al box, "To my favorite congressman, Mike," and they signed it on the outside of the box . ] Ugh, seriously, this

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is so perfect, and the real tragedy of all of this is that Joe is no longer around to confirm or deny any of it.

Even Mike was amazed, he asked him... [—I said, "I can't believe you have all this, figured out like... like the wallpaper and everything, I thought it was a coincidence." He said, "Well, a lot of things just went right, so they went the right way," but he said, "When your writer says you can't know where you're going unless you know where you're going." I've been," ] A line I would later write in "Cars." And now I have to say a huge thank you to a couple of people. First, Joe Ranft for just being an inspiration and an incredible writer, and for caring so much about his characters and their stories, and just for sharing them with someone.

And another huge thank you to Mike Mozart for sharing this very personal and moving

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. I mean, honestly, he cried a couple of times just telling us. It's a pleasure to talk to him and I recommend you follow him on Instagram @MikeMozart. If you want to see the full interview we did with Mike to fill in even more details, seriously, it gets very deep and very emotional at times, I recommend you check it out. watch on our Patreon, it will be available in the exclusive feed. It's about 90 minutes long, but it's worth watching the whole thing Especially, because there's also another shocking revelation about Andy's mother So, Ben, my question for you and everyone.

The rest is more of a request to share this story. Let's see if we can send this to Pixar for confirmation, because it's perfect. I have a feeling there are maybe only about 5 people on the entire planet who can do that for us. So, share this video. Thanks in advance. These socks are amazing! Guys, thank you very much for watching. Like this video if you haven't already and subscribe so you don't miss any future Pixar videos. If you want to see the truth about Woody's case, you can watch this video, right here. Or if you want to check out our review of “Cars 3,” you can check it out right here.

But Ben, that's all I have for you today, man. I'll see you in another life, brother.