Pizza Planet: A Pixar Podcast

Hello Pizza Planeteers! On today's episode, we review Pixar's latest and the fifth installment of the beloved Toy Story series, Toy Story 5. We recorded this live in our car in the movie theater parking lot with one of our good friends, Adrienne Garalde. It was a blast and we think you'll really enjoy it. If you haven't seen Toy Story 5 yet, it is definitely worth it! Just make sur...

We're baaaaccckkk. Welcome to Season 4 of Pizza Planet y'all!!! So good to be back. Though in all honesty and transparency, it will probably be a little break until the rest of the season comes out as we continue working on the new season so please be patient :) Enjoy this review of Pixar's latest film, Hoppers. If you haven't seen it yet, you gotta check it out. It will either mak...

You guys, we can't believe we've come to the end of another season. For our season finale of Season 3, we sit down with two of our friends, Galen and Rutger, to rank the entire Pixar filmography. It was a blast and we hope you enjoy it. If you haven't made a Pixar films ranking list, you need to! Feel free to send your lists to us via DM on our Instagram (see below). If we get enough,...

On today’s episode, we are casting the lamplight on storytelling and screenwriting expert Pietro Schito from Write For Animation! Pietro is a wealth of knowledge on storytelling and specifically Pixar’s storytelling. Like the 22 Rules episode, this one is full of Pixar storytelling gold. If you haven’t checked out the Write For Animation channel on Youtube, you gotta check it out. Links from the e...

We're baaaack. On today's episode, we break down the classic Pixar film WALL•E (not WALL-E hehe). This is such a gem of a film and was so much fun revisiting scene-by-scene. We hope you guys enjoy it. Thanks so much for listening y'all! Pizza out! --- Join the Pizza Planet Pack on IG @pizzaplanetpodcast

On today's episode, we review Pixar's new film Elio! We brought on one of our good friends Andy Wright as our special guest. We recorded this episode directly after watching the movie together at the theater and actually recorded in Gareth's car haha. It was a blast. We hope you guys enjoy this review and if you haven't seen Elio yet, you gotta check it out! Take care Pizza Planet...

On today's episode, we chat about the infamous 22 Rules of Storytelling for Pixar as written by the one and only Emma Coats. We go rule by rule and draw connections to how Pixar uses these rules in their films to make movie magic and hit you in the feels. Check out these legendary story rules in the link below. Thanks again for listening and hope you guys enjoy it! --- 22 Rules List: https://w...

Okay so we actually back y'all!!!!! So sorry for the fake out of Season 3 this past fall. We got super busy with the dad life and all but we are officially back and have plans to continue releasing episodes monthly so get ready! On today's episode, we sit down with our friends Tony and MG as we go behind the scenes, or rather behind the songs, and chat about the Pixar cover EP that we made...

Happy Halloween!!!! For this Halloween special, we sit down with our good friend Jonason Pauley of JP and Beyond to review the Pixar TV special, Toy Story of Terror. This was a lot of fun and it was so great to have Jonason back on the show. Hope you enjoy and have an awesome Halloween y'all! --- Check out and subscribe to Jonason's Youtube channel JP and Beyond here: https://www.youtube.c...

We back y'all!!! Welcome back to Pizza Planet!!! It's been way too long guys. Enjoy this review of Inside Out 2. If you haven't seen it yet, do your mental health a favor and go see it ;) haha but seriously you gotta check it out! As you'll hear in the episode, we have been busy with family life but are so excited for this new era of the podcast. We won't be releasing monthly l...

For the finale of Season 2, we are doing something very special! On today's episode, we are tasting the foods from Pixar films and reviewing them with all of our past guests from the show!! We had a blast with this one. If you want to check out the video version, you've gotta go check it out on our youtube page. Link below. There's so many foods from Pixar films to try but these ones w...

On today's episode, we are breaking it down again, this time on the beloved Pixar classic, Ratatouille. So sit back, get some delicious snacks on-hand, and enjoy this discussion on Ratatouille as we dive into the film scene by scene. This episode ended up running way longer than expected but there was just so much to talk about!. We hope you enjoy it (and our ramblings) and thanks again for li...

On today's episode, we are talking about our childhood dreams of working for Pixar and in animation, and where we are now on our creative paths. This is part of a new series called Personal Pan Pizzas where we will be discussing topics in shorter discussions than usual. This episode is for all those who have creative ambitions or just dreams in general and are slowly working towards those on t...

On today's episode, we sit down with one of the creators of the live action Toy Story, Jonason Pauley of the Youtube Channel JP and Beyond!! Jonason takes us behind the scenes and shares all the fun details on how they created the beloved shot-for-shot live action remake of Toy Story. It was so much fun chatting with him and we think you guys are really gonna dig it. If you haven't watched...

On today's episode, we are reviewing Elemental! This movie is so dang cute and full of depth. If you like rom-coms and Pixar, then you're in for a treat. If you haven't seen the film yet, it's the perf date night outing. And for all my single brothers and sisters out there, it's still so worth it! Haha. Thanks so much for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode. --- Join th...

On today's episode, Ben shares his Lava Letter to Up. Get ready for a deep dive into the jungles of Paradise Falls and get your tissues on standby as we journey through the tearjerking scenes of Up in this audio essay. Hope you guys enjoy this and we'll be back together as usual next month! Pizza out! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @pizzaplanetpodcast

On today's episode, we talking about the musica of Pixar! We had our good friend Tony Zinich with us to talk about our Top 5 favorite Pixar soundtracks. We had so much fun diving into all of the amazing music of Pixar and cherishing the genius of Randy and Thomas Newman and Michael Giacchino. Do yourself a favor and listen to some Pixar soundtracks when you get a chance. It's well worth it...

In today's episode, we are switching it up. We are launching a new series called "Lava Letters" where we will be creating audio essays on some of our favorite Pixar films. This episode is Gareth's Lava Letter to Onward. We hope you enjoy it! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @pizzaplanetpodcast

Annnnd we are back for Season 2!!! Welcome back guys to Pizza Planet! We are kicking off the new season with a film breakdown of the classic Pixar film, Finding Nemo. We walk through the movie scene by scene and discuss all its glory. We hope you enjoy this episode. Prepare yourself for potential childhood nostalgia. Thank you guys so much again for listening and sticking with us into another seas...

In today's episode, we are continuing to talk about Pixar attractions at Disney but with a twist! In this episode, we pretend that we are pitching Pixar ride ideas for Disney Imagineers. We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to let us know your Pixar ride ideas! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @pizzaplanetpodcast

In today's episode, we are talking about all the amazing Pixar attractions at the parks in Disney World/Land. We quickly realized while preparing for this episode how many Pixar themed attractions there are at Disney! We hope you enjoy this episode and if you haven't been to Disney before, you gotta go and make sure to check out the Pixar attractions! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on...

In today's episode, we are chatting about Pixar's most recent film that just came to theaters, Lightyear! This episode is a part of our Review series where we review and give our first impressions on a Pixar film. If you haven't seen the new film yet, you gotta check it out! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @pizzaplanetpodcast

In today's episode, we are launching a new series called Casting The Lamplight! In this series, we sit down and interview someone who is an expert on a topic that somehow crosses paths with something Pixar related. Today, we sit down with our friend Anders Visser of the Youtube channel HoopsAndDinoman to talk about the film, The Good Dinosaur. Anders has a successful channel analyzing dinosaur...

In today's episode, we are going into the monster world and breaking down Monsters, Inc! This episode is a part of our Film Breakdown series where we walk you through a Pixar film scene by scene and break it down. This film is such CLASSIC Pixar. Please go watch it and adore it. --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @pizzaplanetpodcast

In today's episode we are talking about our top 5 favorite theatrical Pixar shorts! This episode is a part of our Table Talk series where we have a discussion on something Pixar related. There are sooo many good Pixar shorts so it was very hard for us to make our lists. Go check em out on Disney+ and let us know your favorite Pixar shorts! --- Join the Pizza Planeteers Pack on the socials @piz...