Toy Story 2

"63: Toy Story 2 with Griffin Newman (Part 1)" and "64: Toy Story 2 with Griffin Newman (Part 2)" are the 66th and 67th overall episodes of *Podcast Like It's 1999* covering the films, television and pop culture of 1999, hosted by Phil Iscove and Kenny Neibart. The episodes were released on February 6 and February 9, 2019. The end of Part 2 is a discussion with Griffin about the *'99 Oscars*.

## Description

### Part 1

"This week on Podcast Like It's 1999, Phil and Kenny have the unique pleasure of talking with America's greatest living podcaster, Griffin Newman (Black Check with Griffin and David, he also stars on The Tick), about one of his favorite movies, Toy Story 2.    Join us for this in-depth conversation about Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Pixar, John Lassetter, Sarah McLaughlin, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Partysaurus, Babe: Pig in the City, Detective Pikachu, Frasier Crane, Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show and the meaning of life.    And come back next week for Part 2 of our discussion with Griffin!"

### Part 2

"It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Back with Part 2 today Podcast Like it’s 1999 Come on, it’s time to hit play! There’s Phil, the proud Canadian Kenny, he’s often hoarse Ernie, the quiet producer And Griffin, the man himself, of course It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Excluding Blank Check, it’s the very best! It’s the rootin-est, tootin-est Podcast That has an episode on “Wild, Wild West!”"

## Kenny's Intro

### Part 1

"Hello, and welcome to *Podcast Like It's 1999*, the podcast where we look back at the movies from 1999 **from fresh inside our original packaging** here in 2019."

### Part 2

"Hello, and welcome to *Podcast Like It's 1999*, the podcast where we look back at the movies from 1999 **from up here on the shelf** here in 2019."

## Historical Information

"Woody (Tom Hanks) is stolen from his home by toy dealer Al McWhiggin (Wayne Knight), leaving Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the gang to try to rescue him. But when Woody discovers that he's actually a valuable collectible from a once-popular television show called "Woody's Roundup" and is reunited with his horse Bullseye, Jessie the yodeling cowgirl (Joan Cusack) and his faithful sidekick, Stinky Pete the Prospector (Kelsey Grammer), he doesn't want to leave."

*Toy Story 2* was released on 11/24/1999 in 1st place against Sleepy Hollow, Pokémon: The First Movie, Anywhere But Here and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. It made $497M on a $90M budget. It has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 87% from audiences. Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars.

## Top 5 Pixar

 **2** | Inside Out
 **3** | Monsters Inc.
 **4** | Coco
 **5** | Wall-E

## Trivia

* The episode of Blank Check that made Kenny declare Griffin a national treasure was Home Again.
* Griffin played the box office game for Thanksgiving weekend, 1999.

## Ratings

**Toy Story 2**
 **Phil** | 95
 **Griffin** | 99

* Ratings were given after the fact via Twitter.

## Gallery

Guest Griffin NewmanRatings given on TwitterRecording the episode
## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. Toy Story 2. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on May 18, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. Toy Story 2. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on May 18, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. Toy Story 2. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on May 2, 2022.
4. ↑ @WKRothe. "Great ep, but no 0-99?? Come on!". Twitter. Retrieved on May 2, 2022.