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33-464: All directed by John Lasseter except as noted: In November 2007, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 , which featured all of Pixar's animated short films up through 2006's Lifted . It also included The Adventures of André & Wally B. The second volume of shorts, Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 was released in 2012. The third volume of shorts, Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3

66-505: A feature film. And it’s still worth doing. Lasseter hoped that audiences will get a "kick out" of each of the shorts included in the collection, stating: "I hope that they look at them and just are surprised by how funny they are. All I think except one are basically no dialogue. It’s like Chuck Jones said, ‘With great animation, you should be able to turn the sound off and still tell what’s going on.’ And I think they're these wonderful little gems and they're really entertaining. It shows also

99-422: A film website run by Pitchfork Media . In April and June 2014, senior staff writers Kyle Ryan, Sonia Saraiya, and Emily St. James left the website for positions at Entertainment Weekly , Salon , and Vox Media , respectively. In 2015, Ryan returned to Onion, Inc. for a position in development. Following his departure from The Dissolve earlier that month, Nathan Rabin returned to write freelance for

132-427: A supplement are 4 shorts made for Sesame Street , "Surprise", "Light and Heavy", "Up and Down", and "Front and Back" in 1991. The compilation made its television premiere on ABC Family on December 2, 2009. In order to fill a two-hour timeslot with commercials, additional shorts were added to the compilation, including Presto (2008), BURN-E (2008), the first three Mater's Tall Tales shorts, Your Friend

165-441: A supplement to its satirical parent publication, The Onion . While it was a part of The Onion ' s 1996 website launch, The A.V. Club had minimal presence on the website at that point. A 2005 website redesign placed The A.V. Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike The Onion , The A.V. Club is not satirical, though it does use a similarly irreverent style. The publication's name

198-617: Is "going to be too long to wait for the Pixar Short Film Collection: Volume II, but I guess we'll just have to be patient." Writing for Movie Metropolis, John J. Puccio declared that while those who have previously collected Pixar's full-length feature films on home video will already own some of the shorts featured on Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 , it's "nice to have all of them collected together in one spot". He wrote that "they're worth having, if for no other reasons than because they chronicle

231-671: Is a reference to audiovisual (AV) clubs typical of American high schools. In 1993, five years after the founding of The Onion , Stephen Thompson , a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison , launched an entertainment section of the newspaper. "A.V. Club" is for "audiovisual club". In the United States in the late 20th century, many high schools would have clubs for students who wanted to use and learn about speakers, projectors, and other video and audio equipment. In 1996, both The Onion and The A.V. Club debuted on

264-513: The A.V. Undercover web series would be revived after a 7-year hiatus, A.I. written articles during the G/O Media era would be removed, familiar writers would return (including Nathan Rabin and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky ), and a subscriber program will be introduced. In July 2024, Danette Chavez, a writer and editor for The A.V. Club from 2015 to 2022, rejoined the website as editor-in-chief. The same month, A.V. Undercover season 9 premiered and

297-648: The A.V. Club website in May 2015. He renewed his regular column "My World of Flops" Archived 6 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine . The Dissolve folded in July 2015. In January 2016, Univision Communications acquired "a 40 percent, controlling stake" in Onion Inc., the parent company of The A.V. Club . Later that year, Univision also purchased Gawker Media and reorganized several of Gawker's sites into

330-801: The Writers Guild of America, East . The union comprises "all of the creative staffs at Onion Inc.: The A.V. Club , The Onion , ClickHole , The Takeout , Onion Labs, and Onion Inc.'s video and art departments." ( ClickHole was subsequently acquired by Cards Against Humanity in February 2020. ) The union was recognized on 20 April 2018 and reached a contract agreement with management on 20 December 2018. The contract includes "annual pay increases, minimum pay grades, strong diversity and anti-harassment language, just cause, union security, editorial independence, intellectual property rights, and an end to permalancers." In July 2018, Univision announced it

363-526: The "Miami" knick knack and on the mermaid sitting on the rock in the fish bowl. John Lasseter defended these changes by saying "It wasn't big bad Disney coming in and insisting we do this... it was our own choice. It was just crossing the line for me personally as a father. So I made the decision to reduce [these characters'] breast size." Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 received acclaim from contemporary critics. The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 100% of critics have given

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396-495: The Internet. The A.V. Club was originally a subsection of the main theonion.com domain name. In December 2004, Stephen Thompson left his position as founding editor of The A.V. Club . The supplement was moved to its own domain name, theavclub.com , before the 2005 acquisition of the shorter avclub.com domain name. The latter change coincided with a redesign that incorporated reader comments and blog content. In 2006,

429-457: The Rat (2007), and a few Toy Story Treats interstitials. An opening title screen and closing credits were also added. The A.V. Club The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. The A.V. Club was created in 1993 as

462-411: The ability of our filmmakers to be able to, in a short amount of time – one and half minutes to five minutes and without dialogue – still establish really memorable characters." The version of Knick Knack included with this release was the censored version which was first released in 2003 with the cinema release of Finding Nemo . The censored version removes the exaggerated breasts on the woman on

495-455: The collection, it would be its length, but stated that "it makes one wonder what Volume 2 will bring our way in a few more years". Writing for The A.V. Club , Tasha Robinson declared Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 to display the "stunning progress" that Pixar has made in turning computer animation into a "rich artistic medium". Robinson cited the collection as "an informative, touching 23-minute pocket history of Pixar." Included as

528-545: The compilation a positive review based on 5 reviews, with a perfect score of 10/10. Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures wrote that "with how affordable DVDs are to rent", there are few that he would recommend as a "must-buy", citing Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 as an exception, "considering the wealth of entertainment and historical value" it contains. Carr explained that while he loved the Pixar theatrical films immensely, "one of

561-511: The evolution and the focus of kind of the history of Pixar and the development of the technology, the development of me as a filmmaker and a storyteller, and then our continued dedication to creating short films after Toy Story and the coming out of, trying out of new talent and continuing the R&;D research and stuff. And, for me, I love the short film because there are certain ideas that are perfect for short film that are not necessarily meant for

594-460: The extra bonuses of seeing them is the short films they always tag on the beginning". He revealed that he enjoyed watching the short films "almost as much" as the films itself and that the short films attached to later DVD releases were "equally as fun to watch". Carr expressed his hopes for Pixar to be around for "many years to come" and continue to provide "some of the best animated entertainment ever seen". He concluded his review by stating that it

627-405: The first time ever, with G/O Media selling The Onion to Global Tetrahedron the following month. Two employees were laid off as part of the transition. Paste Media CEO Josh Jackson stressed that Paste and The A.V. Club would not be consolidated together and ensured that the comments, briefly disabled by G/O Media, would be restored. In June 2024, various changes were announced, including that

660-441: The history of the studio so well and because the Pixar filmmakers execute some of them as brilliantly as they do any of their main attractions". According to Puccio, there is no doubt that the later Pixar shorts are "among the finest cartoons ever made". He wrote that while the earlier ones are also "interesting and certainly innovative", they don't "bear repeat viewing as much". Puccio declared that if there were any negatives about

693-495: The new Gizmodo Media Group , a division of Fusion Media Group . On 16 February 2017, The A.V. Club 's editor-at-large, John Teti, posted an article on the website announcing the upcoming release of a television series, titled The A.V. Club , based on the website. The series, hosted by Teti, began airing on Fusion on 16 March 2017 and ran for one season. The series featured news, criticism, and discussions about various popular-culture topics and featured staff members from

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726-471: The print version of The A.V. Club was available in 17 different cities. Localized sections of the website were also maintained, with reviews and news relevant to specific cities. The print version and localized websites were gradually discontinued, and in December 2013, print publication ceased production in the last three markets. On 13 December 2012, long-time writer and editor Keith Phipps, who oversaw

759-481: The senior staff of the site and comprised the managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator. In March 2024, it was reported that G/O Media had sold The A.V. Club to Paste Media , who had previously bought the dormant G/O Media sites Jezebel and Splinter News for a relaunch. This resulted in The A.V. Club being separated from The Onion for

792-429: The site migrated from Kinja to WordPress , returning to the former Disqus -powered commenting system used under Bulbs. On 9 December 2010, the website ComicsComicsMag revealed a capsule review for the book Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth had been fabricated. The book had not yet been published nor even completed by the authors. After the review was removed, editor Keith Phipps posted an apology on

825-520: The website after Stephen Thompson left, stepped down from his role as editor of The A.V. Club . He said, " Onion, Inc. and I have come to a mutual parting of the ways." On 2 April 2013, long-time film review editor and critic Scott Tobias stepped down as film editor of The A.V. Club . He said via Twitter , "After 15 great years @theavclub, I step down as Film Editor next Friday." On 26 April 2013, long-time writers Nathan Rabin , Tasha Robinson, and Genevieve Koski announced they would also be leaving

858-520: The website shifted its content model again to add content on a daily, rather than weekly, basis. Some contributors have become established as freelance writers and editors. According to Sean Mills, then-president of The Onion, the A.V. Club website first reached more than 1 million unique visitors in October 2007. In late 2009, the website was reported to have received more than 1.4 million unique visitors and 75,000 comments per month. At its peak,

891-405: The website to begin work on a new project with Scott Tobias and Keith Phipps. Koski also said that she would continue to write freelance articles. Writer Noel Murray announced he would be joining their new project, but would also continue to contribute to The A.V. Club in a reduced capacity. On 30 May 2013, those six writers were announced as becoming part of the senior staff of The Dissolve ,

924-914: The website, stating that the reporter being assigned to review the book could not locate a copy of it ("for obvious reasons"), so they fabricated it. Leonard Pierce, the author of the review, was terminated from his freelance role with the website. In 2017, The A.V. Club won an Eisner Award for "Best Comics-related Periodical/Journalism" (for works published in 2016). The award went to writers Oliver Sava, Caitlin Rosberg, Shea Hennum, and Tegan O'Neil. The award also went to editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog. Starting in 1999, only lists written by individual writers were published. Beginning in 2006, The A.V. Club began publishing website-consensus, year-end album and film rankings, together with lists created by individual writers. Additionally decade-end lists were published for

957-558: The website. The site was subsequently migrated from Bulbs, an internal content management system developed by Onion Inc. to the Gawker-developed Kinja platform. Audience reviews hosted on the previous site were deleted and the Kinja comment system was heavily derided by the site's commenting community, leading to a sharp decline in activity. In March 2018 the employees of the company announced they had unionized with

990-457: Was announced that the site was opening a Los Angeles bureau. In August 2021, Yahoo! Entertainment and E! Online alum Scott Robson joined to lead the team. On 18 January 2022, the union representing staff at the website announced that all seven staff members based in Chicago had taken severance as opposed to accepting a mandatory move of work location to Los Angeles. This predominantly affected

1023-430: Was looking for a buyer for the entire Gizmodo Group. In April 2019, Gizmodo and The Onion were sold to private-equity firm Great Hill Partners, which combined them into a new company named G/O Media . In July 2019, executive editor Laura M. Browning and managing editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog left. In early 2020, former People magazine and Entertainment Weekly editor Patrick Gomez was named editor-in-chief, and it

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1056-431: Was released in 2018. This article about a Disney animated film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 is a home video compilation released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on November 6, 2007, containing 13 of Pixar 's short films. It was followed by Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 , which

1089-418: Was released on November 6, 2012, and Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3 , which was released on November 6, 2018. Commenting on Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 , John Lasseter said: I am really excited about finally coming out with a collection of the Pixar short films because these have been so much a part of the history of Pixar. The early short films before Toy Story came out really shows

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