Award winning filmmaker David Michael Maurer interviews Pixar Story Animator Jeff Pidgeon on "The Filmschool Podcast" at http://www.project1982.com. Pidgeon’s credits include "The Simpson’s", "Tiny Toons", "A Bug’s Life", "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", "Monster’s Inc", and more… Pidgeon’s voice credits also include Bile from "Monster’s Inc", Mr. Spell from "Toy Story", and the famous Green… Read More »Pidgeon Podcast
Everything Disney is collectible — even pennies. Bob and Stasi Hoff, the good folks at ParkPennies.com can tell you all about it. They’ve been collecting and trading pressed Disney pennies for a little more than 15 years with people from all over the world. To their knowledge the highest price paid for a Disneyland elongated… Read More »Save Your Pennies
Chances are you are familiar with ABC’s hit show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. There are few people that have missed it, and fewer still that will ever miss it again. It is a show that demands attention. The premise is simple, take deserving people and build them a new home. The "Extreme" is the 7 day window in which they must build said home and also in the magnitude of over the top creativity that each new home receives.
The results are amazing. The homes are always beautiful and innovative, overwhelming but accommodating. Yet, the houses themselves, splendid though they are, have taken a backseat to the real stars of the show, the families in need and the communities that rally to their aid. It is pure kindness, real joy and lots of tears. Lots of tears. The show has become a uniter in way that few, if any, could have ever predicted.
Leading this charge is a team of designers that have shown skill and heart with levels of tact and tenderness seldom seen on television. The effect of their involvement is not lost on them. They may have been hired for the job, but EM:HE offers far greater reward than a mere paycheck.
Ed Sanders is a member of that team, a fun-loving family man that delights viewers with his quirky English sayings and passionate involvement. Recently I had a chance to talk with Ed about the show and his career.
Whit: What can you tell us about the "After the Storm" special editions?
Ed: For the "After the Storm" specials we have tried to help as many people as we could in the storm hit areas. There are so many people that need help in these areas it is difficult to just pick one person or family. We thought that instead of making one large home for one family we could try helping as many families as we could in smaller ways. Though sometimes we would help a family by giving them something small like a washer and dryer, the reactions from those families were as big as if we had given them an entire home. It just goes to show that even the smallest amount of help can truly effect people in a positive way. If we all could just do a little part in helping the survivors of the storms, we could rebuild entire communities. There is definitely power in numbers!
(There’s much more of this exciting interview after the jump)
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