NEW Toy Story Live (and the story behind it)

Hey, everyone. Hope things are going well in your life.

A new episode of Toy Story Live is out now. Check it out below.

This episode was actually inspired by an event that happened to me earlier this year, where a parent told me that he wasn't going to allow his kid to watch "Toy Story Live" due to the show's foul language. I admittedly overreacted at first, due to misunderstanding some of his comments, but the parent and I had a good conversation and I completely understood why he didn't want his kid watching the series. As the parent told me, "kids are like sponges; they soak up everything." I did not want to be the reason his kid began swearing.

I then realized that the show's title is a bit misleading, mainly since it has "Toy Story" in the title. I realized that since a majority of the Toy Story franchise's audience is children, my series would attract young kids. Obviously, I can't stop kids from watching my series nor am I going to change the title of it. But, since my show has excessive cursing (and isn't related to the franchise other than the characters), I felt that I should find a way to let kids know that what they're about to watch isn't what they think and contains things unsuitable for them. I then thought about censorship; that making changes to the series for the sake of pleasing parents would ruin it. So I wanted to make sure that I wouldn't censor myself. However, since my Toy Story Live videos are my most popular, I felt I needed to do something. Like I had some kind of responsibility.

So I came up with a simple opening "Warning" disclaimer, that I will include with each future episode of TSL. I'm doing this only for TSL, not Sandguardians or Specter-Morph, mainly because "Toy Story" is in the title. I then imagined how Hamm and Potato Head would react to this: I saw them butting heads, Potato Head being rasher while Hamm tried to act as a mediator. I thought it would be a great topic for an episode. So, here it is.

I'm glad the parent commented on one of the TSL videos. It really made me think to always keep my audience in mind and give them something honest. While I won't censor the series I feel I should find ways to make dialogue funny and engaging without having to swear, which I do a whole fucking lot.

Hope you enjoy the episode! TSL is still going strong.

Best,
Intro-Mind