S03E02: The Toys That Made Us on Netflix
Nerd Confessions Podcast: We get nostalgic for all the toys of our past on the podcast this week as we speak about the informative, yet interesting Netflix exclusive documentary, The Toys […]
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Nerd Confessions Podcast: We get nostalgic for all the toys of our past on the podcast this week as we speak about the informative, yet interesting Netflix exclusive documentary, The Toys […]
Nerd Confessions Podcast: We get nostalgic for all the toys of our past on the podcast this week as we speak about the informative, yet interesting Netflix exclusive documentary, The Toys That Made Us. What about the show kept our interest so much? Does the creator of the documentary, Brian Volk-Weiss lead an army of diddlers in his company, Comedy Dynamics?! Out of the 4 episodes released so far Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man and G.I. Joe which one did we like the most? Listen or follow along as we discuss.
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What is the Toys that Made Us?
The Toys that Made Us is a documentary about the story behind the conceptual stage all the way to the modern impact of iconic toys of our childhood. The 8-episode series was created by Brian Volk-Weiss.
There are currently only 4 episodes available which were released on December 27th 2017.
The rest of the episodes of the series will be covering LEGO, Transformers, Hello Kitty and Star Trek. No concrete release date for these episodes. Brian stated that they struggled to get the first 4 out in time for the holidays and he still has 2 episodes left to edit in an interview from Polygon. He also stated that for the Transformers episode he has Michael Bay in the interview line-up.
Each episode begins with a reenactment of a notable moment during the story of the toy being covered and from there they will cut to interviews, old footage and commercials telling the whole timeline of that toy.
Development
Brian Volk-Weiss, creator of the series is the President of Comedy Dynamics. At the company he is running its production, development, management and distribution departments. Dynamics is currently the largest producer and distributor of one-hour comedy specials in the US featuring comedians such as Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari (diddler), Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams and Louis C.K.
The Toys that Made Us was directed by Tom Stern, who in his early career directed shows with Jimmy Kimmel such as the Man Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He was also director and writer for Saul of the Molemen which aired on Adult Swim. Most recently he directed 2 Broke Girls. Tom Stern worked with Brian Volk-Weiss on Stevie TV and the choice of him as director for The Toys that Made Us may have stemmed from there.
The narrator of the documentary is Donald Ian Black who is a writer/actor for Goodbye Neenaw (2017) and Ruins (2013).
How was it received?
On IMDB The Toys that Made Us is currently rated 8.1 out of 10 from 838 user reviews.
Overall thoughts.
What we would like to see covered in the future:
What do we rate the series?
Great for the documentary series genre. Not high budget and could be cut a little better, but the content is extremely interesting. 8 out of 10.
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