What TOY STORY Got Right About Friendship

by Panzer
Woody: To infinity and beyoooond!
Hey-howdy-hey! Giddyap!
Jono: The story resonates because we all want love.
And the Toy Story films are about love. And love takes many forms, including platonic friendship love
and Woody and Buzz it's where it's at and just how to make it last.
Because friendship isn't just good times. Friendship is, This is the worst time ever,
and I can't take it away, but you're not going to be alone through it.
When you face mortality, hopefully you can face it knowing that you're loved.
Alan: Yeah, with my friends, and we can join hands.
I hope that's the way I go.
Jono: A lot of principals of couples therapy also work in friendships.
Alan: Sure. Yeah. That makes sense.
Jono: You just generally remove the sex and/or the romance.
Alan: Generally. Jono: Not always.
Alan: You don't know what's happening here.
Jono: I do. And it's not that.
Hello and welcome to Cinema Therapy.
I'm Jonathan Decker, licensed therapist who loves movies. This is...
Alan: Alan Seawright, professional filmmaker who needs therapy.
Jono: Today we're going to talk about Buzz and Woody and principles of lasting friendship.
You and I are going on 17 years.
Alan: 17 years, just like Buzz and Woody right before they get fired into a trash incinerator. So...
this is the last episode of Cinema Therapy. [Nope, not even close...]
Jono: Gosh dang. I was not counting on an existential crisis until we get to Toy Story 3.
Alan: We're sliding into oblivion, people.
Jono: Okay. Well, I want to talk about how to make a friendship last,
because when you and I met, we were both single guys. We were both in college.
We were roommates. We were super poor. Alan: True.
Jono: It's fair to say, we didn't know what life had in store for us.
And since then, lots of life changes.
Alan: Who would have thunk that out of all the people we knew in college,
we would be the ones that are still, like, bros?
Jono: I would.
The moment we had our Firefly marathon weekend.
Alan: That's true. That's true. That was, what... 2-3 weeks into our friendship. Jono: Yeah. Yeah.
Alan: We just, like... Jono: Binge watch Firefly.
And I'm like, this is... this is going to last.
Alan: This is a soul mate.
This is what this is.