Geri's Game (1997)
Directed by Jan Pinkava
An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri manages to turn the tables.
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And yes, you could spend multiple viewings of Toy Story 2 looking for the inside jokes: Tour Guide Barbie (Jodi Benson) admonishing passengers bilingually a la Disneyland to "remain seated please" in a toy car; high-speed channel surfing including Pixar shorts like Tin Toy and Luxo Jr.; a toy repair expert (Jonathan Harris) whose face recycles the star of the Oscar-winning short Geri's Game; genial pokes at Tron, Jurassic Park and The Empire Strikes Back.
Lasseter even manages to work in a role for Geri, the wonderful old codger at the center of Pixar’s Oscar-winning short film Geri’s Game (1997).
There are moments of breathtaking technical skill, especially a sequence during which Woody is spiffed up by an elderly repairman (this kindly, wizened gentleman will be known to anyone familiar with "Geri's Game," another terrific animated film from Lasseter's Pixar Productions).
The elderly, chess-playing duffer (Jonathan Harris) of the Oscar-winning animated short, "Geri's Game," shows up as a toy repairman.