Betty James
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Betty M. James was an American businessperson who came up with the name for the Slinky her husband Richard T. James invented. She ran James Industries, the firm that manufactured the toy, by herself s
Betty gave the name Slinky to this spiral metal toy.
Toy Story
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Toy Story is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film directed by John Lasseter, and written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow. The first entirely computer-animated fe
Betty James
…of Plymouth, Michigan in 1998. The Slinky Dog helped turn around the sales slump and a new version issued after a version featured in the 1995 movie Toy Story was another top seller. She was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2001…
Theatrical release poster
John Lasseter (pictured in 2011) co-wrote and directed Toy Story
The El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, where Toy Story's premiere took place on November 19, 1995
Lasseter with the Special Achievement Oscar