Actor Jeff Garlin (1962)

The Goldbergs (2013–2023), airing on ABC from 2013 to 2023, is an American period sitcom that transports viewers to an alternate version of the 1980s in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Through the eyes of a preadolescent and later a teenager, the show portrays the reality of this iconic decade. Inspired by the showrunner’s own childhood, where he frequently filmed family events, many scenes are reenacted with original footage shown during the end credits. The series features Jeff Garlin as Murray and Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly, parents to Erica, Barry, and Adam who documents their lives on his video camera. Providing advice and support to his grandchildren is ...

ParaNorman (2012) is a stop-motion animated film from directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler, who also wrote the screenplay. The story takes place in Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts and follows 11-year-old Norman Babcock. Despite his ability to communicate with the dead, including his late grandmother and other ghosts in town, Norman is ostracized by his family and peers at school. However, he finds a friend in Neil Downe, who shares his experiences of being bullied. During rehearsals for a school play about the town’s witch trials, Norman and Neil are visited by Mr. ...

BURN-E (2008), an American short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, is included with the DVD and Blu-ray of WALL-E. As WALL-E journeys through space with EVE on a ship heading to the Axiom starliner, he dislodges a small rock while passing through the Rings of Saturn. The rock gains enough momentum to become a meteor and collides with one of the Axiom’s running lights (known as ‘spires’), causing it to break. AUTO, the ship’s computer, alerts autopilot SUPPLY-R to fix the damage. BURN-E is then activated and equipped with a welding torch and an intact spire to complete the repair on the hull track. However, he becomes distracted ...

The film WALL-E (2008) is an American animated science fiction romance produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Set in the 29th century, Earth has become a wasteland due to an ecocide caused by rampant consumerism, corporate greed, and environmental neglect. Humanity was evacuated to space by the megacorporation Buy n Large (BnL) 700 years ago, leaving only trash compacting robots to clean up the planet. However, this cleanup effort has failed and only one active robot remains – Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth Class (WALL·E). He survives by salvaging parts from other inactive robots and lives with his pet cockroach in a large truck ...