Hey brothers! J, have you ever noticed the...
Oh no
23-19!
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J today I want to tackle one of the great Pixar mysteries.
What is 23-19 in reference to?
For example we know A113, a number found in every single Pixar movie, is actually the classroom number for
animation that so many Pixar employees attend.
And we know that Pixar very rarely includes a detail especially one as prominent as
23-19 that doesn't have some type of underlying meaning,
but first I want to address some of the viewer concerns from your video on Tuesday that
suggest that Andy's monster is none other than a Randall.
Mind-blowing theory by the way J. But one of the greatest concerns people seem to have was well
How can Randall be Andy's monster when he's already Boo's?
First, I want to say that's hardly a theory buster
But I will admit that J and I do watch and re-watch the Pixar movies probably more than your average
obsessed Pixar fan that being said these monsters are going to work to scare for the day.
Like
the whole day. Each monster has way more kids than kids have monsters. I mean did you see all of those doors?
Anyway
23-19! J, I set my sights on this number today and vigorously searched for some type of explanation. What could
23-19 possibly be it is just way too prominent not to mean
Something
in case you need a refresher
23-19 is code for, holy crap something from the human world got back into our world!
Socks are a frequent culprit. By the way million dollar idea;
Socks that have 23-19 written all over them,
right?
Anyway, some people do suggest that the socks are actually key. Like the code is actually
Specific to the specific thing that got back into the monster world so the 23rd letter and the 19th letter of the alphabet
respectively are W and S or code for
White sock but doesn't that seem like it would really slow down the process like somebody would come out of their door
With a red balloon attached to their talon, and I'd be all like what number letter is r?
[indistinctly reciting alphabet]
18
18 -2! 18-2! In the time of assumed crisis who has that much time? That being said though this entire
Population of monsters has been putting an enormous amount of effort into doing something in a far less efficient way than they could actually
been doing it the whole time by scaring instead of invokin laughter, so
Wouldn't put it past though. Some people think it's kind of a warning to DVD piraters
And it's actually referencing section 23 19 of some type of legal code that has everything to do with copyright Infringement
I hope not that would be like the most
disappointing discovery in all of Pixar-dom
Finally, I also found a very interesting discussion that said that 23-19
Was actually the code used on pixar campus to alert other pixar
Employees that Steve Jobs was on site
Which would probably be my favorite and most amazing explanation for why they use 23-19 in the movie. Unfortunately it is not
Abundantly clear if they started using this code before or after Monsters Inc.
Like it could have been a funny inside joke and then they decided hey, what can we use that more around here?
so...(sigh)
No way to prove that one. So finally J. I ask you. What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
23 plus 19 is none other than
42. So you know what, that's good enough for me for now
Not really. I'm not going to sleep for a week, but that is as far as my speculation goes for today
but
For my question of the day do you think any of those theories have any type of ground to stand on? Leave your thoughts in
the towel section down below. Also, wouldn't you totally rock
23-19 socks?
I really think this is a good idea. All I know don't forget that
We do have a whole line of SCB specific merchandise on https://store.dftba.com/collections/super-carlin-brothers
I'm wearing the narwhal t-shirt today. It's pretty amazing
I will be sure to leave a link in the description down below, but J that is everything that I've got for you today
Man, I will see you on Tuesday