Joe Ranft died a week ago. He was a major contributor to everything from The Brave Little Toaster to movies that aren’t even out yet. He left a wife and two children. He is already inherent in every kid. He also left a younger brother, as nice and as funny as he was. I spent thousands of hours with his brother (primarily in the claw), back when watching the Ranft brothers do a belly slam before it went into the script was just another day at the office. I once got the opportunity to compliment their mother on her sons...for example the one that was standing next to me at the time, she laughed and said, "Yeah, he’s a keeper."