"Toy Story" inventor

Hollywood meets Viennese tradition

After the good meal, a "Toy Story" sketch by John Lasseter was made for host Mario Plachutta.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Plachutta)

A touch of Hollywood in Vienna: John Lasseter, the legendary Pixar co-founder and creative mind behind "Toy Story", "Cars" and many other animated hits, recently made a detour to the traditional Viennese restaurant Plachutta - and left behind a very special surprise ...

Someone should copy top restaurateur Mario Plachutta! Because an original sketch of a world star has recently been hanging in one of the successful restaurateur's dining temples, in his restaurant on Wollzeile. And here's how it came about ...

Lasseter (right, with the entrepreneur Fröschl) left a sketch for Plachutta.(Bild: Plachutta)

... Together with top entrepreneur Eduard Fröschl, none other than John Lasseter was a guest at this restaurant in the heart of Vienna's city center. The 68-year-old American is an Oscar and Golden Globe winner and, thanks to the creation of animated hits such as "Toy Story", "Cars" and "Ratatouille", a true expert in the Hollywood genre. 
After a Tafelspitz of the house with a meat strudel soup beforehand and a Kaiserschmarren for dessert, Lasseter was hooked. And so, he didn't miss the opportunity to leave a sketch of the two "Toy Story" cult figures "Woody" and "Buzz Lightyear" for host Mario Plachutta. Among collectors, a picture like this is worth a lot of money. For Plachutta, thanks to the emotional component, it is priceless.

And John Lasseter? Lasseter (right, with the entrepreneur Fröschl) left a sketch for Plachutta.