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Article: COMPOSED AS EVER BUT `SHORT PEOPLE' STILL BIG PROBLEM FOR SARDONIC SONGWRITER RANDY NEWMAN.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

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Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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August 20, 2003
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Byline: John Lehndorff

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

It has taken almost 40 years, but Randy Newman is finally warm and fuzzy - sort of.

To kids and parents, he is the writer and sometime singer of such endearing soundtrack gems as You've Got A Friend in Me (Toy Story) and When She Loved Me (Toy Story II).

``Ah yes, kindly old Geppetto, that's me. I was glad to have the opportunity to write something that flirted with the mainstream,'' said Newman, calling from his home in Los Angeles.

``I get 4- and 5-year-olds coming to my concerts. They love about two songs and after that they get a funny look on their faces,'' Newman said.

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