Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales
American series of computer animated short films, started 2008
Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales is an American animated short television series by Pixar, featuring the characters Mater and Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars. The series' first broadcast was on October 27, 2008, on Toon Disney,[1][2] Disney Channel and ABC Family. The show was then moved to Disney Junior in 14 February 2011.
| Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Miniseries |
| Created by | John Lasseter |
| Developed by | Disney·Pixar |
| Directed by | John Lasseter Rob Gibbs Victor Navone |
| Starring | Larry the Cable Guy Keith Ferguson |
| Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Opening theme | Cars Toon Theme Song |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 Seasons |
| No. of episodes | 11 Episodes |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Unkrich |
| Producer | Kori Rae |
| Editors | Roy E. Disney (Season 1 and first episode of Season 2 only) |
| Running time | 5 mins (except "Tokyo Mater": 7 mins, "Air Mater": 5 mins, and "Time Travel Mater": 6 minutes, 23 seconds) |
| Production company | Pixar |
| Original release | |
| Release | 27 October 2008 – present |
Cast
change- Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
- Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen
- George Carlin as Fillmore
- Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
- Guido Quaroni as Guido
- Michael Wallis as Sheriff
- Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
- Lindsey Collins as Mia
- Elissa Knight as Tia
- Jerome Ranft as Red
Episodes
change| # | Title | Original Premiere date | Original Channel/Medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rescue Squad Mater"[3] | 27 October 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 2 | "Mater the Greater"[3] | 28 October 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 3 | "El Materdor"[3] | 29 October 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 4 | "Tokyo Mater"[4] | 12 December 2008 | Theatrically with Bolt |
| 5 | "(U.F.M.) Unidentified Flying Mater"[5] | 20 November 2009 | Disney Channel |
| 6 | "Monster Truck Mater"[6] | 30 July 2010 | Disney Channel |
| 7 | "Heavy Metal Mater"[7] | 8 October 2010 | Disney Channel |
| 8 | "Moon Mater" | 2 November 2010 | Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray |
| 9 | "Mater Private Eye" | 2 November 2010 | Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray |
| 10 | "Air Mater"[8] | 1 November 2011 | Cars 2 DVD/Blu-ray |
| 11 | "Time Travel Mater"[9][10] | 5 June 2012 | Disney Channel |
| 12 | "Ghost Mater"[11][12] | 6 June 2012 | Disney Channel |
Video game
changeA video game based on the show was released on 19 October 2010 for the Wii.[13][14]
References
change- ↑ "Mater's Tall Tales". TheTVDB.com. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Victor Navone (25 October 2008). "CarsToons!". VNOG Blog. Blogger.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Zahed, Ramin (September 26, 2008). "Mater Stars in Own Mini-Show on Disney". Animation Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Lesnick, Silas (December 9, 2008). "Exclusive: First Look at Pixar's Tokyo Mater!". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter (November 23, 2009). "New Pixar Cars Short: Unidentified Flying Mater". /Film. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter (July 14, 2010). "New Pixar Cars Toon 'Monster Truck Mater' Premieres July 30th". /Film. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gallagher, Brian (October 6, 2010). "Cars Toons Short Heavy Metal Mater Debuts on the Disney Channel". MovieWeb.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Weiner, David (August 17, 2011). "ET Exclusive: 'Air Mater' Takes Flight". ET Online. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Mater's Tall Tales : Time Travel Mater". Zap2It. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ "'Time Travel Mater' to Air on Disney Channel This Week Ahead of Disneyland 'Premiere'". Stitch Kingdom. June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Mater's Tall Tales : Time Travel Mater". Zap2It. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ "'Time Travel Mater' to Air on Disney Channel This Week Ahead of Disneyland 'Premiere'". Stitch Kingdom. June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ↑ "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales". IGN. Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
Other websites
change- Mater's Tall Tales Official website
- Official website Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine at Pixar
- Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales on IMDb
- Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales at the Big Cartoon DataBase