Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales
Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales is an American animated short television series by Pixar, featuring the characters Mater and Lightning McQueen from the film Cars. The series' first broadcast was on October 27, 2008, on Toon Disney,[1][2] Disney Channel and ABC Family. The series was moved to Disney Junior on February 14, 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 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| 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) |
| Original release | |
| Release | June 6, 2012 |
Cast
- 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
| No. | Title | Original air date | Original broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rescue Squad Mater"[3] | October 27, 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 2 | "Mater the Greater"[3] | October 28, 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 3 | "El Materdor"[3] | October 29, 2008 | Toon Disney |
| 4 | "Tokyo Mater"[4] | December 12, 2008 | Theatrically with Bolt |
| 5 | "(U.F.M.) Unidentified Flying Mater"[5] | November 20, 2009 | Disney Channel |
| 6 | "Monster Truck Mater"[6] | July 30, 2010 | Disney Channel |
| 7 | "Heavy Metal Mater"[7] | October 8, 2010 | Disney Channel |
| 8 | "Moon Mater" | November 2, 2010 | Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray |
| 9 | "Mater Private Eye" | November 2, 2010 | Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray |
| 10 | "Air Mater"[8] | November 1, 2011 | Cars 2 DVD/Blu-ray |
| 11 | "Time Travel Mater"[9][10] | June 5, 2012 | Disney Channel |
| 12 | "Ghost Mater"[9][10] | June 6, 2012 | Disney Channel |
Video game
A video game based on the series was released on October 19, 2010 for the Wii.[11][12]
References
- ↑ "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. http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/mater-stars-in-own-mini-show-on-disney/. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Lesnick, Silas (December 9, 2008). Exclusive: First Look at Pixar's Tokyo Mater!. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50793. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter (November 23, 2009). New Pixar Cars Short: Unidentified Flying Mater. http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-short-unidentified-flying-mater/. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter (July 14, 2010). New Pixar Cars Toon 'Monster Truck Mater' Premieres July 30th. http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-toon-monster-truck-mater-premieres-july-30th/. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gallagher, Brian (October 6, 2010). Cars Toons Short Heavy Metal Mater Debuts on the Disney Channel. http://www.movieweb.com/news/cars-toons-short-heavy-metal-mater-debuts-on-the-disney-channel. Retrieved March 24, 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ Weiner, David (August 17, 2011). ET Exclusive: 'Air Mater' Takes Flight. http://www.etonline.com/movies/113416_ET_Exclusive_Air_Mater_Takes_Flight_in_Cars_2_DVD/index.html. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mater's Tall Tales : Time Travel Mater. http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/maters-tall-tales-time-travel-mater/EP010939580009. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 'Time Travel Mater' to Air on Disney Channel This Week Ahead of Disneyland 'Premiere'. June 6, 2012. http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-time-travel-mater-21045/. 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
- Mater's Tall Tales Official website
- Official website Archived August 30, 2012, 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