Fievel's American Tails

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Fievel's American Tails
Fievel's American Tails title screen
Genre	Animated series
Creator(s)	David Kirschner
Starring	Phillip Glasser Dom DeLuise Susan Silo Lloyd Battista Cathy Cavadini Dan Castellaneta Gerrit Graham Kenneth Mars
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	1992 – 1993

Fievel's American Tails is an animated television series, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, Nelvana, and Universal Studios. It aired for one season (1992 – 1993), and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). In 1993 and 1994, MCA/Universal Home Video released eight episodes on four VHS video-cassettes and two Laserdisc volumes. These have been the only home video release of the cartoon. In the UK the 12 episodes series was released on six video-cassettes. Episodes have been released on DVD in France, Germany, and Italy.

Contents 1 Episode list 1.1 Notes 2 Characters 3 Cast 4 Credits 5 External links

[edit] Episode list

13 half-hour episodes were produced:

1. Fievel, the Lonesome Ranger^
2. Law and Disorder^
3. Little Mouse on the Prairie^
4. The Gift*^
5. A Case of the Hiccups*^
6. The Legend of Mouse Hollow*^
7. Babysitting Blues*^
8. The Lost Mother Lode*^
9. A Mouse Known as Zorrowitz*^
10. Mail Order Mayhem
11. Aunt Sophie's Visit*^
12. That's What Friends Are For*^
13. Bell the Cats^

[edit] Notes

• Episodes marked with an * were released on home video in the United States (VHS & Laserdisc)
• Episodes marked with a ^ were released on home video in the United Kingdom (VHS & Laserdisc)

[edit] Characters

• Fievel Mousekewitz: A little mouse.
• Tanya Mousekewitz: Fievel's older sister.
• Yasha Mousekewitz: Fievel's baby sister.
• Papa Mousekewitz: Fievel's father
• Mama Mousekewitz: Fievel's mother
• Cat R. Waul: Fievel's arch-nemesis.
• Sweet William: One of Cat R. Waul cronies.
• Chula the Tarantula: Fievel's other arch-nemesis, and Cat R. Waul's sidekick.
• Jack: One of Fievel's school mates.
• Jorge: Another one of Fievel's school mates.
• Tiger: The only cat friend of the Jewish-Russian mouse family
• Mr. J. M. Shimmals: The rat who owns the mouse sized general store in Green River.
• Clint Mousewood: One of Fievel's heroes. – from "Mail Order Mayhem"
• Hambone: The dog guard on the train. – from "The Gift"
• Sidney: Jack's father.
• Aunt Sophie: A relative of the Mousekewitz family. – from "Aunt Sophie's Visit"
• Tony Toponi: Fievel's first mouse friend he met when he came to America. – from "AT1, Little Mouse On a Prairie, AT3 and AT4"
• Dr. Travis T. Hiprocates: A traveling Doctor the Gave away hiccup sweets. – from "A Case of the Hiccups"
• Miss Kitty: Tiger's girlfriend. – "From AT2 and Law and Disorder"
• Mr. Ironside: The school teacher, probably a mole.
• Dog The dog who guards the jail house.

[edit] Cast

• Phillip Glasser as Fievel
• Dom DeLuise as Tiger
• Susan Silo as Mama
• Lloyd Battista as Papa
• Cathy Cavadini as Tanya
• Dan Castellaneta as Chula
• Gerrit Graham as Cat R. Waul
• Kenneth Mars as Sweet William
• Susan Blu as Yasha

[edit] Credits

Executive Producer	Steven Spielberg
Production Executives	Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy
Executive Production Consultant	David Kirschner
Created by	David Kirschner
Executive Story Editors	Hank Saroyan J.R. Young
Story Editors	Sam Graham Chris Hubbell
Produced by	Michael Hirsch Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith
Supervising Producer	Stephen Hodgins
Line Producer	Peter Hudecki
Directed by	Lawrence Zelig Jacobs
Assistant Director	Paul Riley
Voice Director	Kelly Ward
Casting	Maria Estrada
Production Supervisor	Steve Chadwick
Production Manager	Ruta Cube
Unit Director	Claude Chiasson
Production Coordinators	Jocelyn Hamilton Mike DeMonna Martina Moody
Designers	Frank Nissen Charles E. Bastien Chuck Gammage Ross Campbell Joe Goesslin Robert Walton Patrick Rowsome Blayne Burnside Steven K. Manning Stephen Wood
Posers	Lynn Reist David Boudreau Alan Knappett
Design Coordinator	Patty Beausoleil
Layout Supervisor	Tony Tarantini
Layouts	Dale DesRochers Ron Wilson Chris Minz Rob Sadler Chad Hicks Frank Ramirez Luc Latulippe Brad Markewitz Michel Daze
Storyboard	Bob Smith Raymond Jafelice John Yee John Flagg Vince Natali Andrea Robbins
Storyboard Cleanup Supervisor	Dave Quensnelle
Color Designer	Rebecca Barclay
Paint Supervisor	Mary Bertoia
Backgrounds	Kellie Jobson
Theme Song Written and Performed by	Hank Saroyan Robert Irving
Music by	Milan Kymlicka
Supervising Editor	Rob Kirkpatrick
Post Production Manager	Lan Lamon
Supervising Sound Editor	Steve Cole
Picture Editors	Richard Bond Karen Saunders Evan Landis Peter Riley
Supervising Pre-Production Editor	Darrell MacDonald
Supervising Breakdown Editor	Rick Dubiel
Recording and Transfer Technians	Mike Reid Richard Stobiel
Additional Production Facilities	Wang Film Production Co. Ltd. Bardel Animation Ltd. The Hollywood Cartoon Company
Negative Cutting Services	Catherine Rankin Productions
Laboratory Services	Command Post and Transfer Corporation Access Post Production Audio Inc. The Filmhouse Group

[edit] External links

• Fievel's American Tails at the Internet Movie Database