Fievel's American Tails

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Fievel's American Tails

Fievel's American Tails title screen
Format Animated series
Created by David Kirschner
Starring Phillip Glasser
Dom DeLuise
Susan Silo
Lloyd Battista
Cathy Cavadini
Dan Castellaneta
Gerrit Graham
Kenneth Mars
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 3, 1992December 5, 1992

Fievel's American Tails is an animated television series, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season 1992, 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 United Kingdom, the 12 episodes series was released on six video-cassettes. Episodes have been released on DVD in France, Germany, and Italy.

It was NBC Universal's last animated television series produced by Amblin Entertainment until 2007's The Land Before Time, based on The Land Before Time films.

Contents

[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" A charicature of Clint Eastwood.
  • 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"
  • Bridget: Tony's girlfriend.
  • 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

[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

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