Fievel's American Tails is an American/Canadian animated television series, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season in 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 States. In the United Kingdom, the 13-episode series was released on six video-cassettes in 1995, which enabled the full series to surface on the internet in English a decade or so later. Episodes have been released on DVD in France, Germany, and Italy. Universal currently has no plans to release the show on DVD in the United States. At the end of each episode, Fievel, who is the national "spokesmouse" for the Reading Is Fundamental Foundation, did a "Reading Buddy" spot to encourage children to read. These PSAs were not preserved on the VHS releases and may be considered lost, only existing through surviving TV recordings.
In Russia, the cartoon, dubbed in Russian but retaining the original English titles and names, was broadcast on First Channel Russian Television (Russian: ОРТ) in summer 1996 with Woody Woodpecker. Repeat airings were broadcast in Spring 2002 and Winter 2005.
Don Bluth, the director of the original American Tail film, had no involvement with the series. Phillip Glasser and Dom DeLuise were the only two actors from the original film to reprise their roles, as Fievel and Tiger respectively. Cathy Cavadini, however, did reprise the role as Tanya, whom she voiced in the second film, taking over the role from Amy Green.
Episode list
13 half-hour episodes were produced: season 1
- Fievel, the Lonesome Ranger
- Law and Disorder
- Little Mouse on the Prairie
- The Gift
- A Case of the Hiccups
- The Legend of Mouse Hollow
- The Babysitting Blues
- The Lost Mother Lode
- A Mouse Known as Zorrowitz
- Mail Order Mayhem
- Aunt Sophie's Visit
- That's What Friends Are For
- Bell the Cats
Cast
See Cast
Characters
Trivia
- This series has only appeared on VHS in the United States and UK, while there have been DVD releases in France, Germany, and Italy. Universal currently has no plans to release the show on DVD in the United States. To date, the North American VHS tapes are the only traces of the show's existence.
Credits
Executive Producer | Steven Spielberg |
Production Executives | Frank Marshall |
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 Hirsh |
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 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 |
Gallery
External links
- Fievel's American Tails at the Internet Movie Database
- Fievel's American Tails at TV.com 
- Fievel's American Tails at Never Say Never Again - Fan-made episode guide and reviews
Fievel's American Tails | |
Characters | Papa Mousekewitz • Mama Mousekewitz • Tanya Mousekewitz • Fievel Mousekewitz • Yasha Mousekewitz • Tiger• Cat R. Waul • T.R. Chula • Miss Kitty • Sweet William • Sophie Mousekewitz • Characters in Fievel's American Tails |
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Episodes | Fievel, the Lonesome Ranger • Law and Disorder • Little Mouse on the Prairie • The Gift • A Case of the Hiccups • The Legend of Mouse Hollow • Babysitting Blues • The Lost Mother Lode • A Mouse Known as Zorrowitz • Mail Order Mayhem • Aunt Sophie's Visit • That's What Friends Are For • Bell the Cats |