Crash Canyon

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Crash Canyon
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Genre
Created by
  • Jamie LeClaire
  • Phil Lafrance
  • Kyle MacDougall
Developed byJoel Cohen
Written by
Directed by
Voices of
Opening theme"Crash Canyon!"
Ending theme"Crash Canyon!" (instrumental)
ComposerJeff Morrow
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • Joan Lambur
  • Ira Levy
ProducerGreg Lawrence
EditorsTom Berger
Kirk Hudson
Running time22 minutes
Production companies Breakthrough Entertainment
Jam Filled Entertainment [1]
Elliott Animation [2]
Original release
Network Teletoon at Night
MTV (foreign countries)
ReleaseSeptember 18, 2011 (2011-09-18) 
March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)

Crash Canyon is a Canadian adult animated sitcom created by Jamie LeClaire, Phil Lafrance and Kyle MacDougall for Teletoon's late-night block Teletoon at Night. [3] The series is about a family who drives off a cliff and falls into the canyon after driving to their vacation.

Contents

It was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment and Jam Filled Entertainment in association with Elliott Animation. The series premiered on September 18, 2011 and ended on March 3, 2013. 26 episodes were produced. The series was distributed worldwide by MTV. [4] [5]

Plot

The Wendell family was looking for an original holiday by caravan, but their trip ends sooner than expected when they crash into a canyon in Alberta, Canada, which they cannot escape from. [6] Soon they find out there is a whole community of 29 or 30 survivors from previous crashes down there. Dollars are not accepted and they use golf tees as a currency. [7]

Development

Crash Canyon premiered on September 18, 2011. [8] Joel Cohen, a Canadian expatriate living in Los Angeles while writing for The Simpsons , explained that creating an animated Canadian show with fellow expatriates would allow to write "jokes only hosers would get". [3] He recruited ex-Canadian writers Tim Long of The Simpsons and Chuck Tatham of How I Met Your Mother to write scripts for the series. [3] Co-producer and story editor Greg Lawrence explained that they have tried not to put too much emphasis on the family trying to escape the canyon. [3] "It's not Gilligan's Island where every episode is: 'This week we're getting off the island.' But we do keep the sentiment alive, so as you move through the series there are attempts to get out and all fail." [3]

Cancellation

In 2013, Teletoon released a press statement to Bubbleblabber stating that the network will not be moving forward with a 3rd season of the series. "Unfortunately a 3rd season of Crash Canyon is not in our plans at this time." [9] The show ended on March 3, 2013. [10]

Characters

Wendells

Butanes

Note: The entire hillbilly family speaks grammatical false English, and writes letters in false direction. Also, everyone of them is very dimwitted, bordering mental retardation.

Manderbelts

Charbonneaus

Other characters

One-time characters

Episodes

The show consists of 2 seasons, with the 1st season consisting of 18 episodes and the 2nd season consisting of 8 episodes. [11] The episode order of the show as aired on Teletoon in Canada [12] differs from that of airings in other countries. [13] In the United States, the first 13 episodes premiered on Nick at Nite in April 1, 2012, with the other 13 episodes premiering in September 1, 2013.

Season 1 (2011-12)

Crash Canyon season 1 episodes
Canadian #International #TitleCanadian airdate
11"Pilot"September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
22"Poker Night"September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
33"The Out-of-Pantsers"October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
44"Sid Our Savior"October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)
55"Moose on the Loose"October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)
66"The Big Picture"October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)
77"The Tees That Bind"November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
88"Jake's First Kiss"November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
99"Hex Marks the Spot"November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
1010"Ultimate Wedding Chicken"November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)
1111"Confidence Builder"February 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)
1212"Vernon Loves Carol and Cake"February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)
1313"The Wrath of Vaughn"February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)
1414"Station WNDL"September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
1515"For Norm the Sell Tolls"September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14)
1616"Risky Monkey Business"September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21)
1717"A Bun in the Canyon"September 28, 2012 (2012-09-28)
1818"Heavyweight Vamp"October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05)

Season 2 (2013)

Crash Canyon season 2 episodes
Canadian #International #TitleCanadian airdate
1916"The Curse of the Monkey"January 13, 2013 (2013-01-13)
2012"Mr. Crash Canyon"January 20, 2013 (2013-01-20)
2126"Less Than 127 Hours (For the Love of God Die Already)"January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)
225"Chillaxin' Chutney"February 3, 2013 (2013-02-03)
233"Sheila Could Use a Nap"February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)
2422"Over-flubbed"February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17)
2510"He's The Mayor"February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24)
2623"Trash Canyon"March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)

Telecast and home media

Crash Canyon first premiered on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night in Canada on September 18, 2011. The final episode aired on March 3, 2013. Internationally, the series was distributed by Viacom's MTV. [14] In the United States, it aired on MAVTV. [15]

The series is currently available on Tubi, Amazon Prime Video and Crackle. The entire series became available on Breakthrough Entertainment's YouTube channel in mid-2020.

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