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 and was distributed worldwide by MTV. [3] [4] [5] The series is about a family who drives off a cliff and falls into the canyon after driving to their vacation. The series premiered on September 18, 2011 until its final episode aired on March 3, 2013.

Contents

Crash Canyon was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment and Jam Filled Entertainment in association with Elliott Animation. 26 episodes were produced.

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". [5] 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. [5] 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. [5] "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." [5]

Cancellation

In 2013, Teletoon released a press statement to Bubbleblabber stating that the network would 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]

Season 1 (2011-12)

Crash Canyon season 1 episodes
Canadian #International #TitleCanadian airdate
11"Pilot"September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
29"Poker Night"September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
38"The Out-of-Pantsers"October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
418"Sid Our Savior"October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)
56"Moose on the Loose"October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)
611"The Big Picture"October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)
715"The Tees That Bind"November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
817"Jake's First Kiss"November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
913"Hex Marks the Spot"November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
1014"Ultimate Wedding Chicken"November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)
114"Confidence Builder"February 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)
1219"Vernon Loves Carol and Cake"February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)
1325"The Wrath of Vaughn"February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)
1421"Station WNDL"September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
1520"For Norm the Sell Tolls"September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14)
167"Risky Monkey Business"September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21)
1724"A Bun in the Canyon"September 28, 2012 (2012-09-28)
182"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 and ended on March 3, 2013. Viacom's MTV distributed the series worldwide. [14] The series aired on MAVTV in the United States. [15]

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

References

  1. "Teletoon drives off a cliff | News | C21Media".
  2. "Marooned with Children - Animation Magazine". animationmagazine.net.
  3. "MTV falls for Crash Canyon".
  4. "MTV International Channels Pick Up "Crash Canyon"".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Szklarski, Cassandra (17 September 2011). "Simpsons writer digs for laughs on Crash Canyon". The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. "Crash Canyon in streaming su MTV On Demand". Ondemand.mtv.it. 2012-07-09. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  7. "TdotComics | Crash Canyon on Teletoon" . Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  8. "Teletoon Announces Fall 2011 Lineup". Channel Canada. 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  9. john (2013-06-06). "CAN: Crash Canyon Season 3, not happening". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  10. John Blabber (2013-03-03). "Tonight's Preview: Crash Canyon "Trash Canyon"". Bubbleblabber.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  11. "The Press Room « Teletoon At Night « Press Release « TELETOON ANNOUNCES A NEW LINEUP OF HOMEGROWN ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS". Teletoonmedia.com. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  12. "TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Zap2it". Tvlistings.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  13. "Crash Canyon | Watch Episodes for Free". MTV Asia. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  14. "Crash Canyon goes international with MTV".
  15. "Breakthrough Entertainment Licenses "Crash Canyon" Prime Time Animated Series In The U.S. To MAV TV".