Crash Canyon

Development

Crash Canyon premiered on September 18, 2011. 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'. 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. 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.

'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.' On June 6, 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.' The show ended on March 3, 2013.

Characters

Norman 'Norm' Wendell (voiced by Patrick McKenna): An extremely rational engineer, he never loses his temper and is arguably the sanest person in the canyon. He has little social skills and often tries to solve his problems with science, only to fail. He is the head of the family. Sheila Wendell (voiced by Jennifer Irwin): Norm's wife, who is easily enraged but also very loving and caring.

She openly hates Vernon, Beverly and Angel. Roxanne 'Roxy' Wendell (voiced by Bryn McAuley): An extremely self-centered, selfish, impatient and constantly shallow teenage daughter. She complains about being stuck in the canyon. She does show occasional love for her family, but this is rare.

Jacob 'Jake' Wendell (voiced by Joanne Vannicola): A 10-year-old scam artist and the family's son, who is obsessed with making money through scams, gambling and fraud. He respects his father more than his sister does and is often seen along with Sid's children Sly and Butch. Vernon 'Vern' Wendell (voiced by Patrick McKenna): An enormously overweight alcoholic who rides around on a mobility scooter. He lives in the family's van, and is mean, ill-tempered and stupid, making him one of the least-liked inhabitants of the canyon.

Butanes

He is Norm's third cousin. The entire hillbilly family speaks grammatical false English, and writes letters in false direction. Also, every one of them is very dimwitted, bordering on mental retardation. Sid (voiced by Dwayne Hill): Former British punk rocker.

His main hit was a song called 'I Wanna Punch A Rainbow', which can be heard in some episodes. He and his family ended up in the canyon after a plane crash. Emily (voiced by Joanne Vannicola): Sid's wife. She is dimwitted, like the rest of her family, but seems to be more responsible to her children than her husband.

She thinks French-talking men are very romantic. Mace (voiced by Shoshana Sperling): The family's love-sick teenage daughter. She desperately looks for a boyfriend (even going so far as to date animals or create one in her mind). She is friends with Roxy and Pristine, but only Roxy can hold the three together.

Sly (voiced by Gil Anderson) and Butch (voiced by Tarah Consoli): Perverse younger sons of the family. They have bad teeth and are extremely stupid, often endangering their lives because of it. They are friends (or rather, sidekicks) of Jake. They also seem to have an incestuous crush on their sister and each other; however, this can come from their dumbness.

Did You Know?

• The series was created by Jamie LeClaire, Phil Lafrance and Kyle MacDougall for Teletoon's late-night block Teletoon at Night.
• The canyon community uses golf tees as currency, not dollars.