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American animated television series

Monsters at Work
Monsters at Work logo.svg
Genre
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
Based on Characters created
by Pixar Animation Studios
Developed by Bobs Gannaway
Voices of
  • Billy Crystal
  • John Goodman
  • Ben Feldman
  • Mindy Kaling
  • Henry Winkler
  • Lucas Neff
  • Alanna Ubach
Theme music composer Randy Newman
Composer Dominic Lewis
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer Bobs Gannaway
Producers
  • Sean Lurie
  • Ferrell Barron
Editor Dan Molina
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company Disney Television Animation
Distributor Disney Platform Distribution
Release
Original network Disney+
Original release July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07) –
present
External links
Production website

Monsters at Work is an American computer-animated streaming television series. It is part of the Monsters, Inc. media franchise.

The series debuted on the streaming service Disney+ on July 7, 2021.[1] According to cast member Henry Winkler, a second season is in development.[2]

Premise [edit]

Set the day after Henry J. Waternoose III was arrested in Monsters, Inc., the Monsters, Incorporated factory is making the transition to laugh power. Tylor Tuskmon, a recent Scare Major graduate from Monsters University, working as a mechanic in the factory's facilities team, dreams of working alongside Mike and Sulley. Meanwhile, Mike and Sulley encounter the trials and tribulations of running the company.[3]

With the exceptions of the first and tenth episodes, every episode concludes with a mini-segment titled "Mike's Comedy Class" where Mike tries to teach other monsters about comedy topics, usually with some unexpected results to him.

Cast and characters [edit]

  • Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski: The self-appointed Senior Co-President of Monsters, Incorporated and Chief Executive Vice-Deputy Administrative Director of Comedy Resources Management, and Sulley's best friend. He is also Tylor's teacher in comedy and a top jokester.
  • John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan: The CEO of Monsters, Incorporated.
  • Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon: A mechanic on the Monsters, Incorporated Facilities Team who graduated from Monsters University as a scarer but is now taking part-time classes to be a jokester.
  • Mindy Kaling as Val Little: Tylor's acquaintance from Monsters University who shared a single class with him before she dropped out. She is also an enthusiastic mechanic.
  • Henry Winkler as Fritz: Tylor's friendly and scatterbrained one-eyed Tapir-nosed boss.
  • Lucas Neff as Duncan P. Anderson: A cunning, self-absorbed winged four-eyed plumber who is obsessed with getting Fritz's job, and has a one-sided rivalry with Tylor.
  • Alanna Ubach as Katherine "Cutter" Sterns: the officious crab-like rule follower.
    • Ubach also voices several minor characters, such as Carla "Killer Claws" Benitez, comedy student "Roaring" Rosie Levin, a human mother in "The Damaged Room", and the narrator of the outdated orientation film in "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated".

Recurring [edit]

  • Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint: A monster who runs the simulation room at Monsters, Incorporated.
  • Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Crummyham: A monster with Gecko-like abilities who is a supervisor at Monsters, Incorporated.
  • Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae: Mike's one-eyed and snake-haired girlfriend who has been promoted from Monsters Incorporated receptionist to Laugh Floor supervisor.[4]
  • Bob Peterson as Roz: The leader of the CDA (Child Detection Agency) who previously was undercover as a secretary, at Monsters, Incorporated.
    • Peterson also voices Roze, Roz's twin sister who takes over Roz's old job, as well as a blue monster who shares his name.
  • Stephen Stanton as Needleman and Smitty: Two workers of Monsters, Incorporated that operate the Door Shredder. They were both originally voiced in the film by the late Daniel Gerson.
    • Stanton also voices George Sanderson, an unlucky scarer who was the victim of the code "23-19", a role played in the original film by Sam Black.
  • Christopher Swindle as Jeff Fungus and Thaddeus "Phlegm" Bile, roles played in the original film by Frank Oz and Jeff Pidgeon, respectively.

Other cast members include Bobs Gannaway as Otis, the Monsters, Incorporated receptionist, and Roto, Duncan's pet,[4] Gabriel Iglesias as Gary Gibbs, Mike Wazowski's arch-nemesis who appears in "The Big Wazowskis" and "Bad Hair Day",[5] and Dee Bradley Baker as Winchester: the non-verbal member of the Monsters, Incorporated Facilities Team, nicknamed "Banana Bread".[6]

Alfred Molina reprises his role as Professor Derek Knight from Monsters University in "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated". John Ratzenberger reprises his role as Adorable from the original film and Monsters University in "Adorable Returns" and "Little Monsters". Ratzenberger also voices Tylor's father, Bernard, who appears in "Adorable Returns".[7]

Aisha Tyler guest stars in "Meet Mift" as Tylor's mother, Millie and John Michael Higgins guest stars as Argus Blinks in "The Cover Up". Bob Uecker guest stars in "The Damaged Room", as a parody of himself named Bob Yucker.[8] Gannaway's daughter, Hadley, guest stars in "Little Monsters" as Ms. Flint's daughter, Thalia.[9]

Additional monster voices include Carlos Alazraqui, Ferrell Barron, Hiromi Dames, Michaela Dietz, and Dave Wittenberg.

Episodes [edit]

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

During The Walt Disney Company's earnings call, in November 2017, CEO Bob Iger announced that a new series set in the universe of Monsters, Inc., was in development for their planned streaming service Disney+.[11] The series is produced by Disney Television Animation.[12] [13] Longtime Disney Television producer Bobs Gannaway serves as showrunner. He was asked to work on the series after development began, due to his experience on both TV animation and films, having directed the Cars spin-off Planes: Fire & Rescue.[4]

During the 2019 D23 Expo, Gannaway and producer Ferrell Barron revealed that employees from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar were also involved in the production, to create a series that Barron described as "unique and special".[14] Monsters, Inc. filmmakers, including director and Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter, provided the team with both used and unused concept art from the film, with the unused concept art being recycled for the series.[14] Gannaway stated that the creative leaders at Pixar were, "very supportive of the show" and additionally stated, "they were also very much like 'Go out and create new characters and have fun.' So, it wasn't by any means any kind of policing situation. It was go have fun in the world with your new characters."[15]

In February 2020, Stephen J. Anderson revealed that he would serve as one of the directors on the series.[16] Anderson joined the series eight months before Disney Television Animation was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after being approached personally by Gannaway.[17] In early 2021, Billy Crystal revealed that production had slightly slowed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that it should be released later that year.[18]

According to Henry Winkler, a second season is in development.[2]

Writing [edit]

According to Anderson, Pixar assisted the producers on the series by providing notes during its writing and early storyboarding process in order to "keep [them] on track as far as the legacy of the project".[17] He also said that the series would differ from the films by further exploring "different areas of Monsters, Inc.", and that the series would further explore the transition in the company from screams to laughs seen at the end of the first film.[17] Anderson also said that the series would feature an overarching story, but certain episodes would focus more on character development than the overall arc.[17]

The series expands the role of the female characters in the original film, with receptionist Celia Mae being promoted to Laugh Floor supervisor in order to "move a female character up into a leadership role", as well as featuring trainer Ms. Flint's reaction to the transition from scares to laughter.[4] The series also features a new character named Roze, who is Roz's twin sister, as the producers felt that, due to the latter being revealed as the head of the "Child Detection Agency" at the end of the first film, "she wouldn't be back outside the laugh floor".[4] In addition, Bob Peterson, story supervisor on Monsters, Inc., serves as a creative consultant for the series.[19] [15]

According to Gannaway, it took the producers almost a year to conceive the series' premise.[4] He also compared Tylor's struggles with the transition with the current world status due to the COVID-19 pandemic, feeling that both the character and the audiences had "the universe [throw them] a curveball", which he felt made Tylor a more relatable character by having flaws the audience could connect with.[4] Gannaway also said he wanted the series to have "the sort of feel of a Pixar story" by making the audience care about Tylor and his personal journey.[4]

Gannaway was originally not going to include the characters of Smitty and Needleman out of respect for their voice actor, the late Dan Gerson.[4] However, he eventually incorporated them into the series when he felt Gerson would want the characters to continue even after his death.[4] Gannaway paid an homage to Gerson by including a "Gerson Industries" logo in the trash cans the duo push.[4]

In order to get a sense of what it was like working in a factory, the production team visited two power plants and would interview the workers about their day. Gannaway stated, "You want to tether everything to truth. You can't make a movie about a power plant if you haven't walked one; otherwise you're just making stuff up."[20]

Casting and recording [edit]

John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprise their roles for the series alongside John Ratzenberger, Jennifer Tilly, and Bob Peterson, with the new cast including Ben Feldman, Kelly Marie Tran, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Stanton and Aisha Tyler.[21] In February 2020, director Stephen J. Anderson revealed that recording for the series had already begun.[16] In March 2021, Mindy Kaling[22] and Bonnie Hunt joined the cast, with Kaling replacing Tran as Val Little and Hunt reprising her role as Mrs. Flint from the original film. In an interview with The New York Times, it was confirmed that Boo, the human child that Sulley and Mike befriended in the original film, would not be making an appearance. Bobs Gannaway stated that he had discussions with Monsters, Inc. director Pete Docter, and they both agreed that they wanted to keep the relationship ambiguous, and said, "Everyone agreed that we wanted to leave it to the world to decide how that relationship continued."[23] [24]

Animation and design [edit]

Animation for the series was produced by ICON Creative Studio, in Canada.[25] Animation work on the series began shortly before Disney Television Animation was closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the producers to continue work remotely.[17] According to director Stephen J. Anderson, work on storyboards and layouts for the second and third episodes were done remotely during the pandemic.[17]

Music [edit]

British composer Dominic Lewis (who previously scored the 2017 reboot of DuckTales) was announced as the series composer. Lewis said the score was mainly inspired by Randy Newman's jazzy score from the first film. Lewis also performed the theme song, which is an a cappella rendition of Newman's opening credits music from the first film.[26] The soundtrack album was released digitally and on streaming on July 9, 2021.

Monsters at Work
Soundtrack album by

Dominic Lewis
Released July 9, 2021 (2021-07-09)
Recorded 2020–2021
Genre Soundtrack
Length 37:26
Label Walt Disney Records
Producer Dominic Lewis

Track listing [edit]

All tracks are written by Dominic Lewis, except where indicated.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Monsters at Work Main Title - A Cappella" Randy Newman 2:09
2. "Comedy Can Be Dangerous" (Performed by Billy Crystal) Randy Rogel 0:48
3. "Don't Stop Now" 1:08
4. "End of the Line" 1:21
5. "Friends" 1:22
6. "World on Fire" 2:12
7. "I'm Not Gonna Sing You a Song" (Performed by Billy Crystal) Danny Jacob (m) & Bobs Gannaway (l) 1:04
8. "Scarer Cum Laude" 2:19
9. "MIFTers MIFTers" 1:43
10. "36 1/2 Hour Energy Drink" 1:13
11. "Googly Bear Trapped" 3:48
12. "I Know Bowlers" 1:06
13. "Angel Hair" 2:06
14. "Get Giggles" 4:36
15. "The Doors" 3:12
16. "Official Jokester" 4:08
17. "Monsters at Work Main Title - Instrumental" Newman 2:17
18. "Monsters at Work Main Title - Toy Piano" Newman 0:47
Total length: 37:26

Marketing [edit]

A teaser trailer for the series was released on May 18, 2021.[27] [28] [29] [30] The first trailer for the series was released on June 11, 2021.[31] [32] [33] [34]

Release [edit]

Monsters at Work debuted on July 7, 2021, releasing weekly on Wednesdays,[35] and consists of 10 episodes.[36] It was previously set to release sometime in 2020,[37] but then changed to early 2021,[38] then to July 2, 2021,[39] then finally to its current date, with a two-episode premiere.[40]

Reception [edit]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 65% approval rating with an average score of 6.20/10 based on 26 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "If Monsters at Work doesn't quite capture the magic of the original film, it's charming and silly enough to entertain fans of all ages."[41] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[42]

Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone rated the show 3.5 out of 5 and stated, "Combine them with some well-executed slapstick set pieces that evoke the two movies without feeling like rehashes, and the early episodes set up the foundation for a solid all-ages comedy."[43] Chris Vognar of San Francisco Chronicle rated the show 2 out of 4 and wrote, "This is a solid effort, even if it doesn't quite shimmer like your top-of-the-line Pixar favorites."[44] Brian Lowry of CNN gave the show a positive review and said, "The show doesn't deliver belly laughs, but it nimbly slides into the Monsters [Inc.] timeline and cleverly builds on a particularly fertile Pixar concept."[45] Ben Travers of Indiewire gave the show a 'B-' score and stated, "If you love original movies and were expecting a third, Monsters at Work might be a bit disappointing. But if you can still appreciate the world-building, [the] series might still hit its laugh quotas."[46] Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times gave the show 3 out of 4 and stated, "Monsters at Work isn't on the same level as the two feature films, but it's miles ahead of the likes of The Return of Jafar or Kronk's New Groove."[47]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the show a negative review and stated, "Any hope that the Pixar charm would rub off on a Pixar show like Monsters at Work doesn't pay off in the first two episodes."[48] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the show 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "It feels like a long wait at times. The first two half-hour episodes (the only ones of the 10 that were available for review) are extraordinarily slow."[49] Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph gave the show 2 out of 5 and stated, "Bafflingly, it's a workplace comedy. Note to Disney: children don't go to work."[50] Scott Bryan of BBC gave the show a negative review and stated, "As someone who loves the films, I wonder ... do we need more of it? The films are so well self-contained. This feels like an excess of something we don't really need."[51]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ As depicted in Monsters, Inc. (2001).

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