The Weekenders (2000–2004)

The humorous Friday through Sunday misadventures of four best friends.

Creator:

Douglas Langdale

Stars:

Kath Soucie, Grey DeLisle, Phil LaMarr

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kath Soucie	...	Tish Katsufrakus (76 episodes, 2000-2004)
Grey DeLisle	...	Lor McQuarrie (71 episodes, 2000-2004)
Phil LaMarr	...	Carver Descartes (71 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jason Marsden	...	Tino Tonitini (71 episodes, 2000-2004)

Storyline

To a kid, every weekend is precious, so each time the final bell rings Friday afternoon, Tino, Tish, Carver, and Lor try to make the most out of the short freedom they have. Tino Tonitini, the show's narrator, is an average sarcastic kid with a good heart and isn't afraid to tell his Mom about his life (actually she usually tricks him into telling her). Tish Katsufrakus comes from an old world family and loves art, music, and all the things her friends find dull. Carver is the athletic one with a shoe fetish. Finally, Lor McQuarrie is the tom-boy. Together, they play pool, eat pizza, and be kids in every sense of the word.

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Genres:

Animation | Family

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Disney Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Disney's the Weekenders

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

15 min 15 min (60 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Each episode, the pizza place has a different theme.

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Quotes

Tish: I have here plans for a twelve-foot granite pyramid with twenty thousand miniature workers dragging stone blocks.
Tino: Uh-huh? And I have *here* cardboard, glue, sticks and paint.
Tish: Okay. How about a one-foot pyramid with two miniature workers dragging a sugar cube.
Tino: I know you spent a lot of time on those plans, Tish. I'm sorry you had to compromise your artistic vision.
Tish: And *I'm* sorry you had to sit on a tube of paint.
Tino: Oh great. Looks like I sat on a leprechaun.

User Reviews

The Best Cartoon Series Disney Ever Released

The Weekenders is pretty much about 4 best friends living for the weekend. Doug Langdale is a genius for creating this great cartoon for Disney. It is simply the best Disney cartoon series has came out with in a long time. It's a shame that Disney discontinued it late in 2001. They didn't even have a chance to make merchandise for this show.

At first, I thought this was an awful cartoon when I saw it in 2000. I was about 15 or 16 at the time and I just thought it was really lame. A couple of years later, I watched it again. I didn't know it at the time, but ABC was going to pull the show off their lineup of shows. I would of never seen this show again if I never got satellite. I did get satellite and I found the channel it was on.

This is probably the most realistic cartoon of all time, in my opinion. The episodes deal with some things that kids can relate to. Even though I wasn't really a kid after I watched it, I thought it was a funny cartoon. I sort of related to some of the things that were on the episodes when I was a kid.

Well, it's really too bad that this cartoon didn't make it that far. They never even made that much off this cartoon. Oh well, I guess kids these days want to watch stupid mindless cartoons like Yu-Gi-Oh. I remember it beat Pokemon in the ratings at one point. Anyway, this cartoon is possibly the best cartoon of all time. For those who want to compare this to Recess, you can't really compare them together. Yes, there may be some similarities, but the Weekenders is the better cartoon.