I did not know the film's cast other than the major leads (Wilson, Hunt, Newman, Larry) and immediately recognized George Carlin (reprising his aging hippy persona), the Car Talk guys from National Public Radio, Richard Petty, Bob Costas (even named Bob Cutlass) and a few others. (I'm glad Paul...
Brandon, many of the voices were excellent (Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Dooley, Tony Shaloub, Larry the Cable Guy); but casting Bob Costas, the Car Talk guys, Richard Petty and the other NASCAR stars was based solely on their association with cars, auto racing and motorsport, not the quality...
I enjoyed watching "Cars", but place it with "A Bug's Life" as one of Pixar's lesser films. What most disappointed me was that Cars succumbed to the stale formulas used by many of the other animation houses. It seems many of the voice actors were cast for their well known personas (ala...