BURBANK, Calif. (March 17, 2021) -- Mindy Kaling has joined the cast of Disney+'s highly anticipated animated series "Monsters At Work." Kaling will voice the role of Val Little, an enthusiastic member of the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (aka "MIFT"). Additionally, Bonnie Hunt will reprise her role as Ms. Flint, who was formerly in charge of training new Scarers at Monsters, Inc., but will now manage the department responsible for recruiting and training the funniest monsters to become Jokesters. "Monsters At Work" will begin streaming Friday, July 2, exclusively on Disney+.
Ben Feldman stars as the voice of Tylor Tuskmon in the series, which introduces new monster characters alongside returning favorites, including Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, who will again be voiced by renowned actors Billy Crystal and John Goodman. Starring alongside Feldman and Kaling as part of the MIFT crew is Henry Winkler ("Happy Days") as Fritz, the scatterbrained boss; Lucas Neff ("Raising Hope") as Duncan, an opportunistic plumber; and Alanna Ubach ("Coco") as Cutter, the officious rule follower.
"Monsters At Work" takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley's discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It follows the story of Tylor Tuskmon, an eager young monster who graduated top of his class at Monsters University and always dreamed of becoming a Scarer until he lands a job at Monsters, Incorporated, and discovers that scaring is out and laughter is in. After Tylor is temporarily reassigned to the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (MIFT), he must work alongside a misfit bunch of mechanics while setting his sights on becoming a Jokester.
In addition to Crystal, Goodman and Hunt, returning cast members from the original movies include John Ratzenberger as Yeti and Tylor's dad, Bernard, Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae and Bob Peterson as Roze, twin sister to his original "Monsters, Inc." character, Roz. Voicing additional characters are Stephen Stanton ("Star Wars Resistance") as Smitty and Needleman, the bumbling custodial team at Monsters, Inc., and Aisha Tyler ("Archer") as Tylor's mom, Millie Tuskmon.
Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was developed and is executive produced by Disney animation veteran Bobs Gannaway ("Mickey Mouse Clubhouse," "Planes: Fire & Rescue"). Academy Award-nominated Sean Lurie ("Inner Workings") is producer, and Kat Good ("Big Hero 6 The Series") and Steve Anderson ("Meet the Robinsons") serve as supervising directors. The late Rob Gibbs ("Monsters, Inc.") also served as director on some of the earlier episodes.
Kaling is represented by CAA, 3Arts, The Lede Company and Ziffren Law. Hunt is represented by WME and Edelstein, Laird & Sobel Law.
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pour the green candy coating into a microwave safe bowl and microwave
at 50% for 40-second intervals. Stir after each 40-second interval,
being careful to not over heat the candy coating. When there are only a
few lumps left, stir the coating until it is melted and smooth.
These
initial 2 steps are optional, but should be done first if you desire a
stripe-legged monster marionette that closely resembles the character
Art from Monsters University. If you don't want to add stripes
to his legs, skip to step 3. Refer to Fig. 3 in the PDF template as
reference to help you determine where you will place your stripes. Take
your 15"in violet or medium purple boa (this will be Art's body) and
measure up 1"in from the end and proceed to 
Lay
a 4"in piece of the darker boa underneath and perpendicular to the
exposed cord. Add glue to the exposed cord and wrap the darker boa
tightly around the gap one time. You may need to add more glue, but be
careful not to burn your finger or singe the feathers in the process.
Repeat 
Hot melt glue a penny to each end of the 15" violet boa.
Creating
the arms - (Refer to Fig. 1 in the PDF template) Bend the dark blue
pipe cleaner to resemble the arms and hands pictured. Wrap the purple
pipe cleaner around the wrist and work your way up to the top of the arm
and make a loop. Tie fishing line through the loop and tie the other
end to the body (refer to Fig 3 for placement) and leave enough slack in
the fishing line so the arms dangle a little. Repeat for the opposite
arm.
Trace
the mouth shape onto black stiffened felt and cut out. Trace the teeth
shape on white felt and place on the black felt mouth.
Take
two dark red pipe cleaners and twist them around each other to add
thickness. Use the Lips template and copy the exact size and shape
cutting off the excess pipe cleaner after twisting the end closed. Glue
this on top of the teeth and mouth.
Glue
the bottoms of the googly eyes on the top edge of the block mouth just
behind the lips. Now glue the face on the center of the body.
You're all done! Tilt Dowel 1 from side to side to make Art walk. Lift Dowel 2 up high to have Art stand on his hands. 
