Home Movies Cartoon Series

1999 · Brendon Small/ Loren Bouchard

Home Movies (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the animated series. For the filmmaking method, see Home movies . For other uses, see Home movies (disambiguation) . Home Movies Left to right: Melissa, Brendon and Jason. Genre Animated sitcom Slice of life Created by Brendon Small Loren Bouchard Developed by Tom Snyder Directed by Loren Bouchard Voices of Brendon Small H. Jon Benjamin Melissa Bardin Galsky Janine Ditullio (2001–04) Paula Poundstone (1999) Theme music composer Brendon Small Composer Brendon Small Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 4 No. of episodes 52 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producers Loren Bouchard Tom Snyder Bonnie Burns Mary Catherine Micka co-executive producers: Brendon Small Carl W. Adams Producers Loren Bouchard (season 1) Melissa Bardin Galsky (seasons 1-2) Carl W. Adams (season 3) Jack Ferraiolo (season 4) Running time 22 minutes Production companies Burns & Burns Productions Tom Snyder Productions (1999–2001) Soup2Nuts (2002–04) Distributor Home Video: Shout! Factory Television: Fremantle Release Original network UPN (1999) Adult Swim (2001–04) Picture format NTSC Original release April 26, 1999 – April 4, 2004 Home Movies is an American [1] [2] television sitcom created by Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard . [3] The show centers on an eight-year-old aspiring filmmaker , also named Brendon Small, who makes homemade film productions in his spare time with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. He lives with his divorced mother Paula and his adopted baby sister Josie. He develops a skewed father-son-like relationship with his alcoholic, short-tempered soccer coach, John McGuirk. Home Movies premiered on UPN on April 26, 1999. UPN cancelled the series after only five episodes due to low ratings, but Cartoon Network purchased the rights to the series, seeing potential in it; the show premiered as the first original program on their nighttime adult-oriented Adult Swim block on the night of the block's launch on September 2, 2001. [4] The series ended on April 4, 2004, with a total of 52 episodes over the course of four seasons. Home Movies developed a cult following during its run, and is still considered a renowned cult show, [5] having been well-regarded by critics in the years since its run. Co-creator Small later helped create the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse and Bouchard later created the animated series Bob's Burgers for the Fox network , casting H. Jon Benjamin (the voice of Coach McGuirk, Jason, and Perry) as the voice of Bob. Contents 1 Season plot summaries 1.1 Season one 1.2 Season two 1.3 Season three 1.4 Season four 2 Characters 3 Style 4 Music 5 Home releases 6 Reception 7 References 8 External links Season plot summaries Main article: List of Home Movies episodes Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired Network 1 13 5 April 26, 1999 May 24, 1999 UPN 8 September 2, 2001 October 7, 2001 Adult Swim 2 13 January 6, 2002 March 31, 2002 Adult Swim 3 13 August 4, 2002 May 25, 2003 4 13 November 11, 2003 April 4, 2004 Season one Main article: Home Movies (season 1) Animated in Squigglevision and heavily using retroscripting , the first five episodes aired on UPN in 1999. The show introduced the main characters in this season, and mainly consisted of episodes revolving around Brendon's movies. Much of the style of the writing is loose and improvised. The season ends with Brendon saying hello to his erstwhile absent father on the phone. Season two Main article: Home Movies (season 2) Now animated in Flash , this is the first season commissioned by Cartoon Network as a result of mixed ratings of season one reruns. The episodes are now heavily scripted, but the creators now have much more freedom, allowing for creative episodes (“History”), introducing new characters (Fenton Mulley, the Adelbergs) as well as a multiple-story season arc , which includes: Brendon meeting his father Andrew and his fiancée Linda, resulting in therapy sessions, leading up to a wedding. Brendon develops a crush on Scäb choreographer Cynthia, and tries to win her over. Paula loses her job and searches for a new one. Melissa's dad offers some advice. The show also develops a writing device that carries through the next seasons, in which the plots of one episode usually all have an underlying theme . Emphasis on Brendon's movies becomes key here, and the subtext of their creation is finally discussed. At this point, Brendon is still enjoying his life making films and living in a fantasy world. Season three Main article: Home Movies (season 3) A bit looser than season two, the show loses the idea of a seasonal story arc, and many of the episodes air out of order. The episodes become racier, with more resounding sexual themes and cursing than before. Secondary characters, such as Fenton and Duane, are given more screen time, relative to the prior season