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Home Movies
Season 1
DVD cover
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkUPN
Adult Swim (episodes 6–13)
Original releaseApril 26, 1999 (1999-04-26) –
October 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of the animated sitcom Home Movies originally began airing in the United States on the television network UPN from April 26 to May 24, 1999, and on Cartoon Network from September 2 to October 7, 2001. The pilot episode was titled, "Get Away From My Mom."[1][2] Co-creators Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Sydner, served as writers, executive producers, and directors for the season.[3][4][5] The season utilized Sydner's signature "squigglevision" animation style, though it would change to a more "conventional" flash-animated style for the subsequent three seasons.[5]

The series follows the adventures of 8-year-old Brendon Small, who writes, directs, and stars in homemade film productions that he creates with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. Brendon and Melissa's soccer coach, John McGuirk, is a short-tempered and selfish alcoholic who constantly gives Brendon and Melissa bad or morally bankrupt advice. Brendon's mother, Paula, meanwhile, is divorced and juggling her children, her job as a creative writing teacher, and her romantic life.

The main cast for the season consisted of Small, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone, and Melissa Bardin Galsky.[6] Poundstone's role was recast after six episodes and given to Janine Ditullio as a replacement.[5] The first five episodes of the season demonstrated a writing style known as "retroscripting," consisting of the cast completely improvising the storyline and animation being produced afterwards.[2][7]

UPN decided to schedule the season in the timeslot following Dilbert on Monday nights, in the hopes of giving Home Movies good Nielsen ratings.[2][8] Despite this, the pilot episode received all-time low ratings and the network called the crew in order to inform them that it was the lowest-rated program they had ever broadcast in the timeslot in its televised history.[7][8] The ratings continued to be incredibly low and UPN canceled the series after only five episodes.[5][7] Despite this, Khaki Jones, Cartoon Network's Vice President of Original Series, was a "huge fan" of the series and was able to get it picked up on the channel's Adult Swim block, reopening production on the season.[7] These episodes include Jonathan Katz, Ron Lynch, Sam Brown, Paula Plum, Richard Snee, Mitch Hedberg, Eugene Mirman, Laura Silverman, Larry Murphy, Will LeBow, Bill Braudis, Jen Kirkman, Kelly Kimball and Amy Roeder, as guest stars.

The complete season DVD was released by Shout! Factory on November 16, 2004, and featured all thirteen episodes and an assortment of bonus features.[9]

Episodes

See also: List of Home Movies episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
UPN
11"Get Away From My Mom"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin GalskyApril 26, 1999 (1999-04-26) (UPN)
October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)
(Adult Swim)[10]		1011.76[11]
22"I Don't Do Well in Parent-Teacher Conferences"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin GalskyMay 3, 1999 (1999-05-03) (UPN)
October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)
(Adult Swim)[10]		1021.45[12]
33"The Art of the Sucker Punch"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin GalskyMay 10, 1999 (1999-05-10) (UPN)
October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)
(Adult Swim)[10]		1031.83[13]
44"Brendon Gets Rabies"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin GalskyMay 17, 1999 (1999-05-17) (UPN)
October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)
(Adult Swim)[10]		1042.84[14]
55"Yoko"
"We'll Always Have Tuesday"		Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin GalskyMay 24, 1999 (1999-05-24) (UPN)
October 28, 2001 (2001-10-28)
(Adult Swim)[10]		1051.72[15]
Adult Swim
66"Director's Cut"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 2, 2001 (2001-09-02)106N/A
77"It Was Supposed to Be Funny"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 9, 2001 (2001-09-09)107N/A
88"Method of Acting"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 16, 2001 (2001-09-16)108N/A
99"Life Through a Fish Eye Lens"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 23, 2001 (2001-09-23)109N/A
1010"School Nurse"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 30, 2001 (2001-09-30)110N/A
1111"Mortgages and Marbles"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardSeptember 30, 2001 (2001-09-30)111N/A
1212"Law and Boarder"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardOctober 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)112N/A
1313"Brendon's Choice"Loren BouchardBrendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren BouchardOctober 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)113N/A

Home release

The DVD boxset for season one was released by Shout! Factory on November 16, 2004. Other than all thirteen episodes of the season, the DVD included several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and crew, animatics, an animation gallery, commentary tracks on ten episodes, and two short films created by Small and Benjamin.[9][16][17][18][19]

The Complete First Season
Set Details[9][16][17][18] Special Features[9][16][17][18][19]
  • Optional commentary on ten episodes:
    • Disc 1: "Get Away From My Mom," "The Art of the Sucker Punch," "Brendon Gets Rabies" and "Yoko"
    • Disc 2: "Director's Cut" and "It Was Supposed to be Funny"
    • Disc 3: "School Nurse," "Marbles and Mortgages," and "Brendon's Choice." Additional commentary on animatics for "School Nurse."
  • Animatics
  • Animation galleries
  • Interviews with the cast and crew
  • Short films by Brendon Small and H. Jon Benjamin
  • Easter egg
Release Dates
Region 1
November 16, 2004[9][16][17][18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Owen, Rob (May 25, 1999). "UPN animated comedy a lame attempt at humor". Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c O'Leary, Devin D. (May 17, 1999). ""Home Movies" on UPN". Weekly Wire. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  3. ^ Plume, Ken (November 17, 2004). "An Interview with Brendon Small". IGN. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  4. ^ Plume, Ken (November 16, 2004). "10 Questions: Loren Bouchard". IGN. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Booker, M. Keith (2006). Drawn to Television: Prime-time Animation from The Flintstones to Family Guy. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 181. ISBN 0-275-99019-2.
  6. ^ "Home Movies: Get Away From My Mom". Zap2it. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d Masters, Clay (November 21, 2005). "'Home Movies' creator has a new cartoon on his drawing board". Daily Nebraskan. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  8. ^ a b Bouchard, Loren. Radio interview with H. Jon Benjamin and Loren Bouchard in "Home Movies - The Complete Third Season" (DVD). Shout! Factory.
  9. ^ a b c d e Lacey, Gord (September 7, 2004). "Home Movies — Press Release". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Archived Cartoon Network Schedule - Home Movies Premieres/Reruns (Alaska Timezone)". October 14, 2001. Archived from the original on October 14, 2001. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (April 26-May 2)". The Los Angeles Times. May 5, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  12. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (May 3–9)". The Los Angeles Times. May 12, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  13. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (May 10–16)". The Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  14. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (May 17–23)". The Los Angeles Times. May 26, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  15. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (May 24–30)". The Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  16. ^ a b c d "Home Movies — Season 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  17. ^ a b c d "Home Movies: Season One". Shout! Factory. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  18. ^ a b c d Brown, Mike. ""Home Movies" Season One DVD". About.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  19. ^ a b c Rizzo, Francis (October 28, 2004). "Home Movies: Season One". DVD Talk. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
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