Home Movies season 1
Home Movies | |
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Season 1 | |
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No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | UPN Adult Swim (episodes 6–13) |
Original release | April 26, 1999 October 7, 2001 | –
Season chronology | |
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
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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1 | 1 | "Get Away From My Mom" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin Galsky | April 26, 1999 | 101 | ||||||
2 | 2 | "I Don't Do Well in Parent-Teacher Conferences" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin Galsky | May 3, 1999 | 102 | ||||||
3 | 3 | "The Art of the Sucker Punch" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin Galsky | May 10, 1999 | 103 | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Brendon Gets Rabies" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin Galsky | May 17, 1999 | 104 | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Yoko" "We'll Always Have Tuesday" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Paula Poundstone & Melissa Bardin Galsky | May 24, 1999 | 105 | ||||||
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6 | 6 | "Director's Cut" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 2, 2001 | 106 | ||||||
7 | 7 | "It Was Supposed to Be Funny" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 9, 2001 | 107 | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Method of Acting" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 16, 2001 | 108 | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Life Through a Fish Eye Lens" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 23, 2001 | 109 | ||||||
10 | 10 | "School Nurse" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 30, 2001 | 110 | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Mortgages and Marbles" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | September 30, 2001 | 111 | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Law and Boarder" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | October 7, 2001 | 112 | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Brendon's Choice" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small, Bill Braudis & Loren Bouchard | October 7, 2001 | 113 |
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][10][11][12][13]
The Complete First Season | ||||
Set Details[9][10][11][12] | Special Features[9][10][11][12][13] | |||
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Release Dates | ||||
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November 16, 2004[9][10][11][12][13] |
See also
References
- ^ Owen, Rob (1999-05-25). "UPN animated comedy a lame attempt at humor". Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ a b c O'Leary, Devin D. (1999-05-17). ""Home Movies" on UPN". Weekly Wire. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Plume, Ken (2004-11-17). "An Interview with Brendon Small". IGN. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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- ^ "Home Movies: Get Away From My Mom". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ a b c d Masters, Clay (2005-11-21). "'Home Movies' creator has a new cartoon on his drawing board". Daily Nebraskan. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
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- ^ a b c d e Lacey, Gord (2004-09-07). "Home Movies — Press Release". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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