Home Movies season 2
| Home Movies (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Original release | January 6 – March 31, 2002 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the animated sitcom Home Movies aired in the United States on the television network Cartoon Network from January 6, 2002 to March 31, 2002. The season aired on the network's Adult Swim programming block, every Sunday and Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. Central time and 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.[1][2][3] Co-founders Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Snyder, served as executive producers for the season.[4][5][6] Small and Bill Braudis acted as writers for the season,[4][7] while Bouchard was director for each episode.[5]
The season follows 8-year-old Brendon Small, who writes, directs, and stars in several homemade film productions that he creates with his friend Melissa and Jason, as he gets to know his father. His mother Paula struggles with finding a new job after being fired from her position as a creative writing teacher at a local college. Meanwhile, Brendon and Melissa's soccer coach, John McGuirk, is an alcoholic who constantly becomes involved with the kids' lives and gives them bad advice on life.
The main cast for the season consisted of Small, Janine Ditullio, H. Jon Benjamin, and Melissa Bardin Galsky.[8] Louis C.K. also served as a recurring guest star throughout the season as Brendon's father.[9] Though the first season of the series utilized producer Snyder's "squigglevision" animation style, season 2 was redesigned to a more "conventional" Flash animation style.[3][6] Viewers felt that the new look was more attractive and easily accessible in comparison to the previous season.[10]
The complete season DVD was released by Shout! Factory on May 31, 2005, a few months after the release of the first season DVD. It contained all thirteen episodes along with an assortment of bonus features, including optional episode commentary and animatics.[3][11]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Politics" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 6, 2002 | 201 |
| 15 | 2 | "Identifying a Body" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 13, 2002 | 202 |
| 16 | 3 | "Hiatus" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 20, 2002 | 203 |
| 17 | 4 | "Business and Pleasure" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 27, 2002 | 204 |
| 18 | 5 | "The Party" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 3, 2002 | 205 |
| 19 | 6 | "Impressions" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 10, 2002 | 206 |
| 20 | 7 | "Dad" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 17, 2002 | 207 |
| 21 | 8 | "Therapy" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 24, 2002 | 208 |
| 22 | 9 | "Class Trip" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 3, 2002 | 209 |
| 23 | 10 | "History" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 10, 2002 | 210 |
| 24 | 11 | "Writer's Block" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 17, 2002 | 211 |
| 25 | 12 | "Pizza Club" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 24, 2002 | 212 |
| 26 | 13 | "The Wedding" | Loren Bouchard | Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 31, 2002 | 213 |
Home release
The DVD boxset for season two was released by Shout! Factory on May 31, 2005. Small originally announced that it would come out on June 10 on his official website, but Shout! Factory later unconfirmed this and released the official date.[12] 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 selected episodes, and extended musical numbers from the series.[3][11][13][14]
| The Complete Second Season | ||||
| Set Details[3][11][13][14] | Special Features[3][11][13][14] | |||
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| Release Dates | ||||
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| May 31, 2005[3][11][13][14] | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Curtis, Annaleigh (2002-11-25). "Home Movies always a good laugh". Garden City High School Sugar Beet. p. 5.
- ^ Shepherd, S.E. (2002-01-03). ""Home Movies" Worth Seeing". The Partial Observer. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Home Movies: Season Two". Shout! Factory. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ a b Plume, Ken (2004-11-17). "An Interview with Brendon Small". IGN. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ a b Plume, Ken (2004-11-16). "10 Questions: Loren Bouchard". IGN. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Braudis, Bill (2005). "Home Movies writer Bill Braudis speaks!" in "Home Movies: The Complete Second Season" (DVD). Shout! Factory.
- ^ "Home Movies - Season Two (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ Hassenger, Jesse (2004-11-16). "Home Movies: Season 2". Pop Matters. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Home Movies: Season 02". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Home Movies — Season 2". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ Lacey, Gord (2005-12-16). "Home Movies — Season 2 — It's better than you think!". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ a b c d Lambert, David (2005-04-01). "Home Movies — Shout! Officially Announces 2nd Season: Content, Extras, 3-D Box Front, & Box Back". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Mike. ""Home Movies" Season Two DVD". About.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.