"Home Movies" (1999) TV series 1999-2004

Creators:

Loren Bouchard
Brendon Small

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

26 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | School | Actor | Soccer | Coach

Cast

Brendon Small	...	Brendon Small / ... (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
H. Jon Benjamin	...	Jason Penopolis / ... (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
Melissa Bardin Galsky	...	Melissa Robbins (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
Ron Lynch	...	Ronald Lynch (50 episodes, 1999-2004)
Janine Ditullio	...	Paula Small (47 episodes, 2001-2004)

Runtime:

30 min | Germany:22 min (13 episodes) | USA:22 min (52 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Canada:16+ (TV rating) | Canada:18+ (TV re-rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Soup2Nuts

Trivia:

In the Japanese dubbed version of the series, Brendon was renamed "Brandon", and Coach McGuirk's surname was changed to "McGuire".

Goofs:

Continuity: In "Shore Leave", Coach McGuirk takes Melissa's wings while at the mall, puts them on his back, and walks away with them, but later when Melissa is back in the Fairy Princess boss's office, she has them on again.

Quotes:

Judge: What I'm doing is deciding an appropriate punishment. That's the phase of the trial right now.
Coach McGuirk: Your honour, might I suggest a spanking - on his tush-tush?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 3 (2007) (V)

What Sunday Night Was Meant For

Praise the Lord one of the programming executives at Cartoon Network grew a brain. They decided to put defunct mature-themed shows and a few original short shows on Sunday Nights to attract a more adult audience ("Adult Swim" rules!!!). Even though the audience is probably teenage boys and college-aged males, that executive is a bonifide genius.

Anywoo, with that out of the way, my favorite show on "Adult Swim" is "Home Movies". With quick wit, distorted animation, hilarious voice-overs, and warped storylines, you have a classic on your hands. Even though this show never made it on primetime television, it was and still is laugh out loud funny. I love the premise of an eight-year old having a digital video camera so he can make crappy and/or strange films so he can cope with life around him. My two favorite characters are Brendan and Coach McGuirk and their relationship is the best aspect of the show. I also like the crazy plots that make this show great. Where else will you see an eight-year old kid make a really strange film and present it to his class when he should done a report on Susan B. Anthony? Anyway, this show is one of the ten best all time and it is one of the best shows currently on Sunday nights (if I said it was, I would be dragging the name of the greatest show all time through the mud). I give this show an A+.

PS: Other great Adult Swim shows are: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Sealab 2021, Mission Hill (if they ever replay it), Cowboy Bebop (also in my top ten) Avoid these: The Oblongs (too nasty), The Ripping Friends (sorry John K.), The Brak Show (too stupid), Space Ghost Coast to Coast (lame premise that needs to be retired)

One more thing: "Home Movies" is far superior to "South Park" because these eight-year old aren't as foul-mouthed, cocky or lame. Sorry Trey and Matt.