Home Movies season 3

Home Movies
Season 3
DVD cover
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkAdult Swim
Original releaseAugust 4, 2002 (2002-08-04) –
May 25, 2003 (2003-05-25)
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The third season of the animated sitcom Home Movies originally began airing in the United States on the Adult Swim programming block for the television network Cartoon Network from August 4, 2002 to May 25, 2003. Co-creators Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Sydner, served as executive producers for the season.[1][2][3] Small and Bill Braudis acted as writers for the season,[1][4] while Bouchard was director for each episode.[2]

The series follows the life and adventures of 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker, 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 gives the two 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, Janine Ditullio, H. Jon Benjamin, and Melissa Bardin Galsky.[5] Among the guest stars during the season were Todd Barry and Mitch Hedberg, along with Louis C.K., who portrayed Brendon's father Andrew.[6][7] A lot of the season featured "retroscripting," with the voice actors improvising much of their dialogue.[6][8][9][10]

The episode "Shore Leave" won the Pulcinella award for "Best TV Series for Young Adults & Adults," while the season itself won in the category for "Best Group of Characters of the Year" at the same ceremony.[10][11]

The complete season DVD was released by Shout! Factory on November 15, 2005, a few months after the release of the second season DVD. It contained all thirteen episodes along with an assortment of bonus features, including optional episode commentary and animatics.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b Plume, Ken (November 17, 2004). "An Interview with Brendon Small". IGN. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Plume, Ken (November 16, 2004). "10 Questions: Loren Bouchard". IGN. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Braudis, Bill (2005). "Home Movies writer Bill Braudis speaks!" in "Home Movies: The Complete Second Season" (DVD). Shout! Factory.
  5. ^ "Home Movies - Season Three (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Drucker, Michael (November 3, 2005). "Home Movies - Season Three". IGN. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Hassenger, Jesse (November 16, 2004). "Home Movies: Season 2". Pop Matters. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ O'Leary, Devin D. (May 17, 1999). ""Home Movies" on UPN". Weekly Wire. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  10. ^ a b "2003 Pulcinella Award winners". Pulcinella Awards. Archived from the original on April 17, 2003. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Home Movies: Season Three". Shout! Factory. Archived from the original on January 16, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
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