Home Movies (TV series)

This article is about the animated series. For the filmmaking method, see Home movie. For other uses, see Home movie (disambiguation).

Home Movies
Left to right: Melissa, Brendon and Jason.
Genre
Created by
Developed byTom Snyder
Directed byLoren Bouchard
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • Brendon Small
  • Loren Bouchard
ComposerBrendon Small
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Loren Bouchard
  • Tom Snyder
  • Bonnie Burns
  • Mary Catherine Micka
Producers
  • Loren Bouchard (season 1)
  • Melissa Bardin Galsky (seasons 1-2)
  • Carl W. Adams (season 3)
  • Jack Ferraiolo (season 4)
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkUPN
ReleaseApril 26 (1999-04-26) –
May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseSeptember 2, 2001 (2001-09-02) –
April 4, 2004 (2004-04-04)
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Home Movies is an American[1][2] animated sitcom created by Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard.[3] The show centers on an eight-year-old aspiring filmmaker, also named Brendon Small, who makes homemade film productions in his spare time with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. He lives with his divorced mother Paula and his adopted baby sister Josie. He develops a skewed father-son-like relationship with his alcoholic, short-tempered soccer coach, John McGuirk.

Home Movies premiered on UPN on April 26, 1999. UPN cancelled the series after only five episodes due to low ratings, but Cartoon Network purchased the rights to the series, seeing potential in it; the show premiered as the first original program on their nighttime adult-oriented Adult Swim block on the night of the block's launch on September 2, 2001.[4] The series ended on April 4, 2004, with a total of 52 episodes over the course of four seasons. The show was produced by Tom Snyder.

Home Movies developed a cult following during its run, and is still considered a renowned cult show,[5] having been well-regarded by critics in the years since its run. Co-creator Small later helped create the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse and Bouchard later created the animated series Bob's Burgers for the Fox network, casting H. Jon Benjamin (the voice of Coach McGuirk, Jason, and Perry) as the voice of Bob Belcher.


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  1. ^ "IN HONOR OF SOUTH PARK TURNING 20: THE 20 BEST ADULT CARTOONS, RANKED". InsideHook. August 11, 1997. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Williams, Ian (2014). "Home Movies". The Point. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Williams, Ian (2014). "Home Movies". The Point. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 413. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  5. ^ "Promo pumps cult cartoons - Tags: CABLE television networks SMALL, Brendon". Connection.ebscohost.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.