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Release Date:
26 April 1999 (USA) more
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Plot:
TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors... more
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Cast

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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)
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Series Directed by
Loren Bouchard (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
 
Series Writing credits
Loren Bouchard (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
Bill Braudis (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
Brendon Small (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
H. Jon Benjamin (37 episodes, 1999-2004)
Melissa Bardin Galsky (5 episodes, 1999)
Paula Poundstone (4 episodes, 1999)

Series Produced by
Tom Snyder .... executive producer (52 episodes, 1999-2004)
Loren Bouchard .... executive producer / producer (40 episodes, 1999-2004)
Melissa Bardin Galsky .... producer / associate producer (39 episodes, 1999-2004)
H. Jon Benjamin .... producer (36 episodes, 2002-2004)
Carl W. Adams .... co-executive producer / producer (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Brendon Small .... executive producer / co-executive producer (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bonnie Burns .... executive producer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Niki Hebert .... coordinating producer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Mary Catherine Micka .... executive producer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Jack Ferraiolo .... producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)

Linda Simensky .... executive producer: Cartoon Network (unknown episodes)
 
Series Original Music by
Brendon Small (50 episodes, 1999-2004)
 
Series Film Editing by
Jack Ferraiolo (unknown episodes)
Chris Georgenes (unknown episodes)
Will Shepard (unknown episodes)
Damon Wong (unknown episodes)
 
Series Art Direction by
Aya Fukuda (47 episodes, 2001-2004)
 
Series Production Management
Khaki Jones .... executive in charge of production: Cartoon Network / executive in charge of programming: Cartoon Network (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Linda Simensky .... executive in charge of production: Cartoon Network / executive in charge of programming: Cartoon Network (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Marx Chusid .... general manager (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
 
Series Art Department
David SanAngelo .... storyboard artist (34 episodes, 2001-2004)
Chris Georgenes .... art creator / visual designer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Andre Lyman .... art creator / visual designer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Kim O'Neil .... art creator / storyboard artist / ... (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Damon Wong .... storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
 
Series Sound Department
Adam Mutterperl .... audio engineer (12 episodes, 1999-2002)
Carl W. Adams .... director of audio (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jack Ferraiolo .... audio editor (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Aidas Kupcinskas .... audio engineer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Will Shepard .... assistant audio editor / audio editor (2 episodes, 2003)

Melissa A. Boles .... intern (unknown episodes)
 
Series Visual Effects by
Jonas Cox .... video editor (1 episode, 2004)
 
Series Animation Department
David SanAngelo .... animator (35 episodes, 2001-2004)
Kenn Navarro .... animator (25 episodes, 2002)
Aya Fukuda .... animator (5 episodes, 1999)
Andre Lyman .... animation director / animator / ... (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Damon Wong .... animator (3 episodes, 1999-2003)
Phil Andrews .... animator (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lauren Harman .... animator (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jamielyn Mosca .... animator (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Dave 'Pops' Tata .... animator (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kim O'Neil .... animator / character designer (2 episodes, 1999-2004)
Fatima Moore .... animator (2 episodes, 1999-2003)
Alan Foreman .... animator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Laura Kozuh .... animator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Cory Mitchell .... animator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Amy Ronayne .... animator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kaydi Terwilliger .... animator (2 episodes, 2003)

Stephen Rogan .... animator (unknown episodes)
 
Series Editorial Department
Jonas Cox .... post-production director / editor: video (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Andre Lyman .... director of video / editor: video (2 episodes, 1999-2003)
 
Series Music Department
Loren Bouchard .... composer: theme music / music writer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
Brendon Small .... composer: theme music / music writer (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
 
Series Other crew
Justin Montanino .... production assistant (4 episodes, 2001-2002)
Elizabeth Benjes .... business manager / creative consultant (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bill Braudis .... executive story editor (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kayla Franklin .... intern (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Perry Lubin .... intern (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Andre Lyman .... director: video (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jody Snider .... business development (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Melissa Bardin Galsky .... creative consultant (2 episodes, 2003)
 

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Additional Details

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

Trivia:
In the first season, the show used the animation process called "Squiggle Vision" that debuted in "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" (1995). more
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. more
Quotes:
Coach McGuirk: Life sucks, Brendon. That's your lesson. Go enjoy it. more
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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Grown-up cartoon gets a second chance, 1 October 2001
Author: sstrader

"Home Movies" was one of those adult cartoons that unfortunately never survived beyond its first few episodes on UPN (after a hiatus, it was picked up by the Cartoon Network). Within that trend, there were many justifiable cancellations, most of them "edgy" -- quotes required -- and cancelled because they just tried to hard. "Home Movies" had a simple setting (hey, "The Simpsons" is just a sitcom about a family) and everyday stories; the humor resides in the mix of Woody Allen styled dialog and extra-flat animation. It has a low-key zaniness that dryly merges those two styles.

The main character is a young boy whom we should see as precocious, filming and starring in his own home movies, but he has merely traded in Legos and a skateboard for a movie camera and director's hat. Each episode is punctuated by the bizarre fruits of his labor: crime dramas, documentaries, PSAs, all with various friends and unsuspecting teachers in the cast. "Home Movies"' supporting characters, a snotty younger sibling, a supportive love interest, and the neighborhood teen metal band, work out various personality quirks you may have watched "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" try to cure on that other squiggle-vision cartoon.

The dialog wanders along very naturally and is one of the charms of the show. Characters will hesitate in mid-thought, abandon what they're saying, accidentally say what they're thinking, and have the classic is-it-my-turn-to-talk battle. The fact the so little gets said successfully says a lot.

Thank God it's back on the Cartoon Network! It's avoided the curse of edgy attention-seeking, maybe a spare survival under the radar will keep it from becoming too self-conscious.

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