Home Movies (season 2)
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The second season of the animated sitcom Home Movies
originally began airing in the United States
on the television network
Cartoon Network
on January 6, 2002, with the episode "Politics." 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. Co-founders Brendon Small
and Loren Bouchard
, along with Tom Sydner, served as executive producers for the season. Small and Bill Braudis
acted as writers for the season, while Bouchard was director
for each episode.
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
. Louis C.K.
also served as a recurring guest star throughout the season as Brendon's father. Though the first season
of the series utilized producer Sydner's "squigglevision
" animation style, season 2 was redesigned to a more "conventional" Flash animation style. Viewers felt that the new look was more attractive and easily accessible in comparison to the previous season.
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.
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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. 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.
Home Movies (TV series)
Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds eight-year-old Brendon Small , who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time...
originally began airing in the United States
United States
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on the television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
on January 6, 2002, with the episode "Politics." The season aired on the network's Adult Swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
programming block, every Sunday and Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. Central time and 10:00 p.m. Eastern time. Co-founders Brendon Small
Brendon Small
Brendon Small is an American sitcom writer/producer, actor, comedian, voice actor, composer, and musician...
and Loren Bouchard
Loren Bouchard
Loren Hal Bouchard is a writer, director, producer, composer, and voice actor for several animated TV shows and a co-creator of Home Movies . He is also the creator of Bob's Burgers-Biography:...
, along with Tom Sydner, served as executive producers for the season. Small and Bill Braudis
Bill Braudis
Bill Braudis is a comedy writer and voice actor from Boston, Massachusetts who has also done stand-up comedy. He started in stand-up in 1981. He has appeared in several Soup2Nuts programs, being in the main cast of Science Court and Hey Monie!. He also appeared in the first episode of Dr. Katz,...
acted as writers for the season, while Bouchard was director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
for each episode.
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
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
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
Janine Ditullio
Janine Ditullio is a comedy writer, voice actress and stand-up comedienne, currently writing for the late night television talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.-Career:...
, H. Jon Benjamin
H. Jon Benjamin
Henry Jon Benjamin , known professionally as H. Jon Benjamin and Jon Benjamin, is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his voice-over roles as Jason and Coach McGuirk on Home Movies, Ben on Dr...
, and Melissa Bardin Galsky
Melissa Bardin Galsky
Melissa Bardin Galsky is an American voice actress, writer, and producer for several animated sitcoms from the Soup2Nuts company. She was associate producer and talent coordinator for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but is best known for playing the character Melissa on the show Home Movies,...
. Louis C.K.
Louis C.K.
Louis Szekely , known professionally as Louis C.K., is a stand-up comedian, television and film writer, actor, producer, and director...
also served as a recurring guest star throughout the season as Brendon's father. Though the first season
Home Movies (season 1)
The first season of the animated sitcom Home Movies originally began airing in the United States on the television network UPN on April 26, 1999, with the episode "Get Away From My Mom." Co-founders Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Sydner, served as writers, executive producers, and...
of the series utilized producer Sydner's "squigglevision
Squigglevision
Squigglevision is a patented method of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate. Tom Snyder of Tom Snyder Productions invented the technique, which his animation studio Soup2Nuts subsequently popularized in several successful animated series.Compared with...
" animation style, season 2 was redesigned to a more "conventional" Flash animation style. Viewers felt that the new look was more attractive and easily accessible in comparison to the previous season.
The complete season DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
was released by Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...
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.
Episodes
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DVD release
The DVD boxset for season two was released by Shout! FactoryShout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...
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. 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.
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See also
- Home MoviesHome Movies (TV series)Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds eight-year-old Brendon Small , who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time...
- List of Home Movies episodes
- "Get Away From My MomGet Away From My Mom"Get Away From My Mom" is the pilot episode of the American animated sitcom Home Movies. It originally aired on United Paramount Network on April 26, 1999. In the episode, eight-year-old Brendon Small discovers that his mother, Paula, is set to have a date with Brendon's soccer coach, the lazy,...
" - "The Art of the Sucker PunchThe Art of the Sucker Punch"The Art of the Sucker Punch" is the third episode of the first season of the American animated sitcom Home Movies, and the 3rd episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the UPN network on May 10, 1999. The episode concerns a confrontation between Brendon Small and local bully Shannon,...
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