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Home Movies (1999; 2001–2004), originally created for UPN, found itself cancelled in five episodes, only to be brought back two years later for new viewers on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Though never gaining a mass audience, it did gain a cult fanbase of people who got the show and enjoyed its subtle and dry humor. Its original run on UPN lasted a bit over a month, but on Adult Swim it found life for 47 more episodes over three years, until it was cancelled after the fourth season due to weak ratings and Cartoon Network's 52-episode rule (in which mediocre performing programs are given 52 episodes and then cancelled).

The show centers around eight-year-old Brendon Small. Brendon lives with his divorced mother, Paula, and makes movies with his two friends, Jason and Melissa. Brendon finds an unusual father-figure in his school soccer coach, Jon McGuirk, who hates children and hates soccer.

Home Movies uses a technique called retroscripting, in which the dialogue between characters is given a slight outline, and improvised. Because of this, the show has a character-driven dialogue humor to it, which makes or breaks the show.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Brendon Small	Brendon Small	1	2	3	4
	Dwayne	1	2	3	4
	Walter	1	2	3	4
H. Jon Benjamin	Coach McGuirk	1	2	3	4
	Jason Penopolis	1	2	3	4
	Perry	1	2	3	4
Melissa Bardin Galsky	Melissa Robbins	1	2	3	4
Paula Poundstone	Paula Small	1
Janine Ditullo		1	2	3	4
Ron Lynch	Mr. Lynch	1	2	3	4
Sam Seder	Fenton Mulley	1	2	3	4
Jonathan Katz	Erik Robbins	1	2	3	4

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
UPN (first five episodes) / Adult Swim
Season One	April 26, 1999	October 7, 2001	13
Adult Swim
Season Two	January 6, 2002	March 31, 2002	13
Season Three	August 4, 2002	May 25, 2003	13
Season Four	January 11, 2004	April 4, 2004	13

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
10th Anniversary	November 4, 2008	13	purchase
Season Sets
Season One	November 16, 2004	3
Season Two	May 31, 2005	3
Season Three	November 15, 2005	3
Season Four	May 16, 2006	3

[edit] External Sites

• Home Movies at Adult Swim Official Site
• Soup2Nuts Official Site
• Home Movies Super Site