The fourth season of the American animated sitcom Home Movies is the final season of series.[1] The season was broadcast in the United States on the Adult Swim programming block for the television network Cartoon Network from November 11, 2003, to April 4, 2004. Co-creators Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Snyder, served as executive producers for the season.
| Home Movies | |
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| Season 4 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Original release | November 11, 2003 – April 4, 2004 |
| Season chronology | |
The series followed the 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 selfish, short-tempered alcoholic who constantly gives the two bad advice. Brendon's divorced single mother, Paula must deal with juggling her children, her job as a creative writing teacher, and her romantic life.
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 40 | 1 | "Everyone's Entitled to My Opinion" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | November 11, 2003 | 401 |
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Brendon starts writing online movie reviews for money, and his next assignment is to watch the film All that Violence, but because of its adult rating Paula forbids it. Mr. Lynch is made interim principal, which McGuirk takes full advantage of. | ||||||
| 41 | 2 | "Camp" | Loren Bouchard | H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 11, 2004 | 409 |
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The gang go to a performing arts camp, where they are led by Dwayne and two other counselors (voiced by John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants). All three kids are berated by the camp counselors in their respective fields, and Melissa finds it difficult to overcome her fear of swimming. Meanwhile, McGuirk is taken on a camping trip, but he becomes afraid of his companions who appear to be from some sort of cult. He sneaks into the camp and the kids hide him in their cabin, until the "cult" comes looking for him. At the last day of camp, the kids put on a play expressing their extreme hate of their experience and their mentors, and Melissa finally overcomes her fear of swimming when saving McGuirk from drowning, while McGuirk comes to realize the "cult" had good intentions. | ||||||
| 42 | 3 | "Bye Bye Greasy" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 18, 2004 | 410 |
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Brendon directs the school musical which is set in the 1950s called "Bye Bye Greasy". Shannon forcibly casts himself as the lead, and is actually well fit for the role. Melissa is upset by Brendon's casting her as a non-singing role, and is doubly upset when Paula, who has been painting the set to be at Christmas, accidentally buys a kiwifruit pie that she must eat from in her scene, despite Melissa's hyper attentiveness to her recently discovered kiwifruit allergy. Shannon is suspended from school for his usual activities the night of the performance, forcing Brendon to understudy, while his play falls apart. Melissa accidentally eats part of the pie during the performance, causing her to run off stage in fear that she will die, but Paula reveals she went out and got another pie. Shannon returns to the school, after having discovered that Fenton, hired by Brendon to take care of lighting, sent in a false report on him to get him suspended after Shannon insulted Fenton's stage hand ability and performs the climactic number, followed by Coach McGuirk driving his car on stage in the final act to sing, despite the fact he cannot leave his car and his lines are unheard over his engine. | ||||||
| 43 | 4 | "The Heart Smashers" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | January 25, 2004 | 402 |
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Brendon attempts to break off his friendship with Fenton after realizing how overbearing he is while they are shooting a film that Fenton keeps trying to take over. Paula unsuccessfully attempts to break up with her boyfriend, despite multiple attempts. Coach McGuirk has been heavily exercising his [Pectoralis major muscle | ||||||
| 44 | 5 | "The Wizard's Baker" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 8, 2004 | 403 |
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Brendon is unhappy with The Wizard's Baker, the movie the gang is making, so avoids it by joining the Skunk Scouts and having fun with their model car derby. Coach McGuirk has trouble returning swords he bought from a home shopping channel after it bankrupts him. At the Skunk Scouts dinner, Melissa and Jason try to promote The Wizard's Baker, forcing Brendon to reveal his hatred of the project, but their argument is upstaged by Coach McGuirk appearing at the dinner. Ultimately, an aged attendee decides to bankroll the project, much to Brendon's surprise. | ||||||
| 45 | 6 | "Psycho-Delicate" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 15, 2004 | 404 |
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The gang attempts to make a movie for a video store contest, McGuirk attempts to woo a waitress at a diner (and contends with a street musician who accuses him of stealing his money and sings a scathing song about his weight), and Paula's new hairstyle backfires. | ||||||
| 46 | 7 | "Curses" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 22, 2004 | 405 |
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After Brendon shows a movie full of profanity and sexually suggestive content to his friends, it upsets the kids' parents, forcing Paula to get Brendon to reshoot the film without any of the cursing or lewdness, and institutes a swear jar for him. McGuirk tags along with Erik to a journal class, which is just a front for Erik to meet up with his new girlfriend in secret, a fact that Melissa has discovered. When he comes clean, Melissa decides to stay with the Smalls, but her presence keeps Brendon up, as does Jason who is staying with them as well. Brendon decides to take Erik's journal and show it to Melissa, and the father and daughter reconcile. At the screening of his cleaned film, Brendon cannot bear to watch it, so he leaves the room. Erik realizes how he has upset Melissa and Brendon gives McGuirk the swear jar, when they hear the kids react in disgust. Brendon reveals he found the movie so boring he spliced in a clip of two dogs having sex that McGuirk gave him. | ||||||
| 47 | 8 | "Honkey Magoo" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | February 29, 2004 | 406 |
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The gang adopt a stray puppy who turns out to be nothing but trouble. | ||||||
| 48 | 9 | "Those Bitches Tried to Cheat Me" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 7, 2004 | 407 |
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Brendon cheats on Mr. Lynch's test. Coach McGuirk attempts to cheat his way through traffic school. Jason can't get past the "stalking" phase of a relationship with a 5th grade girl. | ||||||
| 49 | 10 | "Cho and the Adventures of Amy Lee" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 14, 2004 | 408 |
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Brendon accidentally scores a goal, which ruins the record of the opposing team's star goalie, Cho, who threatens to harm Brendon. McGuirk remembers his days as a Scottish highland dancer. | ||||||
| 50 | 11 | "Definite Possible Murder" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 21, 2004 | 411 |
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In the vein of Rear Window, Brendon, laid-up in his room with a broken leg, thinks that the man who just moved in next door may be a murderer. Meanwhile, McGuirk trains to become a bartender. | ||||||
| 51 | 12 | "Temporary Blindness" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, H. Jon Benjamin, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | March 28, 2004 | 412 |
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Coach McGuirk loses his vision and supposedly gains clairvoyance. The kids make family trees for a school project but Melissa's absent mother upsets her during the project. | ||||||
| 52 | 13 | "Focus Grill" | Loren Bouchard | Loren Bouchard, Brendon Small & Bill Braudis | April 4, 2004 | 413 |
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Brendon, Jason, and Melissa discover their first film they ever made is unfinished and each decide to film an ending, presenting them to a peer focus group made up of Walter, Perry, Fenton, and Junior. Coach McGuirk attempts to build a grill in Paula's backyard for several days, but is mostly unsuccessful. After realizing that their final project is no good and their films should never be seen, McGuirk fires up the grill, causing an explosion. On the way to a fast food place after the explosion destroys the grill and leaves them with burnt clothing, Brendon films out of the car window and accidentally drops his camera onto the road, the former then being run over by another car. | ||||||
Home release
editThe DVD boxset for season four was released by Shout! Factory on May 16, 2006. 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, and a bonus soundtrack CD.[2][3]
| The Complete Fourth Season | ||||
| Set Details | Special Features | |||
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| May 16, 2006 | ||||
Home Movies: Bonus CD
edit| Home Movies: Bonus CD | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | May 16, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2004 | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock, acoustic, alternative rock, hard rock, parody[4] | |||
| Length | 70:32[5] | |||
| Label | Shout! Factory | |||
| Producer | Brendon Small | |||
| Brendon Small chronology | ||||
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Home Movies: Bonus CD is a soundtrack album to the show Home Movies. It was released May 16, 2006, and includes fifty-two songs which were featured throughout the series.[6] The CD comes packaged with the DVD release of the show's fourth season box set.[7] All music was written by Brendon Small.
Track listing
editAll vocals by Brendon Small, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Season One Opening & Closing Theme" | 0:45 |
| 2. | "Franz Kafka! Intro" | 1:19 |
| 3. | "Turnin' To A Bug" | 0:21 |
| 4. | "Livin' Like A Bug Ain't Easy" | 0:49 |
| 5. | "Franz Kafka! Finale" | 0:16 |
| 6. | "Louis Louis Rap" | 0:37 |
| 7. | "Don't Put Marbles in Your Nose" | 1:12 |
| 8. | "Don't Kill Children" | 0:41 |
| 9. | "Season One Act 2 Theme" | 0:22 |
| 10. | "Season Two Opening Theme" | 0:21 |
| 11. | "Crazy Legs" | 0:51 |
| 12. | "Crazy Legs Ballad" | 0:34 |
| 13. | "Jason's Theme" | 1:22 |
| 14. | "Jazz Fight" (vocals – Jon Benjamin) | 0:48 |
| 15. | "The Birthday Song" | 1:21 |
| 16. | "Sunset Theme" | 1:59 |
| 17. | "Alone" | 1:01 |
| 18. | "President King's Theme" | 1:29 |
| 19. | "Starboy & The Captain Of Outer Space" | 0:49 |
| 20. | "The Compliments Song" (vocals – Jon Benjamin) | 1:18 |
| 21. | "Hot Dog Music" | 1:31 |
| 22. | "Victory" | 1:33 |
| 23. | "Mr. Pants" | 1:17 |
| 24. | "Bad Coffee" | 0:58 |
| 25. | "Duanetastic" | 3:11 |
| 26. | "Duane Outro" | 1:34 |
| 27. | "Landstander Theme" | 1:17 |
| 28. | "El Escapo" | 1:43 |
| 29. | "No Skin Off My Ass" (vocals – Laura Silverman) | 1:19 |
| 30. | "The Ballad Of King Arthur & Robin Hood" | 3:37 |
| 31. | "Duane's Practice" | 0:28 |
| 32. | "Jimmy's Big Solo" | 0:56 |
| 33. | "Duane's Big Solo" | 0:43 |
| 34. | "Trust Yourself" | 1:47 |
| 35. | "We Are Artists" (vocals – Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky) | 0:39 |
| 36. | "Coffins & Cradles Theme" | 0:53 |
| 37. | "Welcome 2 Hell" | 2:12 |
| 38. | "Bye Bye Greasy (Medley)" (vocals – Emo Philips, Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky) | 6:01 |
| 39. | "I'll Race (Reprise)" (vocals – Jon Benjamin) | 0:33 |
| 40. | "Septopus Theme" | 1:41 |
| 41. | "Heart Smashers Theme" | 1:31 |
| 42. | "The Wizard's Baker Rock Opera" (vocals – Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky) | 1:37 |
| 43. | "I'm A Kid Again" | 1:28 |
| 44. | "Psycho-Delicate (Medley)" (vocals – Janine Ditullio, Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky, Todd Barry) | 4:16 |
| 45. | "Dog Training Montage" | 1:48 |
| 46. | "Brendon Steals The Test" | 0:40 |
| 47. | "Brendon Cheats" | 0:51 |
| 48. | "Bagpipes" | 0:52 |
| 49. | "Ping Pong & Too Koo" | 1:01 |
| 50. | "Timmy! (Medley)" | 2:37 |
| 51. | "Brendon's Camera" | 1:10 |
| 52. | "Season Two Closing Theme" | 0:33 |
| Total length: | 70:32 | |
Personnel
edit- Brendon Small – vocals, guitar, piano, drum machine, production
- Home Movies cast
- Jon Benjamin – vocals
- Janine Ditullio – vocals
- Melissa Galsky – vocals
- Emo Philips – vocals
- Todd Barry – vocals
- Laura Silverman – vocals
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Home Movies DVD news: Rear Box Art Shot Reveals Extras for 4th Season Set | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ "Home Movies – Season Four". Amazon.
- ^ "Shout! Factory Store". Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ "Brendon Small– Home Movies: Bonus CD". Discogs.com. May 16, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ "Brendon Small – Home Movies: Bonus CD". Last.fm. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ^ "Home Movies Bonus CD – Album by home movies". grooveshark.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ^ "Home Movies – Season Four". Amazon. May 16, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2011.