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Brendon Small
Posted: May 14 08, 6:59 am
by cpebbles
Home Movies was a great cartoon. H. Jon Benjamin is the funniest voice actor ever, and the writers were constantly giving Coach McGuirk great dialogue. But why did Brendon Small have to taint so many episodes by including extended heavy metal sequences? Heavy metal is not at all a fit with the tenor of the show, and if the dozen or so Lisa/jazz episodes of The Simpsons were good for anything, it was to demonstrate that devoting 22 minutes to a genre of music that you're interested in leaves you with nothing but a crappy episode to the big chunk of the audience that doesn't share your passion.
At least now that he's got a show built totally around the concept, I can safely tune out on it.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 14 08, 9:28 am
by maddash
Man, I loved Home Movies - and for the reasons you stated to: great dialogue with Coach McGuirk, great voice acting... I didn't even mind the heavy metal stuff all that much either.
What's he working on now, and where can I find it?
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 14 08, 9:32 am
by StatmanCrothers
which voice guy was also the voice of Ben Katz (the son who always hit on the receptionist) on Dr Katz? i mean i know which voice he is on Home Movies, but what's the actor's name? Dr Katz, that was a great one too.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 14 08, 4:38 pm
by cpebbles
That would be H. Jon Benjamin.
Metalocalypse is Small's new show. I've heard it's decent, but I won't watch.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 14 08, 5:08 pm
by mikechamp
Cartoon Network is currently running reruns of Home Movies, Mon.-Thurs at 12:30am CT, for those who have missed out on this hilarious show from the early 2000s.
I also miss Dr. Katz, and anxiously await the return of The Boondocks.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 15 08, 7:56 am
by JL21
mikechamp wrote:Cartoon Network is currently running reruns of Home Movies, Mon.-Thurs at 12:30am CT, for those who have missed out on this hilarious show from the early 2000s.
I also miss Dr. Katz, and anxiously await the return of The Boondocks.
Didn't Boondocks just finish a new season about a month ago?
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 15 08, 9:40 am
by mikechamp
JL21 wrote:Didn't Boondocks just finish a new season about a month ago?
I believe so. It just seemed like a very short season. I doubt it had anything to do with the writers' strike, as the lead time for some of those animated series can be quite lengthy.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 15 08, 9:44 am
by JL21
mikechamp wrote:JL21 wrote:Didn't Boondocks just finish a new season about a month ago?
I believe so. It just seemed like a very short season. I doubt it had anything to do with the writers' strike, as the lead time for some of those animated series can be quite lengthy.
I have to be honest- I didn't like the 2nd season, for the most part. I was pretty disappointed. There wasn't nearly enough of Huey being a wacky black radical freedom fighter. The first season, on the other hand....
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 15 08, 9:46 am
by mikechamp
JL21 wrote:I have to be honest- I didn't like the 2nd season, for the most part. I was pretty disappointed. There wasn't nearly enough of Huey being a wacky black radical freedom fighter. The first season, on the other hand....
Agreed. I didn't find it nearly as funny as Season 1. There were some moments (Sam Jackson and Snoop guest starring are among those moments), but no real consistency.
"The Trial of R Kelly" is still tops in my book.
Re: Brendon Small
Posted: May 15 08, 10:17 am
by JL21
My favorites were The Return of the King, The Passion of Reverend Ruckus, and whatever the Christmas episode is called. "Harambi!!!!"