This show feels improv non stop

@Straddock

Ай бұрын

Iirc it was

@nickmaxx

Ай бұрын

That's the best part, it was improv non stop

@Marbles471

Ай бұрын

@@nickmaxx The first season had a ton of ad-libbing. From what I remember the show's scripting got a bit tighter after that.

@LoveMyUnusual

Ай бұрын

You'd love Dr. Katz, too. Same vibe, same creators. 😂

@bapnap6218

Ай бұрын

@LoveMyUnusual i have vague memories but it was probably early childhood if at all. But i watched this around 6 and the rest of adult swim fond memories.

I love how chill she is, like Paula's just on the verge of being a deadbeat but she's still really fun to watch.

@mercuropheliac

Ай бұрын

Big WineMom™️ energy.

@VendErre

Ай бұрын

A single mother taking care of two kids is not a deadbeat.

@codafett

Ай бұрын

@@VendErre I can't think of a word inbetween deadbeat and good mom. She's somewhere in the middle, toward the bottom.

@Atomic_Acorn969

Ай бұрын

@@codafett Shes a good mom, period.

@codafett

Ай бұрын

@@Atomic_Acorn969 Yeah, yeah, yeah

"you need to keep in touch and find out whats become of the people who were once in your life, so that you can measure your life against their life and see who won."

@warningdeadinside2537

Ай бұрын

"And I am way ahead."

@JimboMarsh

29 күн бұрын

that shit is so damn brutally real lmao

@ziggylamb

9 күн бұрын

​@@JimboMarsh nah it really ain't lol

sounds like an actual conversations happening. Every time I watch I feel like I'm watching actual talk like this isn't scripted.

@xDuality007x

Ай бұрын

Most of the show if ad-libbed if I recall

@Marbles471

Ай бұрын

@@xDuality007x I think it was mainly the first season that was like that. I remember reading that even though the actors certainly still got to fool around with their dialogue after that, the scripting got a bit tighter.

@kevinsteel7875

Ай бұрын

that must be why I can listen to Home Movies without actually watching it. The animation is awesome, but not essential to experiencing the show. It's brilliant.

2:28 This is the reason why at least 3/4ths of Bojack Horseman's plot exists.

@XohjaiSbarkeater

2 ай бұрын

Definitely some up the message of bojacks story. There was like 4 other characters with a good amount of depth too though.

@enbybunny9940

Ай бұрын

@@XohjaiSbarkeateryeah, I personally found Diane to be an absolute delight to watch grow and change, especially when she is technically the “moral-compass” when compared to many other characters. They do a good job making her human regardless.

@XohjaiSbarkeater

Ай бұрын

@@enbybunny9940 Sometmes when im deciding the correct path, its in her voice font in my head. I stan for just about every character in that show.

@NuclearSaddam

Ай бұрын

That was accurate

@semiconscious.snoutband

Ай бұрын

@@enbybunny9940 diane was probably my favorite character arc to watch. she was a perfect parallel to bojack. they both had traumatic childhoods with beaten in ways of thinking, later turning to story telling as a coping mechanism and ego boost. their symptoms and internal monologue are depicted as very similar, as well. but where bojack thrashes and waits for someone or something to fix things for him, diane tries to understand and grow even with as imperfect as she is doing it.

“Oh my god it’s these filthy flowers”

Home Movies was such a fever dream in my childhood memories of Adult Swim.

@45johngalt

Ай бұрын

I remember when it originally aired on WB or whatever it was.

@Marbles471

Ай бұрын

@@45johngalt It was UPN. Its original run in 1999 was very brief before it was canceled. Cartoon Network's decision to give it new life for their new adult programming block was a masterstroke.

@terrencehollins8072

26 күн бұрын

This was at the dawn of Adult Swim in the late 90’s early’00’s. I was like 5 years old knowing DAMN WELL I shouldn’t be watching this. This was back in the days when you had to have the volume turned down just enough so you could hear it properly and had the remote control in your hand with your thumb on that button that said “last” and be listening for your parents when they walked in the room and flipped the channel back to Nick@Nite or some shit! Who else remembers those days?!😂

@Justmyhandle

26 күн бұрын

@@terrencehollins8072 SAME, dude! I was around 9-10 at the time. The stealth game with the TV was very real, couldn't just pop on the headphones or ear buds with the laptop and close or minimize the tabs. Kids today don't know how good they've got it, lol.

im not the step father, im the father that stepped up

@Firguy

Ай бұрын

Actually, when I said that, it did not go over too well with my own stepkids because I was the other man in their mom's affair before I became their stepdad.

@wotsthis8148

Ай бұрын

@@Firguyyou're the man who steppin IN.

@apolloisnotashirt

Ай бұрын

@@Firguyuh... I dont even know what to say... hope uh... hope ya'll get along someday?

@yuanxiu37

Ай бұрын

​@@Firguydid your step son get older and try to kill you

@Firguy

Ай бұрын

@@yuanxiu37 Being on the other side, I don't find that very funny.

My favorite girlfailure

@seronymus

Ай бұрын

>girlfailure >look inside >family woman with job and extensive social network Is nothing sacred?

@CrystalRose1111

28 күн бұрын

She’s just a normal young-ish mom.

@thekraken1909

22 сағат бұрын

​@@seronymus Offended greentext. Thin skins still running rampant.

The last bit got me, as soon as there was a negative attribute attachment to the flowers she tosses them, she just like her mom now 😂.

"I remember her being a little less... gregarious" "You mean like, in the hips?" Gold, comedy gold

I wanna say that this was underrated, but from what I understand, it was pretty popular, when it was airing. It's underrated now, though, for sure.

@BunnyTheOverlord

Ай бұрын

Dude you could put this on in the background and have a trip no drugs needed.

@Natalie_Toshino

Ай бұрын

@@BunnyTheOverlord I'm not... entirely convinced that you know what drugs are like, but I appreciate your spirit.:)

@Crayolapup

Ай бұрын

This show was not popular when it aired, hence why it got canceled on UPN and moved its reruns to adult swim.

@Natalie_Toshino

Ай бұрын

@Crayolapup Oh no, it wasn't, but it found it's right audience on Adult Swim, and a sizeable one at that, which is why it made it past 5 episodes(for easy reference, the Paula Poundstone episodes are the UPN ones), which is why I say that it wasn't underrated, at the time, but it was definitely forgotten a lot more than it deserved. I feel like Coach McGuirk should be one of H. Jon Benjamin's more notable roles, it was one of his first big ones.

@colynrobinson212

27 күн бұрын

​@@Natalie_Toshinoyou said from what you know it was underrated but here you are pitching entire history of the show? You're just here to talk down to people aren't you?

"You mean like in the hips?" Funny. Good job Brandon.

@washyrose5904

Ай бұрын

BrEndon.

This show is the best example of showing parents as people I've ever seen, cartoon or not.

People who think Rick and Morty is the peak of improv dialog cartoons have absolutely no clue.

@NateS917

Ай бұрын

Rick and Morty doesn't even do improv

@masterxl97

Ай бұрын

@@NateS917 It’s more like…. intentional rambling.

I unironically became the gym teacher good god

@NopeParmesan

Ай бұрын

I’ve seen a lot of rule34 of him

@gh0rochi363

Ай бұрын

That's terrible

@Yorkshire42069

Ай бұрын

That’s awesome, he’s an omega Chad

@honinakecheta601

Ай бұрын

@@Yorkshire42069 I have no idea what that sentence means.

@telophasemusic

22 күн бұрын

It's a good thing don't worry​@@honinakecheta601

1:29 i love how the cut makes it look like brendon being badly injured was because of the bullseye

@foxxygradius7858

Ай бұрын

Brendon's a pretty dramatic kid, I could see him playing that route.

I think she's the reason i like older women

@iinc6290

Ай бұрын

???

@noahboat580

Ай бұрын

​@@iinc6290🤨

@lasarousi

Ай бұрын

Define older because she's probably in her early 20s.

@StarmenRock

Ай бұрын

​@@lasarousishe's in her early 30's

@Mehhhhhhhh

Ай бұрын

​@@lasarousiHow do you look at someone like that and say "yeah shes probably 20". This gal is 35+ plus easy. But she's also a cartoon so

These sound like conversations between me and my mom sometimes. She will give you advice, even if it isn’t super great advice. But there are nuggets of wisdom in what she says 😂

Paula.. had a hard life.

@sleepy-yyy

Ай бұрын

so true, 2 years ago me.

@fugo2901

Ай бұрын

​@@sleepy-yyy factual

@michaelmeredith1707

25 күн бұрын

MGS 4 reference lol

She's such a mess and I love her

That thumbnail got me feeling feelings tho 😳

@jaydeegreat88

2 ай бұрын

?

@SweetDemoness

2 ай бұрын

@@StarmenRockPaula’s a hot single mom that’s y

@dynamitestalker4219

2 ай бұрын

@@StarmenRock cuz its the personality that counts buddy

@StarmenRock

2 ай бұрын

@@dynamitestalker4219 op said the THUMBNAIL ART made them horny, wtf are you on? thats the furthest affirmation from what they said

@Absolutely_Nobody

2 ай бұрын

The slightest hint of tits.

It's these filthy flowers!

@Chrisjbennett89

Ай бұрын

That always gets me too 😂

YES. I love Paula's character. Thanks for making this.

I love how she took a 180 on the flowers lmao.

I miss her Paula Poundstone voice

@stinkrat167

2 жыл бұрын

ngl yeah, it fit her character very well and with a lot of the episodes being improv she really put her personality into it and made her a funny character, plus her gravely Massachusettsan accent really fits with paula’s design and its a very likeable voice.

@winstonmarlowe5254

Жыл бұрын

yeah but unfortunately she was a nonce and they had to axe her

@MrHeavy466

11 ай бұрын

@@winstonmarlowe5254What?! I just looked that up. Wow that is awful.

@RudeRabit

9 ай бұрын

@@winstonmarlowe5254wdym nonce?

@Regu269

6 ай бұрын

​@@MrHeavy466To be fair it's never been wholly proven and she's denied it but of course that's not enough of a certainty. Still sours her image and she was caught drunk driving with children present

Brendon is a 9 year old? I thought he was fresh out of film school college.

@warningdeadinside2537

Ай бұрын

How???

@biggestastiest

Ай бұрын

​@warningdeadinside2537 the voice, and also they probably haven't watched the show

@shiobuzz3724

Ай бұрын

Bro never watched any episode

@Crayolapup

Ай бұрын

@@shiobuzz3724 lol, nah I been known he was in elementary school. I think 9? I just found it so crazy how a 9 year old was talking like a college kid.

@SaoirseVisceral

Ай бұрын

​@@warningdeadinside2537mostly because of his voice, i thought he was at least 12

This show kinda reminds me of the Netflix the midnight gospel show. The audio sounds like a podcast over an animation as a form of visual story telling. I wish I got to see this show. Looks interesting

@idi0tsanswich379

Ай бұрын

Probably because midnight gospel was like!! Podcast clips as audio,, I think home movies was just improv though Could definitely pirate it probably?

@Chachamaru15

Ай бұрын

it’s streaming on Max if you want to still watch it!

@DahDestroya

Ай бұрын

There’s tons of full episodes on yt

@shiobuzz3724

Ай бұрын

“I wish I got to see this show” dude… you can watch it

@planetbumble5060

Ай бұрын

It's on max go give it a marathon

As a 34 year old--yes you ABSOLUTELY want to measure your successes against people you didn't like in school. I hope you all won

2:38 this is one of the funniest parts.

I watched all of season 1 this past weekend.. And, Paula, in some odd way or amother... Is attractive AF.

even though it sometimes reminds me of my mom,paula its still a great character

Makes me miss my young mom

How did I go down the Home Movies rabbit hole? It all started when I saw someone animated Smiling Friends in the Home Movies style.

@seronymus

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah that guy he does many style parodies. Home Movies is a classic

Is this Smiling Friends before Smiling Friends?

@thefancygrunt878

Ай бұрын

Yes indeed it is

@hipsterelephant2660

Ай бұрын

25 years before.

@saxoul17

27 күн бұрын

Yes

Thanks to this video and the thumbnail (love the sketch by Roger and your coloring combined), I've became a fan of this show and this character, she so chill and funny at the same time, there something lively about the main characters. I just love it.

The perfect example of the cool mom.

god i miss when i was a child and feeling like this show was a fever dream. her voice was so sooth for me for some reason XD

Is it weird that I always had a thing for Paula?

@jakethasnake3524

Ай бұрын

Same 😅

@dudekazoo

Ай бұрын

I don't see why it would be. But I did too so 🤷‍♂️

@cooliusmaximus5802

Ай бұрын

I commented this as well.

@seronymus

Ай бұрын

She's cute and competent, yet down to earth. Lively yet not neurotic. A true girlboss yet low maintenance. We love you Paula

I hate how much I've become Paula.

@codafett

Ай бұрын

We're all Paula

@Dr-tw3bb

Ай бұрын

Why?

I always wanted Paula to get with McGurik so he could officially be Brendon’s acting dad lol.

I was obsessed when this show came out and I'm obsessed now, thank you for reading my mind

This is a fever dream, used to watch this super early in the mornings. Idk whats up with youtube suggesting me my own lost media.

Show is nostalgic, watching as a kid lol

I still have all fours season of this show.

God I love her

So much of this stuff flew over my head the first time I watched this

Oh my thank you so much 😭

I feel like the midnight gospel team were fans of this show

"can we say a glass of wine a day is very very good for u"

I had a teacher just like her!

Brendon is a rare name in fiction so it's weird for me to hear my name.

@CrystalRose1111

28 күн бұрын

It was popular in the late 90’s/2000’s lol

@BBoy4040

14 күн бұрын

​@@CrystalRose1111I wonder why lmao

I have no idea what this is, but you're absolutely right; Paula is a treat. 😊

Paula was my favorite

This show is ridiculous i love it so much 😭😂💯

Feel like i gotta rewatch this. I never understood it as a kid i just liked staying up late and watching adult swim.

As a kid I always thought Paula was low key kinda hot

I remember watching this show in spanish (MX) and being the most boring thing in the world, but the actual show in the original languaje has a charm to it, it's clearly improv and somehow I apreacite that way more

This show was god tier, I want Animation like this back.

I just now realized that Renton is Latino

I wish I could find the scene where she has horrific test anxiety because man that is such a mood

Just as I remembered!!!

@seandwalsh3

2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of memories with Paula small going back to the early days of my childhood. First childhood crush, first love really . If you think about it I would say Paula is one of the best characters in media. Paula is a lovely young woman from her purple hair to her interactions with other character (coach mgurc, phineas) top class stuff really One of my favourite Paula small moment swas when she was recording with the camera!!! That was when my first crush arrived and wow that was awesome for little young me 😻 Going thinking back to back when I was in school I was picked on for liking Paula but I don’t care!!! She’s worth every dime and I really adore her the woman and what she became! Go Paula thank you for uploading and bringing back memories old friend!

@chadphilistine580

2 ай бұрын

@@seandwalsh3 Ummm... Okay bro, you could really keep that to yourself, but this works out too, I guess.

@MILDMONSTER1234

Ай бұрын

@@chadphilistine580 this shit is funny keep him cooking

love her

"apparently im stupid too!" Paula 's silence at this line is deafening 😂

Thats im not a victim joke delivery is so funny 😭

I'm in love

HOW TF DID I FORGET ABOUT THIS OH MYGOD

We can fix each other

i remember when my parents used to watch this

The last clip has me in tears 😂

the ants thing is my fucking favorite lmfao

The flowers scene had me laughingg crackin tf up dude omg 💀💀💀

I love home movies especially Paula lol

Sounds like a straight podcast. lmao.

Thumbnail 🥴🫠

Yall I need her

Cute

my left ear is missing out

shes just like me fr

My mom isn't like Paula as far as personality goes, but the kinda relationship we see between her and Brendan is very relatable. I'm the oldest son and after my parents divorced we just kinda had a "us against the world" type of bond develop from everything. I like how it's handled in the show.

I would

Smokin

@seandwalsh3

2 жыл бұрын

In typical “Paula Small” fashion

I forgot all about this show 😭

This is me in a different body irl

Such a great show. So....for a show that came out in the early 2000s. There is a surprising amount of rule 34 of her now days. Paula must have been a major awakening moment. Hahahahahahahaha

I'm curious, did anyone who worked on Home Movies also worked Dr. Katz?

@JaysonWashington

Ай бұрын

Dr Katz son is main character and is same voice actor as coach Mcguirk

@DemonicAdj

Ай бұрын

And Dr Katz voices Melissa's dad, I think.

@coreyhowe177

Ай бұрын

Yes. It was the co-creator. Brendon Small said Dr. Katz was one of his favorites and was a huge influence.

This is some pretty funny shit.

I LOVE SQUIGGLEMATION

we have no right to judge steven universe style show clones cuz we ate this up.

This is just Dr Katz

Eminem’s childhood story

Me as a kid: She’s such a quirky mom 😂 Me as an adult: Was she always this irresponsible??? 😂

As much Paula and Brendon are mother and son, sometimes they are more like best friends

...oh no

Perìodt!!!😂

I love her, are you gonna do more?

@stinkrat167

2 жыл бұрын

may possibly in the future ^w^ i do these mostly for fun if i find time to hyperfixate on her again then i definitely will

"you went to college?"

0:33 bro just give me the darvon

real

part three when?