Home movies hardly even belongs on Adult Swim.

[I.R Joey]

I've watched it a few times, and the material is not that edgy especially in comparison to stuff like Sealab and Birdman. I mean the worst I've heard is someone say crap I think, and one crotch joke. Seriously Ren and Stimpy got away with worse with very minimal editing this could pass as day time fare IMO. Oh well.

[Joe Tully]

Well, it's not necessarily edgy but it is more focused on Adults. I mean, most kids aren't going to understand a rock opera based on Kafka. And there is nose picking and wee wee in the canteen. Though still, that's probably less gross than Cow and Chicken.

[Lonestarr]

Originally posted by Joe Tully
I mean, most kids aren't going to understand a rock opera based on Kafka.

No offense, Joe, but it seems that you've also caught the disease afflicting a number of AS viewers: it's called (insert Cockney accent) "bleedin' ignorance"! I guess that some people don't get the "adult" portion of Adult Swim; it's NOT targeted toward kids. I refer, of course, to the disclaimer at the beginning of each show. Crazy fools probably wrote angry letters to CN, saying "My kids are watching "Adult Swim". How could you air such programming?!" This is "Beavis & Butt-head" all over again.

[Calhoun07]

While Home Movies isn't my favorite Adult Swim show, I do defend its place on the line up (but just not an hour of it! I want to see something else in the 9:30 slot). If all you're going to require a cartoon to have to qualify for Adult Swim is more swearing and more crotch jokes and the sort, then I think we've missed the point of Adult Swim. This is a line up of cartoons that will primarily appeal to adults, not Mike and Spike's line up (who collect cartoon shorts that are known more for their gross out humor and sickness than for their level of maturity). If all we had in Adult Swim were those edgy type shows, I think it would get dull fast.

[Jimmy Kustes]

Acting as Homer in the Springfield Movie Awards. Barney's film made us cry but Football in the Groan had a football in the groan.
:p :rolleyes:

[Calhoun07]

what?

[Joe Tully]

Originally posted by Lonestarr


No offense, Joe, but it seems that you've also caught the disease afflicting a number of AS viewers: it's called (insert Cockney accent) "bleedin' ignorance"! I guess that some people don't get the "adult" portion of Adult Swim; it's NOT targeted toward kids.

I know. I was implying that something involving Kafka would belong on Adult Swim. Kafka is more adult, therefore something about Kafka belongs on Adult Swim.

I need to spend fewer posts explaining previous posts. :o

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by duncanzits
Acting as Homer in the Springfield Movie Awards. Barney's film made us cry but Football in the Groan had a football in the groan.
:p :rolleyes:

Never mind the "what" question from before! I now get what you were saying! All I had to do was go back and re-read my post to see what you were replying to! *slaps self on forehead*

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by calhoun07


Never mind the "what" question from before! I now get what you were saying! All I had to do was go back and re-read my post to see what you were replying to! *slaps self on forehead*

Gotcha! I didn't really make myself clear but I had to make a Simpsons reference. The quote might actually be like this, but I'm not sure:

Homer: Barney's film had heart, but Football in the Groan had a football in the groan.

Another great line from that ep:

Krusty: Let's just say it moved me...INTO A BIGGER HOUSE!
Oh, man..I said the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud.

[HellCat]

Here in the UK, CN show it at 7:30pm and run commercials for it all day. This really suprises me because of the content of them:

*Coach*"He's like the son I never had.....or don't know about"

*Coach* "How'd you like to wake up next to my mother?"

[Joe Tully]

It sounds like they are trying to make it clear that it is for adults and doing an excellent job of it, Blight Man. :) Promoting that way will make it more likely that adults will watch, though it is a bit risky.

[Hollywood53]

Home Movies used to air at 8:30 pm on UPN, so it is not that big of a deal about when the UK airs it. Family Guy has more risky content in it and it airs at 8:00

[HellCat]

Originally posted by Hollywood53
Home Movies used to air at 8:30 pm on UPN, so it is not that big of a deal about when the UK airs it. Family Guy has more risky content in it and it airs at 8:00

It is kind of a big deal. CN UK is a kids channel, no Adult Swim or anything like that. So the fact that such a channel airs an adult aimed show like Home Movies at a time when alot of kids are watching is what makes it stand out.

[DR. BELCH]

It's more dialogue-oriented and cerebral than "kid" fare...as are some of the less-violent and more dramatic Bebops (e.g. "Black Dog Serenade", "My Funny Valentine"). "Adult" doesn't always mean cussing like two drunken sailors in a streetcorner bar every five seconds....

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH
It's more dialogue-oriented and cerebral than "kid" fare...as are some of the less-violent and more dramatic Bebops (e.g. "Black Dog Serenade", "My Funny Valentine"). "Adult" doesn't always mean cussing like two drunken sailors in a streetcorner bar every five seconds....

"Black Dog Serenade" was less violent?

[I.R Joey]

Okay but for that matter one could argue that Pinky and the Brain wasn't a kids show, but we all know that this isn't true. Though ti was very cerebral, it's primary intended demographic was kids.

[DR. BELCH]

Leaping Larry Jojo:
"Black Dog Serenade" was less violent?
Well, it wasn't as bizarrely camp as, say, "Mushroom Samba"--there were only three major scenes of violence, and they were mostly implied and understated, esp. the major one of Jet losing his arm.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH

Well, it wasn't as bizarrely camp as, say, "Mushroom Samba"--there were only three major scenes of violence, and they were mostly implied and understated, esp. the major one of Jet losing his arm.

I forgot; the took out a lot of the gobs blood floating around, as well as Oodai pouring red wine into a dead guard's throat.

[Matthew Hunter]

I like the idea of CN having an adult block. It's long overdue...but the only shows I enjoy on it are "Space Ghost" and "Harvey Birdman". I think they ought to replace "Aquateen Hunger Force" completely...what the heck IS that? And I don't really get Home Movies...but I suppose it's popular if they run it all the time. I think they need to make an "uncut classics" show, that has the classic Warner, Fleischer and MGM titles uncut and uncolorized.
-Matthew

[Killtacular]

The Popeye Show, at 1 am, already shows Fleicher shorts uncut.

[Don The Rodd]

Home Movies is a pretty cool show no matter if it is on Adult Swim or not. I like Coach McGirk (spelling?) because he hates people like me!

[EarthX]

All of the other shows are the same type of comedy as Space Ghost. At least "Home Movies" is different from the rest.

"Dr. Katz" would be a better choice though.

[lachia]

Originally posted by EarthX
All of the other shows are the same type of comedy and Space Ghost. At least "Home Movies" is different from the rest.

"Dr. Katz" would be a better choice though.

Katz is cool, but it didn't have the silliness factor that Home Movies does, I think the combination of adult references along with childhood silliness is what makes the show effective. You know the same combination that all the old Tex Avery's used. I love the show, it's dry humor which if you're an idiot you wouldn't understand.

[Calhoun07]

Welcome to the boards, lachia! :)


Just because somebody doesn't like a certain kind of humor doesn't make them an idiot. Also, we respect each other's opinions here, so let's try not to put down other people for what they like.

[Evil Dr. Reef]

I dont mind Home Movies per se, but an hour of it is a bit much. CN should take the 2nd half hour back and start putting on more Harvey Birdman.

[Killtacular]

Baby Blues is taking over one of the half hours.

[Evil Dr. Reef]

You know, I wanted to see that show but after the week it premiered, the WB ( I think that's what network it was on ) took it off the air. And speaking of which, is it just me, or is the "new" line-up of Adult Swim Shows look like a network-cancellation list? For example: Baby Blues, and Mission Hill, both shot off the WB after less than a month of airing are coming, and Home Movies is allready airing, finding better success at 10:00 on a Sunday night on cable than it did at 8:30 on Tuesdays. Maybe networks are like a curse to cartoons.

[Calhoun07]

The curse is that they want those network cartoons to do Simpsons numbers, and when they don't they think it's a failure. They need to let these shows just stand on their own.

[Lepodactylous Man]

I really like the humor of Home Movies. The "improv" nature of the dialogue usually takes the script off on funny tangents. Check out some of the outtakes on their site. soup2nuts (http://www.soup2nuts.tv/)
Their humor can be amazingly intelligent and witty sometimes.

[xyroryx]

I think that both Toonami and Adult Swim should be on a channel separate from CN. While I do love CN (I think it's the only thing I watch anymore) and respect them for what they are trying to do, I feel that they could never do justice to these 'toons by giving them 2 or 3 hours.

;)

[Calhoun07]

I think it will be a while yet before we see our dream network, but I sure hope CN remembers us if and when they think of spinning off a new network!

[Lepodactylous Man]

Currently, AS is 3 hours repeated once a week. We're already in re-runs and many of the shows are only 15 minutes long.

Well, why not do a request show for the 2nd night (i.e. Thurs. sort of similar to J. Bravo request... I think that the vast majority of us are competent enough to vote weekly online to determine a 3 hour slot of programming)

[xyroryx]

If you think about how much anime CN has got sitting around, waiting for the endless DBZ-rerun-spree to finish, I think you could pull off a good portion of the day.
Even if you added new US stuff like "Justice League" and "Samurai Jack," I think there would be enough.
Then you could probably turn AS into what Toonami is now, having it air every weekday instead of once a week then rerunning it.

;) xyro

[Calhoun07]

Just curious...did Toonami have such humble beginnings as well>