Victor Catano

The Best Animated Series You Haven't Watched

Back in 1999, the late and largely un-lamented UPN network premiered a new animated series titled Home Movies. It was a quirky, family comedy centered on young Brendan Small. Brendan made movies on his camcorder (remember, this was 1999) with his two friends, oddball Jason and voice of reason Melissa. He lived with his single mom and his baby sister and got ill-advised life lessons from his lazy and ill-tempered soccer coach, McGuirk. Early episodes were done in the Squigglevision format made popular by Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. The show was sweet and funny, yet had some bite due to the improv nature of the scripts. another Dr. Katz influence.