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Television work

Brendon Small was the co-creator, writer, voice actor, composer and musician for Home Movies, a cartoon initially aired on the UPN television network and then moved to Cartoon Network. The final episode of Home Movies aired on April 4^th, 2004, after running four seasons, although the show is periodically rerun on Adult Swim. In the series, he voiced the show's protagonist, 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker Brendon Small, as well as a number of other characters. Early episodes of the show featured Squigglevision, a limited-animation style previously seen in the cartoon Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. (Dr. Katz was produced by Soup2Nuts, who also produced Home Movies.) Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated television series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Squigglevision is a mode of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate. ... Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from 1995 to 1999, and starred Jonathan Katz. ... Soup2Nuts is a production company known for its adult-oriented animated comedies. ...

Small's latest claim to fame is as co-producer, co-writer, composer, and actor for the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse, which premiered on August 6, 2006. The series focuses on a fictional death metal band named Dethklok, and each episode features a song "performed" by the band. In addition to all of the behind-the-scenes work he does for the series, he also provides voice talent for the characters Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles the Drummer, and Nathan Explosion, three of the five members of Dethklok. The song "Thunderhorse" was also featured on the hit guitar-simulator video game Guitar Hero II. Metalocalypse is an animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Dethklok is a virtual death metal band that stars in the television show Metalocalypse. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Metalocalypse, is a Flash animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. ... Guitar Hero II is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane. ...

He has recently completed the Dethklok album entitled Dethalbum in which he collaborates with Gene Hoglan to deliver an authentic melodic death metal sound while simultaneously retaining the light-hearted nature with which Small portrays the heavy metal sub-genre. The album debuted at #21 in the Billboard 200,^[1] making it the highest charting death metal album ever.^[2] DethAlbum is the name of the upcoming album by Dethklok from Metalocalypse fame. ... Eugene (Gene) Victor Hoglan II (born August 31, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is a well-known American extreme metal music drummer. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

In April 2005, the Sci Fi Channel announced the upcoming debut of a half-hour animated ensemble comedy show created by Small entitled Barbarian Chronicles. The show, which has yet to be seen, was said to be produced by Small and Worldwide Pants Incorporated. SCI FI (originally The Sci-Fi Channel, sometimes rendered SCI FI Channel when part of a longer phrase) is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ... The Barbarian Chronicles is a planned animated television program by Brendon Small, creator of the program Home Movies (cartoon series). ... Worldwide Pants Incorporated is a television production and film production company owned by comedian and talk show host David Letterman. ...

Small's voice talent work has also included stints on other Adult Swim shows like The Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Frisky Dingo, and Squidbillies. Small has also appeared in several live action television shows, including Comedy Central's hit series Reno 911. Brendon also appeared as one of the lead characters of the Adult Swim pilot Let's Fish, which premiered on May 13, 2007. The Venture Bros. ... For the movie, see Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. ... Frisky Dingo is an animated comedy television series from Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, co-creators of Sealab 2021. ... Squidbillies is an animated television series produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... Reno911! title card Reno 911! is a comedy television show on Comedy Central. ...

Career

Small started learning guitar at 15, and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1997. During his music studies he concurrently took several writing and comedy classes at Emerson College. After graduating, he began performing standup at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, where he was spotted by Loren Bouchard, who at the time was casting for the central character for a UPN pilot produced by Tom Snyder Productions which eventually evolved into Home Movies. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Chess players in Harvard Square in August of 2005 Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. ... Loren Bouchard is best known as a co-creator of Home Movies (1999) (alongside Brendon Small). ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ...

Small posed for a pictorial that appeared in the April 2006 issue of Playgirl magazine, as part of a humor-themed issue. Small posed naked except for a strategically-placed Viking helmet that hid his genitals. Playgirl is a monthly lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. ... Our knowledge about arms and armour of the Viking age (8th to 11th centuries Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representation, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and Norse laws recorded in the 13th century. ...

Along with comedians Ron Lynch and Craig Anton, Small hosts the Tomorrow Show, a weekly live comedy show at the Steve Allen Theatre in Los Angeles. Ron Lynch is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. ... Craig Ward Anton (born August 28, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Brendon Small currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his dog, Ernie. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Discography

• 2006: Home Movies - Bonus Soundtrack CD (released with the Home Movies Season 4 Boxset)
• 2007: Dethklok - The Dethalbum

Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated television series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. ... Dethklok is a virtual death metal band that stars in the television show Metalocalypse. ... The Dethalbum is the debut album by the fictional band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. ...

External links

• Official website
• Brendon Small at the Internet Movie Database
• SCI FI Reveals New Series, including Barbarian Chronicles
• Scene Missing Magazine Interviews Brendon Small
• Brendon's Facebook
• Brendon's Myspace