"Get Away From My Mom" is the pilot episode of the American animated sitcom Home Movies. It originally aired on United Paramount Network on April 26, 1999. In the episode, eight-year-old Brendon Small discovers that his mother, Paula, is set to have a date with Brendon's soccer coach, the lazy, profane alcoholic John McGuirk. Brendon resents McGuirk for this and expresses his outrage throughout the episode. The date goes terrible and McGuirk and Paula decide to not pursue a relationship. Meanwhile, Brendon and his friends Melissa and Jason film a new movie about a rogue police officer. The episode used retroscripting, a process by which the actors completely improvised all their dialogue lines, the first time this technique was used for an animated television production. Certain script material, however, was provided by series co-founder Loren Bouchard, who also directed the episode. The pilot also utilized the "Squigglevision" style of animation which was used to produce the show for the entirety of its first season. In its original broadcast, "Get Away From My Mom" received a 1.4/2 Nielsen Rating, the lowest UPN had ever received in that time slot. The episode received mixed reviews from television critics, particularly pertaining to its employment of improvisation.

Cartoon Network's first on-air logo used from 1992 to 2004.

• July 3, 2002 – The Powerpuff Girls Movie, a film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name was released in theaters.
• July 8, 2005 – Camp Lazlo premieres on Cartoon Network (2005–2008).
• July 11, 2003 – Evil Con Carne premieres on Cartoon Network (2003-2004).
• July 14, 1997 – Johnny Bravo premieres on Cartoon Network (1997–2004).
• July 15, 1997 – Cow and Chicken premieres on Cartoon Network (1997–1999).
• July 15, 1997 – I Am Weasel premieres on Cartoon Network (1997–2000).
• July 17, 1997 – Cartoon Cartoons, an television block premieres (logo pictured) on Cartoon Network (1997–2003).

• ... that the animated sitcom Home Movies switched to Flash animation for its second season?
• ...that the third season and its episodes of the animated sitcom Home Movies won two Pulcinella Awards in 2003?
• ...that, based on its pilot episodes, one critic stated that Danny Antonucci's (pictured) Ed, Edd n Eddy was the worst Cartoon Network show, and another said that the funniest thing about it was its title?

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