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The Goode Family | |
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![]() The main characters of the show (L–R) Gerald, Helen, Bliss, Che, Ubuntu |
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Genre | Animation/Comedy |
Created by | Mike Judge John Altschuler David Krinsky |
Starring | Mike Judge David Herman Nancy Carell Linda Cardellini Brian Doyle-Murray Dee Bradley Baker |
Country of origin | ![]() |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (List of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Mike Judge John Altschuler David Krinsky Tom Lassally Michael Rotenberg |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Media Rights Capital Ternion Pictures Judgemental Films 3 Arts Entertainment Film Roman |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ABC (2009) Comedy Central (2010) |
Original run | May 27, 2009 – August 7, 2009 |
Status | Finished |
The Goode Family is an American animated sitcom that originally aired on ABC and Comedy Central. The show was created by Mike Judge.
The series follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family.
On August 8, 2009, ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson stated that the show, along with Surviving Suburbia, had officially been cancelled due to low ratings.[1][2]
Reruns of 'The Goode Family' aired Monday nights at 10pm on Comedy Central, beginning January 4. It was to be evaluated for new episodes[3], but was pulled off the Comedy Central schedule after only 4 weeks.[4]
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The Goode family struggles with the modern social and environmental responsibilities of being liberals, and the paradoxes that arise for a working-class family when trying to be politically correct all of the time about everything. Situations in the premiere episode included shopping at a natural foods store without having brought reusable bags, how to refer to ethnic groups, analyzing conservative beliefs they typically despise and raising modern teenagers. The pilot satirized both stereotypical "liberal" and "conservative" mindsets, including the ongoing derangement of the family's vegan dog (who has taken to eating neighborhood pets).
The show is created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler, and Dave Krinsky, with Altschuler and Krinsky serving as show runners. The show is directed by John Rice, Seth Kearsley, Jennifer Coyle, and Anthony Chun, with Wes Archer as supervising director. Show writers include Jonathan Collier, Jace Richdale, Gene Hong, Owen Ellickson, Dave Jeser, Franklin Hardy, Leila Strachan, Brad Pope, Howard Kremer, Shane Kosakowski, Jordana Arkin, and Matt Silverstein, in addition to Altschuler and Krinsky, and other writers.
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1 | "Pilot" | Wes Archer | John Altschuler & Mike Judge & Dave Krinsky | May 27, 2009 | GFA01 |
Bliss takes drastic action and joins an abstinence group after hearing more than her fair share of safe sex talk from her mother. Ubuntu wants to learn to drive now that he's turned sixteen. | |||||
2 | "Pleatherheads" | John Rice | Matt Silverstein & Dave Jeser | June 3, 2009 | GFA06 |
Unbuntu finds himself as the main man on the football team so Helen and Gerald need to learn what being a football family actually means. Bliss is worried she might not get into college so she goes to great lengths to give herself a better shot at getting in. | |||||
3 | "Goodes Gone Wild" | John Rice | Jordana Arkin | June 3, 2009 | GFA02 |
Helen adopts an uncategorised animal in an effort to get Charlie to notice her good deeds. With no way of knowing how it acts and what it eats, she's got her work cut out. Elsewhere, Gerald gets a helping hand from Che in order to get rid of the squirrels plaguing the college. | |||||
4 | "Helen's Back" | Jennifer Coyle | Jonathan Collier | June 12, 2009 | GFA05 |
When Helen loses the ability to walk through a back injury, the family turn to a Latino gardening team in order to be part of an organic garden tour. Elsewhere Bliss and Ubuntu try out the 'trading up' scheme. | |||||
5 | "A Tale of Two Lesbians" | Anthony Chun | Franklin Hardy & Shane Kosakowski | June 19, 2009 | GFA04 |
Gerald and Helen offend a lesbian couple so must seek out new lesbian friends in order to prove they aren't being offensive. | |||||
6 | "Freeganomics" | John Rice | Brad Pope & Howard Kremer | June 26, 2009 | GFA10 |
Helen gets the support of 'Freegan' Heinrich in order to get more people to come to the Eco Festival. After realising what sort of person he is, they have difficulty getting him to leave their home. | |||||
7 | "Graffiti in Greenville" | Seth Kearsley | Leila Strachan | July 3, 2009 | GFA08 |
Helen becomes a grafitti artist in order to make Bliss do some actual work, because she has been lying to her about the work she's been 'doing'. When her work begins to get noticed, Helen realises she's going to have to come out of the shadows if she wants to get recognition for what she's done. | |||||
8 | "A Goode Game of Chicken" | Jennifer Coyle | Gene Hong | July 10, 2009 | GFA09 |
Gerald eats a meal that contains chicken even though it's not supposed to. He decides to take on Cranky (a chef) to protest what happened. Elsewhere, nobody can find Che so they assume he's missing. | |||||
9 | "After-School Special" | Anthony Chun | Franklin Hardy & Shane Kosakowski | July 17, 2009 | GFA12 |
When Helen and Gerald stop paying attention to their own kids due to mentoring at-risk children, Bliss and Ubuntu start causing trouble of their own. | |||||
10 | "Public Disturbance" | Anthony Chun | Owen Ellickson | July 24, 2009 | GFA07 |
In an effort to bring public radio to the town, Gerald tries to get the other residents to become involved as well. | |||||
11 | "Trouble in Store" | Seth Kearsley | Jordana Arkin | July 31, 2009 | GFA11 |
Helen is banned from One Earth on the day of Gerald's big meal, after 'stealing' something from the store. | |||||
12 | "Gerald's Way or the Highway" | Seth Kearsley | Jace Richdale | August 7, 2009 | GFA03 |
Gerald takes over a highway in order to show his kids what one man can do to change things for the better. When he learns that it is being used to traffic drugs, he gets into a turf war with the dealers. | |||||
13 | "A Goode Man is Hard to Find" | Jennifer Coyle | Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein | August 14, 2009 | GFA13 |
Gerald is under the impression that he is to become a sperm donor, and Charlie teaches Ubuntu about being a man after he gets his first facial hair. |
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