The Goode Family

The Goode Family

2009
The Goode Family
The Goode Family

The Goode Family

6.4 | en | Animation

The Goode Family is an American animated comedy series, which originally aired on ABC from May 27, 2009 to August 7, 2009. The series was created by Mike Judge, and follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family. The series takes a comic look at contemporary society. Judge created the show along with former King of the Hill writers John Altschuler and David Krinsky. The show was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. The series was released on DVD format on January 8, 2013 by Shout! Factory.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP13  A Goode Man Is Hard to Find
Aug. 07,2009
A Goode Man Is Hard to Find

Gerald thinks Mo and Trish want him to be the sperm donor for their next child; Charlie decides to teach Ubuntu how to be a man.

EP12  Gerald's Way or the Highway
Aug. 07,2009
Gerald's Way or the Highway

Gerald adopts a highway.

EP11  Trouble in Store
Jul. 31,2009
Trouble in Store

Helen is banned from One Earth on the day of Gerald's big meal, after 'stealing' something from the store.

EP10  Public Disturbance
Jul. 24,2009
Public Disturbance

In an effort to bring public radio to the town, Gerald tries to get the other residents to become involved as well.

EP9  After-School Special
Jul. 17,2009
After-School Special

While Helen and Gerald tutor some at risk kids after school, their own children are left to their own devices. Ubuntu joins an ecoterrorist group unknowingly, and Bliss begins a business of selling fake ID's.

EP8  A Goode Game of Chicken
Jul. 10,2009
A Goode Game of Chicken

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.

EP7  Graffiti in Greenville
Jul. 03,2009
Graffiti in Greenville

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.

EP6  Freeganomics
Jun. 26,2009
Freeganomics

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.

EP5  A Tale of Two Lesbians
Jun. 19,2009
A Tale of Two Lesbians

Gerald and Helen offend a lesbian couple so must seek out new lesbian friends in order to prove they aren't being offensive.

EP4  Helen's Back
Jun. 12,2009
Helen's Back

The Goodes' chances of being featured on the all-important organic garden tour is threatened when Helen injures her back. Help in form of a Latino gardening crew comes their way, along with a former Burmese childhood pen pal of Helen's. The Goodes discover they have unknowingly exploited the workers, just as the committee arrives to inspect their garden. Meanwhile, Ubuntu and Bliss try an experiment in the new economy tactic of "trading up."

EP3  Goodes Gone Wild
Jun. 03,2009
Goodes Gone Wild

Helen sees a way to win Charlie's approval when he takes a shine to one of the rescues at her pet adoption. Unfortunately, it's a disgusting animal of unknown origin named Gutterball who has to stay with the Goodes because Charlie's "home" doesn't allow pets. While Helen copes with Gutterball, Che gives Gerald a hand with the college's squirrel problem.

EP2  Pleatherheads
Jun. 03,2009
Pleatherheads

Ubuntu becomes a star on his high-school football team, and Helen and Gerald struggle with being a football family. Meanwhile, Bliss tries to improve her college prospects using unorthodox methods.

EP1  Pilot
May. 27,2009
Pilot

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.

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6.4 | en | Animation , Comedy | More Info
Released: 2009-05-27 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://abc.go.com/primetime/goodefamily/index?pn=index
Synopsis

The Goode Family is an American animated comedy series, which originally aired on ABC from May 27, 2009 to August 7, 2009. The series was created by Mike Judge, and follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family. The series takes a comic look at contemporary society. Judge created the show along with former King of the Hill writers John Altschuler and David Krinsky. The show was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. The series was released on DVD format on January 8, 2013 by Shout! Factory.

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Cast

Mike Judge , Nancy Carell , David Herman

Director

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Reviews

Juaqino I'd like to say something nice about this show before I say something bad about it. First off, I love the idea of this show. It's basically the reverse of Mike Judge's previous shows such as the hilarious Beavis & Butt-head and the somewhat funny King of the Hill, which poked fun at rednecks and idiots. The Goode Family instead pokes fun at P.C. environmentalist liberals. This is an idea that I have not seen anywhere else, and in reality it should make a great show.But it doesn't. Much of the humor falls flat. I don't know how else to describe this show, but it's just not that funny. It has it's moments, but so far it's been disappointing to me. Mike Judge is better than this. This show has a lot of potential, but in the first season it certainly hasn't met that potential.However, I don't hate this show. I want to see it succeed because I still like the idea and want to see Mike Judge make a terrific show. Fortunately I think it's been picked up for another season, so we'll wait and see what happens.The show isn't bad enough that I won't watch it. The upside is that it's not obnoxious, like King of the Hill sometimes was. Though The Goode Family isn't great, I'm still hoping it will get better. It still has time to fix it's previous flaws. It could even become as good as Daria was(which was a spin off of Beavis & Butt-head).I give this show a 5 because it's worth watching, but just barely.
acdelco350 This show did not get enough time on the air to catch everyones attention. One season does not give this show justice. I felt I was just getting to know all of the characters and now I can only imagine who they would have become. It was a unique show working with ideas I haven't seen in any animated show before. Mike Judge is always doing good work and I hope this show can get picked up on another station someday. But for now we can all catch the reruns on Comedy Central! I mean doesn't everyone remember when Family Guy was cancelled and how big of a following it received while it was off the air? It was too bad that King of the Hill ended in 2009, but then this show comes on and I felt a little better because it was still the same animation and some of the same humor.
tommypezmaster It ruined my life. One of the main problems is probably that The Dialog, Writing & Scripts are simply is not all that funny. Beavis & Butt-Head was pretty good, but this show just does not do it. It is not only almost as worse as other inappropriate animations like This Just In and World of Quest, which are both poorly written and simply unfunny, but it is also close much worse than Chalkzone, Will & DeWitt and Squirrel Boy, all of which I cannot stand. Could be funny if it was completely revamped and they took on some other writers.OK, what in the ABC is this, the first chance I gave it was mildly OK when I turned out in the second episode OK too and the rest of the episodes, it's plain horrible. Like this show is weird and and the show is creeps me out. Like in some kind of a episode is all about a group of Nazi prisoners, in after the second break, the angry cop is so angry, and his dialog, I have one thing to say about that idea: disgusting.OK it's all about a stereotype vegan father named Gerold and his family who share a house a Doomageton-spoofed old man who want to sit in the same place in the living room, they live in a dull city called Greendale. The episodes wasn't so family friendly after all like they just make a lot of people angry. like This Just In & Chalkzone, the plot is pointless.Animation: The animation is in King of The Hill style, but it is hand drawn?Characters: There OK, but they doing rude & evil thing.Humor: The humor isn't very goodVoice acting: It was OK....Plots: Pointless....Overall: Poor King of The Hill style animation, poor humor, OK voice acting, OK characters but they do rude & evil things and pointless plots. I recommend you should watch Freak Show than watching this.
tirkkanen This is not the kind of comedy that makes you laugh. It's more of an educational drama with a touch of funny. The characters are all good and the environmentalist theme of the show is nice. Still it doesn't really amaze you in any way. It's just something to watch when nothing else is on. For example when watching the pilot I almost laughed out loud during the final scene before the credits, so it definitely doesn't itch everyones laugh nerves. The animation is good, I like the realism of it. I also liked the irony of the pet dog being a vegan (against his will of course). The characters are the stereotypes you would expect. They include the parents, the mother being the obsessive one and the father being more relaxed but still staying true to the cause. The teenage daughter is fairly normal with teenage problems. The weirdest character is the adopted white African American son who seems to not be all there but yet excels in everything he does. Maybe there is potential that I didn't quite catch or I just simply don't enjoy the subtle comedy, because I like to laugh when watching a comedy. Anyway I'll give it 5 out of 10 for being too plain.