Not in My Schoolhouse



It's My House is an American animated sitcom created by Noel Bento, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler and David Mandel and produced by Adelaide Productions for MTV. Animation was provided by Rough Draft Studios with its Korean subsidiary doing overseas animation. The show features animation direction from Chris Bailey and Steve Loter and character designs by Stephen Silver; all three have worked with Mandel before on ABC's Clerks: The Animated Series, and said three would later work for Disney's Kim Possible.

The series takes place at Little Richard High School and follows the slice of life aspects of its main faculty: Clancy Pantsi, a house man whose job is being a science teacher, his wife, hippie Nancy, his grumpy janitor father Grammpy, best friend and math whiz "Silent" Doug Perkins, principal Albert Hicks, musician Jay Peck, and coach Mike Higgins.

It began on November 27, 2001 and ended on August 5, 2002, running for only thirteen episodes as with most MTV cartoons (excluding Beavis and Butt-head and Daria).

Cast and characters



 * Will Arnett as Clarence "Clancy" Pantsi
 * Adam Sandler as Albert Hicks
 * Brian Posehn as "Silent" Doug Perkins
 * Brian Doyle-Murray as Grammpy Pantsi
 * Catherine O'Hara as Nancy Pantsi
 * David Spade as Jay Peck
 * John DiMaggio as Coach Higgins
 * Judd Apatow as Uncle Colin Pantsi
 * David Mandel as Uncle Strong John Pantsi

Crea

 * Noel Bento, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler, David Mandel - Creators, Executive Producers
 * Noel Bento, Roger Black, Waco O'Guin, Jeff Kline - Developers
 * Roger Black, Waco O'Guin, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, Gregg Vanzo, Jeff Kline - Co-Executive Producers
 * Richard Raynis - Supervising Producer
 * Lauren MacMullan, Zac Moncrief, Steve Loter, Chris Bailey - Animation Directors
 * Colin ABV Lewis - Producer
 * Stephen Silver - Character Design

Episodes

 * 1) Pilot (teleplay by Noel Bento, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler and David Mandel from a story by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, directed by Rich Moore) - In the premiere episode, ordinary school clerk Clancy Pantsi searches for a new job when principal Albert Hicks fires him for causing an experiment gone wrong. Featured music: Baba O'Riley by The Who. (Airdate: November 28, 2001)
 * 2) 24 Hours Left Until You Die: It's What Heaven Wants (written by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black, directed by Steve Loter) - Music teacher Jay Peck has 24 hours to live until he dies. But which side will he choose—Heaven or Hell? Guest voices include Jason Mewes and Freddie Prinze Jr. (Airdate: December 19, 2001)
 * 3) Beer Me Up: How to Drink Without Really Trying (written by Brian Kelley, directed by Chris Bailey) - The guys help Grammpy learn how to drink. Meanwhile, Nancy, Jay and Higgins find a monstrous beast inside the school. (Airdate: December 26, 2001)
 * 4) Reunited: If Nancy Can't Bring Her Ex, Her Ex Will Come to Her (written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, directed by Peter Avanzino) - Nancy's ex-boyfriend shows up and starts to rule the school. Guest voices include Alan Tudyk. (Airdate: January 2, 2002)
 * 5) Grammpy's a Little Nuts Today (written by Clarence Livingston, directed by Nick Filippi) - Gramppy becomes a lot more cranky when he cleans an excessive amount of trash, so the faculty send him to anger management class. Guest voices include a late Phil Hartman and Kristen Davis. (Airdate: January 16, 2002)
 * 6) The Girl of His Dreams: A Love Story (written by Paul Dini, Carin Greenberg-Baker and Jeff Kline, directed by Steve Loter) - Grammpy's heart is pounding when he sees his former wife. (Airdate: February 13, 2002)
 * 7) Game Show: What Clancy Can't Do On Television (written by Mike Hentemann and Noel Bento, directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill) - Clancy and Grammpy are contestants of Wheel of Fortune. Guest stars include Pat Sajak. (Airdate: July 1, 2001)
 * 8) Pig Crap: Vegans Can't Handle Pig Death (written by Richard Raynis and Greg Butcher, directed by Nick Filippi) - Nancy becomes a full vegetarian when she sees farmers chopping up a pig. Meanwhile, the school faculty put on a diet. (Airdate: July 1, 2002)
 * 9) Board Game: It's a Jigsaw Puzzle! (written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, directed by Rich Moore) - Clancy reunites with an old friend and compets him at a board game competition. Meanwhile, Higgins enlist the help of basketball player Michael Jordan. Guests stars include John Leguizamo, Michael Jordan, Christina Applegate, and Kevin Smith. (Airdate: July 8, 2002)
 * 10) Banana: Between a Cheapskate and a Primate (written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, directed by Peter Avanzino) - Principal Hicks sell a motel in order to earn money. Meanwhile, Clancy and Nancy watch Higgins' gym monkey. (Airdate: July 15, 2002)
 * 11) Ol' Lucky: Someday It Will Come in Handy (written by Judd Apatow, Waco O'Guin, Roger Black and Greg Butcher, directed by Steve Loter and Chris Bailey) - Clancy brings in Ol' Lucky, a tool useful for anything. (Airdate: July 22, 2001)
 * 12) The Big Movie: Clancy and Grammpy and Hicks and Four Others Plus Joe and the Cockroaches Bring Us a Few Movie Parodies, Including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Infamous Joe's Apartment, plus Others (written by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black and Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein and David Mandel, directed by Steve Loter and Dwayne Carey-Hill) - The school faculty—plus Joe and the Cockroaches from Joe's Apartment—create movie parodies including Star Wars and E.T. Guest stars include Jerry O'Connell as Joe from Joe's Apartment, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock from Pootie Tang, and Mike Judge. (Airdate: July 29, 2002)
 * 13) Nancy's Been a Rebel Girl Before: A Rockin' Season Finale (teleplay by Noel Bento, David Mandel, Matthew Ireland Beans and Paul Dini from a story by Noel Bento and Will Arnett, directed by Mike Hollingsworth and Nick Filippi) - The faculty find out that Nancy was once in a rock band. Originally the twentieth and final episode, it aired out of order as the thirteenth and last episode originally broadcast. Guest stars include "Weird Al" Yankovic, an earlier Kevin Hart, Kristen Bell, Ty Burrell and Mandy Moore. Featured music: Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill. (Airdate: August 5, 2002);

Cancellation
Continuing a list of short-running MTV cartoons, they decided not to renew the show for a second season due to low ratings. It has since been a cult classic for fans.

Episodes originally planned
There were originally thirteen more episodes produced for season 1, but with its cancellation rolling are eventually scrapped.
 * There was originally an episode where the guys clone themselves to do their work for them. Once Bento heard about Clone High, it was scrapped.
 * The aforementioned six episodes were produced, including an episode keeping the planet a great place, a courtroom episode, an episode where the faculty get superpowers, and an episode featuring Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. They were completed, but were passed on by MTV, yet they were released on DVD. They were aired in international markets, and finally made their US debuts in 2005 on MTV2, when they reran It's My House.
 * The remaining six episodes exist as scripts only, and what they were about is completely unknown.
 * Four more seasons were confirmed, but MTV unfortunately couldn't renew the series.
 * In 2005, Bento, working for Disney at the time, was going to revive the series with Waco O'Guin, Roger Black, David Gordon Green, and Brad Abelson, Originally about the faculty on summer vacation after the events of episode thirteen or about them being park rangers, it was eventually scrapped. After that, the four used their own ideas to create their own shows, with O'Guin and Black creating Brickleberry for Comedy Central and Good Vibes for MTV.

Broadcast
It's My House has aired reruns on MTV's sister networks MTV2, Tr3s, MTV Classic, Comedy Central, Spike, and VH1.

It's My House was broadcast on international markets on MTV, as well as VIVA, Comedy Central, and AXN.

Home video releases
A 2-disc DVD containing all 13 episodes as well as the seven unaired episodes were released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment on May 24, 2004. In addition to the episodes, there's also audio commentaries on all episodes, animatics for "Pilot", "The Big Movie" and "Nancy's Been a Rebel Girl Before", music videos, the original unaired version of the pilot, sketches from Liquid Television, and MTV promos. It was later discontinued.

Later in 2013, Mill Creek acquires rights to a few of Sony Pictures' television library, including It's My House. All bonus features are retained for the DVD.

It is also available on iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, and the Sony Pictures-owned Crackle.

Reception
A positive review was given on Rotten Tomatoes, bringing it a 75% rating from critics.