Kid Farm

Kid Farm
Show Name	Kid Farm
Network	Front Page Films
Air Dates	June 16, 2010 through June 19, 2014
Seasons	1
Episodes	9

Kid Farm is an Internet web show that parodies the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting. It was created by Oren Brimer, Pete Holmes, and Jamie Lee. It chronicles the lives of the fictional Engvall family, who has "17 kids, give or take".

Family

• Bill Engvall
• Jean Engvall

In the show's intro, the parents list the first few kids before speeding through a number of other pictures. Listed below are all of the names mentioned on the show at some point.

Name	Facts
Bill Junior "BJ"	courting Elizabeth, wears a helmet when he leaves the house
Brynne	not great at counting
Barney
Bankropt	Name is unclear; it's either Bancroft or Bankrupt
Becky	wants to eat vegetables
Bartholomew	likes cooking
Batron	adopted African American boy
Brenda
Betty
BB	the newest older buddy
Barbara	toddler
Bilbo
Bradley
Bolivia	allergic to salad, liberal media, and pants
Belizabeth
Beter
Bamantha
baby doll	Bill always wears a baby doll in a carrier on his chest

Other Characters

• John Paul "JP" "the Jeep" - a youth pastor who is secretly in love with Jean
• Elizabeth "Lizzy" - BJ's horny girlfriend
• Cousin Jamie - the kids' liberal cousin

Episodes

Pilot

Jean homeschooling the children

The first episode is a typical pilot, introducing viewers to the family. Jean regularly talks about pregnancy and children to anyone with whom she interacts.

• Homeschooling - to protect the children from "misinformation taught in public schools like cavemen, body dancing, [and] rhythm"
• Grocery shopping - only bulk; when Becky repeatedly tries to buy broccoli ("sometimes my bones hurt") she is turned down
• Intro to JP - ("JP gives Mommy Daddy looks")
• BJ's relationship with Elizabeth - they've taken a vow of purity ("BJ and Lizzy hold hands like it's their job!")
• Jean's past experience going on a date to Cracker Barrel with JP ("You could still secretly be in love with that person")
• Intro to cousin Jamie ("Cousin Jamie is a bit of a firecracker!" "She listens to music, gets to wear clothes that aren't in her family..." "Cousin Jamie gets to wear yellow!" "I'm gonna be sad when cousin Jamie goes to hell!")
• Schedule - featuring Jean's ovulation dates on the calendar
• Weekly meeting - the child (Brenda or Betty) does not recognized her parent, but Jean hugs her in another scene
• Forgetting Becky's birthday

Bill training BJ to be a father

Prepping for Baby

The second episode focuses heavily on Jean's latest pregnancy. ("When was Mommy not pregnant?")

• Rearranging and cleaning the house to prepare for the new baby
• A trip to Buy Buy Baby for new supplies - the salespeople always slip condoms in the bag
• Preparing 4-year-old BB to become an older buddy ("I'm a daddy now!" "Some people buy dolls for their children. We just give ours babies!")
• Teaching BJ "tricks of the fatherly trade"

Zoo Day

The third episode focuses on Bill planning to take his family to the zoo, but before they leave, he realizes that Began (pronounced BAY-gan) is missing; this is later revealed as being just his imagination.

• Dressing up like Moses to wake up the kids ("biblically informative and less expensive than 18 alarm clocks")
• Getting ready in strange ways: pouring breakfast cereal on a large aluminum foil tray, spraying hairspray on four people at the same time, Bradley catching JP urinating in the sink without running the faucet, which he then turns on. to four person in same time, Bradley caught up by JP urinating on sink without running the faucet, which he then turns on
• JP comes to Engvalls' house to help them get ready
• Cousin Jamie comes to go with Engvall family to the zoo, but ends up helping Bill find Began
• Making poster by drawing because Engvall don't have printer
• Cousin Jamie discovers Bolivia hiding in the dryer
• The family makes tributes for loss of Began
• JP revealed that there is no child named Began. Later it's revealed that Bill was eating bacon one night while watching TV and talked in his sleep about it, leading up to the confusion. Batron stole all the bacon when Bill fell asleep.

The Date

The fourth episode focuses on BJ and his girlfriend Lizzy going on a chaperoned date.

• BJ is already 18 years old ("Now it's time to start a family")

• The girls prepare a "special meal" for chaperoned date: mayonnaise, sprinkles, jelly, fried tater tots, and even inedible things like uncooked instant noodles, bricks, and miniature toys ("It's time for a hotel-quality feast.")
  • However the drink is normal (carbonated drink)

Recurring Gags

The show features a few recurring gags:

• people the family interacts with asking "How big is her vagina?"
  • Averted in episode 3 and 4, this recurring gags is absent
• different children featured in each episode
• Bill wearing the baby carrier

Cast

Credit from first episode

• Katina Corrao - Jean Engvall
• Pete Holmes - Bill Engvall
• Matt McCarthy - John Paul "JP"
• Jamie Lee - Cousin Jamie
• Nate Fernald - BJ
• Heidi Neidermeyer - Elizabeth
• Michelle Buteau - Supermarket Cashier

Kids

• Wyeth Freany
• Abigail Freany
• Jalen Davis
• Tristan Krysiewicz
• Olivia Haleblian
• Anna O'brien

Trivia

• The first episode was released on 2010. The rest of the series were released on 2011. The last two episode were released on 2014.
• Since the gap between "A Decent Proposal" and "Girls Night Out" was over four years after the first episode, the children had to be replaced to remain children (except BJ).
• Batron was played by three different actors. The first actor played Batron for first episode. The second actor played Batron for the rest of episode. The third actor played Batron for last two episode.
• The only actors to retain their roles from first to last episode were the ones who played Bill, Jean, BJ, Lizzy, JP, and Cousin Jamie.