The Venture Bros.

Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’ “The Trial of the Monarch” and “Return to Spider-Skull Island”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Sep 21, 2018 | Television

This week, we return to look at episodes thirteen and fourteen, the final episodes in the first season of The Venture Bros. 1. Winged Scene Stealer Let’s get this out of the way. “The Trial of the Monarch” is frankly a bit of a dud in execution, and the production values are near the bottom […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’ “Tag Sale – You’re It!” and “Past Tense”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Sep 13, 2018 | Television

This week, we return to look at episodes eleven and twelve, the penultimate episodes in the first season of The Venture Bros. 1. A What Now? First of all, I’ve never heard the term tag sale. Ever. These things are yard sales in the southern United States, dagnabbit. Otherwise, I would have known that this […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’ “Mid-Life Chrysalis” and “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Sep 7, 2018 | Television

This week, we return to look at episodes nine and ten in the first season of The Venture Bros. 1. Long Live the King The Monarch is back after a few episode hiatus, and he’s got some new tricks up his sleeve. Absence did make the heart grow fonder for this character. As callous as […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’ “Ghosts of the Sargasso” and “Ice Station – Impossible!”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Aug 31, 2018 | Television

The Venture Bros. has been a bit uneven over its first six episodes, but with the first season’s seventh and eighth episodes, the show starts to crescendo by hitting new highs in both humor and geek fan service. 1. The Real Dr. Venture Episode six begins with a flashback to an experimental plane test in […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’s “The Incredible Mr. Brisby” and “Eeney, Meeney, Miney… Magic!”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Aug 23, 2018 | Television

As Summer enters the dog days, we continue our look back at the first season of The Venture Bros. The show is available for streaming on Hulu. 1. The Great Brisby “The Incredible Mr. Brisby” is easily the most satisfying of these early episodes in the series. It has a clear and cohesive story that […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’s “Careers in Science” and “Home Insecurity”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Aug 16, 2018 | Television

On the heels of the seventh season premiere, we continue our look back at the first season of The Venture Bros. The show is available for streaming on Hulu. 1. The Jonas Father In the third episode of season one, we get introduced not only to Dr. Rusty Venture’s formidable father, Jonas, but also his […]

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Five Thoughts On The Venture Bros.’s “The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay” and “Dia de Los Dangerous!”

By Jonathan O'Neal | Aug 2, 2018 | Television

The brainchild of Jackson Publick (the professional name of Christopher McCulloch), The Venture Bros. landed in the Adult Swim programming block in 2003. While the allusions to the animated adventures of Jonny Quest and its associated futurism were obvious, The Venture Bros. showed the less-glamorous side of mid-century mod by depicting a dysfunctional family unit […]

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