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Review: The Venture Bros. - Self-Medication

23 November 2009 10:46 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S04E06) This episode was a rare star-studded treat for Venture Bros. Really honing in on the idea of adult aftermath in the lives of boy adventurer types, Jackson Publick introduced a robot boy, boy detective brothers (Seth Green and John Hodgman), former Wonder Boy (Patton Oswalt) and the return of Action Johnny (Brendon Small). Never before have so many guest voices (okay, four) been crammed into an installment, bringing the entire audience to an immediate nerdgasm.

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- Annie Wu

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Venture Brothers Review: "Self-Medication"

23 November 2009 9:38 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

This week's episode of The Venture Bros. was the closest thing we could ever describe as a star-studded aventure for this amazing show on Adult Swim.

The episode, "Self-Medication," featured Seth Green, John Hodgman, and Patton Oswalt as a group of fellow boy adventurers attending a self-help group with Dr. Venture to get over their childhood trauma.  These voice actors all did an amazing job leading to a very succesful storyline.

Unfortunately, the B Story belong to Sgt. Hatred and it focused on his pedophilia as usual.  We thought the Henchmen, Hank and Dean were all amazing in this story.  But really, do we need half an episode devoted to pedophile jokes and Hank dressed as Princesss Tinyfeet?  So not cool.

We absolutely loved the main storyline and character development of this episode and it could have been one of our favorites of the season if not brought down by Hatred. »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Entertainment Overload: Episode 86 - 2012 Joes Forever

23 November 2009 8:37 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Join TV and Film enthusiasts from Fused Film’s Entertainment Overload as they talk about the geekiest and biggest movies in this weekly podcast for fans and geeks alike. Welcome to an insightful and entertaining fanboy perspective on all things awesome.

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Episode 86 - 2012 Joes Forever Recorded November 22, 2009. Justin Vactor is joined by Rudie Obias from the Criterion Cast, WonderRob from Xbox Live, and Mr. F. Video Game Overload: More Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 talk Justin runs down the new Xbox Live features Film Overload: Rudie - G.I. Joe Mr. F - 2012 WonderRob - Turtles Forever TV Overload: Rudie - Glee and V WonderRob - SNL Justin - The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation, and The Venture Brothers

Thanks for listening to Entertainment Overload! Please let us know what you thought of this episode by leaving a comment below or e-mailing us at website@fusedfilm. »

- Vactor

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What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, Next Iron Chef, American Dad

22 November 2009 9:12 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Three Rivers. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Eagles vs. the Bears. Fox has a new Brothers at 7. Lifetime has the movie Unstable at 7. Syfy has the movie Lightning Strikes at 7, followed by the movie Fire From Below. At 8, ABC has the American Music Awards. Fox has a new episode of The Simpsons at 8, then new episodes of The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad. At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Contemporary. HBO has the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9. Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, followed by a new Californication. Food Network has the season finale of Next Iron Chef at 9. History Channel has two new episodes of Cowboys & Outlaws at 9. At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum. At midnight, Cartoon Network »

- Bob Sassone

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Clip From This Week’s Venture Bros. Episode ‘Self-Medication’

19 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Over the past few weeks we’ve been able to bring you exclusive preview clips of upcoming episodes of The Venture Bros., which have shown off some of the truly great stories that the show’s creators, Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick, have brought to us this season.

This week’s episode is shrouded in a bit of mystery, but we were able to determine this awesome fact: both Robot Chicken’s Seth Green, Patton Oswalt, John Hodgman of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” Apple Ads lend their voices as guest stars. That information should be enough to keep you glued to your computer screen as you watch the preview clip after the jump.

This season alone, the show has had Kevin Conroy (The voice of Batman), and Brendan Small (Metalocalypse) make an appearance. Check out the clip from “Self-Medication” after the jump and be sure »

- Matt Raub

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Venture Brothers Review: "The Revenge Society"

16 November 2009 11:23 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Last night, The Venture Bros. brought back several untied loose ends from season three and packed them all into an amazing half hour of television.  Questions such as what happened to Phantom Limb and the Orb were answered and you can find out how in our "The Revenge Society" recap.

We're just here to give you some thoughts about the episode in our review:

We wonder how Brock would have handled things when the Guild showed up.  Unlike Sgt. Hatred's hilarious antics with Hank, we're pretty sure he would have laid low and out of their way like he did during the "Trial of the Monarch."  So for once... we're almost kind of glad to have Hatred.  Almost. How hilarious was the flashback to Phantom Limb's grandfather?  We loved the council men were a bunch of kidnapped musicians including Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Eno.  Sure makes David Bowie »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Review: The Venture Bros. - The Revenge Society

16 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S04E05) This episode was certainly a surprise in many respects. It was one of the funnier installments of the season so far. It also brought back a lot of old themes and cleared up some incomplete storylines that had started to gather dust. On one hand, I'm glad that those have been resolved, because most of them were revealed to be kind of irrelevant anyway, but I also felt as though it was rushed, like, five loose ends from old major arcs had to be hastily tied up in twenty-some minutes. Well, it's better than continuing to string us along, right?

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- Annie Wu

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What's On Tonight: The Prisoner, Next Iron Chef, Curb Your Enthusiasm

15 November 2009 9:07 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Patriots vs. the Colts. At 8, Fox has a new episode of The Simpsons, then new episodes The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad. PBS has a new Nature at 8, followed by a new Masterpiece Contemporary. AMC has the premiere of The Prisoner at 8. Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then a new Next Iron Chef. Also at 8: Lifetime Movie Network has Ann Rule's Everything She Ever Wanted. At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm. There's a new Dexter on Showtime at 9, followed by a new Californication. History Channel has a new WWII in HD »

- Bob Sassone

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Venture Brothers Preview: "The Revenge Society"

13 November 2009 9:07 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Just when we were wondering if we'd ever hear from Phantom Limb again on The Venture Bros.(other than his brief, post-credit revenge against Manotaur), we saw the most amazing promo after last week's episode, "Return to Malice."

In the upcoming episode, "The Revenge Society," Phantom Limb returns under a new name and tries to exact revenge against The Guild of Calamitous Intent.  Meanwhile, the Guild tries to invade the Venture Compound and Sgt. Hatred and Hank team up to stop them.

Just watch the following promo in case you missed it, or like us, you're just obsessed with show and want to watch it a few more times.

The Revenge Society Promo »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Venture Brothers Review: "Return to Malice"

9 November 2009 12:11 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

This week's episode of The Venture Bros. wasn't as heavy on the laughs as the last couple weeks, but it came in extra strong on the character development.  And hey, how can you not love any episode that centers around the Monarch and his henchmen?

During the episode, Henchmen 21 kidnaps Hank and Dean, and immediately Sgt Hatred and Dr. Venture assume the Monarch is behind it.  They return to Hatred's old neighborhood, Malice, where they run into his ex-wife.  You can read all about it in our "Return to Malice" recap.

Now for some of our favorite parts of the episode:

Henchman 21's backstory from after 24's death to the present, only then releazing it was his cowardice that was responsible. Someone finally revealing why the Monarch is in charge... only he has enough hate We love the concept of Malice and are so glad to return to it! Hehe, »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Review: The Venture Bros. - Return to Malice

9 November 2009 9:40 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S04E04) It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious, in a town called Malice. Yeah. I totally just made that up. Right now. Free words of wisdom, from me to you.

This episode wasn't spectacular for the purposes of laughing-out-loud. It was funny in a few moments, yes, but I spent most of the twenty-some minutes resting my chin on my fist, brow furrowed with concern. All the characters are going through some heavy stuff right now, and that inner turmoil, dealing with loss and identity and love, came bubbling to the surface in this episode. Doing so, again, isn't much of a gut-buster, but it makes for beautiful character development. Can you tell I have faith in this show? Maybe a little too much.

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- Annie Wu

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What's On Tonight: Amazing Race, Family Guy, Dexter, Bored To Death

8 November 2009 9:15 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Cowboys vs. the Eagles. Fox has a new Brothers at 7, then new episodes of American Dad, Family Guy, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and The Cleveland Show. Cartoon Network has a new Ed, Edd, 'N Eddy at 7. At 7:30, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters. At 8, PBS has a new Nature, then a new Masterpiece Contemporary. At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm, followed by the season finale of Bored To Death. Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication. Food Network has a new Next Iron Chef at 9, then a new Iron Chef America. Syfy has 2012: Startling »

- Bob Sassone

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The Venture Bros. Review: "Perchance to Dean"

2 November 2009 8:31 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

This week's episode of The Venture Bros. had slightly more back story than last week's, but was still an episode presented purely for entertainment.

So far we love where season four is going.  This episode had plenty of throwbacks, including the obnoxious possible illegitimate son of Brock, Dermott, while slowly revealing more about the Venture universe.  Season three was a little too heavy on backstory without all the entertainment this season has brought.

Unfortunately, we had another episode with almost no Brock, but Sgt. Hatred has done as good of a job as anyone could with such enormous shoes to fill.  This episode Brock was featured in a cool flashback, but didn't even say a word.

Our favorite part of this episode were the seemingly unrelated plotlines all come together and exploding in the end.  Plus we love any episode that involves the cops or any other normal part of »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Review: The Venture Bros. - Perchance to Dean

2 November 2009 5:35 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S04E03) I swear to you, dear reader, that I do my best to stay somewhat objective when reviewing The Venture Bros. It's tough, though, when the writers keep knocking them out of the park like this. We're only a few episodes in, but I'm already enjoying things more than I did with season three, and it's not just because this episode had mind-blowing prog rock and Ups guys with the Shining.

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What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, Extreme Makeover, Californication

1 November 2009 9:11 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Syfy is showing V: The Final Battle all night. At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7. At 8, Fox has Game 4 of The World Series. Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by new episodes of Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America. Nickelodeon has a new Dora The Explorer at 8. At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Contemporary. There's a new Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO at 9, then a new Bored To Death. Also at 9: Showtime has a new Dexter, followed by a new Californication. At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men. Vh-1 has the series premiere of Sex Rehab at 10. At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum. »

- Bob Sassone

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Film Junk Podcast Episode #240: Where The Wild Things Are

26 October 2009 10:48 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Sean Talks about Japan 7:25 - Jay Talks about the Flyway Film Festival 16:55 - Greg Talks About his New Gig 19:30 - Headlines: Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes, First Official A-Team Image, Chris Farley DirecTV Commercial, New Anti-Paparazzi Law, Mad Max 4 Casting Rumours, Chris Pine is the New Jack Ryan, Jackie Earle Haley Rumoured for Sinestro, Wes Anderson Directed Fantastic Mr. Fox via E-mail 41:05 - Review: Where The Wild Things Are 58:20 - Trailer Trash: Edge of Darkness, Until the Light Takes Us, The Expendables 1:09:00 - Other Stuff We Watched: FlashForward / Community / Eastwick, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Trick r Treat, The Brothers Bloom, Crude Independence, Astro Boy, Outrage, Assassination of a High School President, In The Loop 1:33:00 - Paranormal Activity Audience Rant 1:39:35 - Junk Mail: Val Kilmer, What We Eat While Watching Movies, »

- Sean

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Venture Brothers Review: "Handsome Ransom"

26 October 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

After last week's heavy story line-based plot of last week, we were treated to just a fun half hour of pure awesomness on last night's episode of The Venture Bros.  We saw the return of The Monarch as he held Hank and Dean for ransom.  Now without their safety net(s) of clones and Brock, Venture actually had to entertain this loon!

The episode really got amazing when Captain Sunshine, voiced by cartoon Batman himself, Kevin Conroy, broke into the cocoon and stole Hank from the Monarch.  Apparently he's had a grudge with the Monarch since he killed his previous ward, Wonder Boy.

Catch up with the details of the episode in our "Handsome Ransom" recap.  Now sit back and let us tell you why we thought this episode was so awesome:

The Monarch is back!  He's easily the most entertaining character of any show Dr. Girlfriend proved her Doctor »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Review: The Venture Bros. - Handsome Ransom

26 October 2009 10:08 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S04E02) First things first. If you are not a connoisseur of '90s superhero cartoons or a huge nerd that has been closely following Venture Bros. news all the way through production, you may have missed out on the full "Handsome Ransom" experience. That is not to say the unaware couldn't have a good time, but things were made ten times funnier if a viewer knew that the not-so-pure Captain Sunshine was voiced by Kevin Conroy, aka Batman.

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[TV] The Venture Bros: The Only Reason You Need to Watch Adult Swim

21 October 2009 7:45 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

You should've seen me Sunday night, around 12:30 Am. I was in a little motel room in Hollywood, eagerly waiting for the Season 4 premiere of The Venture Bros. I had a 6 Am flight back to San Francisco, meaning I had to be up at 4 to have enough time to get to Lax, but I didn't care—there's no way I'm missing a new episode of the best animated show currently on TV. So imagine my rage when, like many others in the West Coast, I witnessed Adult Swim's bungling of the feed, which erroneously aired the first half of the episode twice and never showed the second half.

Honestly, I thought it was intentional at first. The episode copied Memento's gimmick in having one narrative in chronological order and another in reverse, so I felt justified in assuming that the repeat of the opening is just another non-linear device. I »

- Arya Ponto

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Venture Brothers Season One Quotes

21 October 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

The Venture Bros. debuted on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network back in 2003 with its pilot, "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay."  Almost a year and a half later, the show debuted with its incredible first season.

When you go back and watch the first season, as we've done way too many times, it's impressive just how much of the Venture universe the creators had already penned out and alluded to that early.

The first season was also responsible for some of the funniest moments in the series history.  We've compiled the ultimate collection of Venture Brothers quotes from the first season.

Here's a highlight of some of our favorites:

Mexican University Administrator: ...your check, Dr. Venture. Muchas gracias.

Dr. Venture: Super good! Very generous of y-oh, pesos. Great. These zeros are all meaningless | permalink Summers: True, I was barely alive after my test ship broke up. But the Army saved me. »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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