The Venture Bros. - Season One
starring: James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, Michael Sinterniklaas, Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer
directed by: Christopher McCulloch
directed by: Christopher McCulloch
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Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 05/30/2006Rating: Nr
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If Jonny, Haji, Race Bannon, and the rest of the Jonny Quest gang were idiots, their animated adventures might play out like The Venture Bros., a consistently funny spoof on '60s adventure cartoons from the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming. The premise should be immediately familiar and nostalgic for any Saturday morning TV aficionado who grew up in the '60s and '70s: Dr. Venture (James Urbaniak from Henry Fool) is an inventor, while sons Hank and Dean's insatiably curiosity lands them in hot water with supervillains, robots, magicians, and the like. Brock Sampson (voiced by the very funny Patrick Warburton of The Tick) is the good doctor's right-hand man, who rescues the boys with good old-fashioned manpower. The twist in The Venture Bros. is that every single character, down to the supervillains' henchmen, are complete and utter dolts, and their adventures are inspired more by foolishness, personal obsessions (for Brock, it's sex and violence, and for Dr. V, it's diet pills and a daddy fixation), or just plain cosmic weirdness than any sense of post-Kennedy-era adventure and derring-do. The result is subversive and occasionally shocking insanity (Dr. V loses his kidneys in the series opener "Dia de Los Dangerous"; Dean suffers an unmentionable personal injury in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean"; the boys believe that Dr. Venture's stomach tumor is actually a pregnancy in "Return to Spider Island"), but with enough flashes of surreal brilliance to make this a must-have for modern animation fans. The Season One two-disc set contains all 13 episodes, as well as two bonus episodes--the show's original pilot, "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" (for Hank and Dean, the secret is something decidedly salacious), and "A Very Venture Christmas," as well as a handful of deleted scenes. Commentary by the show's creators and cast can be heard on five episodes, including "Turtle Bay," and the extras are rounded out by "Behind the Scenes of the Live-Action Movie," a 20-minute mockumentary that features much of the voice-over talent dressed in some ridiculous costumes. --Paul Gaita
Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 05/30/2006Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
If Jonny, Haji, Race Bannon, and the rest of the Jonny Quest gang were idiots, their animated adventures might play out like The Venture Bros., a consistently funny spoof on '60s adventure cartoons from the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming. The premise should be immediately familiar and nostalgic for any Saturday morning TV aficionado who grew up in the '60s and '70s: Dr. Venture (James Urbaniak from Henry Fool) is an inventor, while sons Hank and Dean's insatiably curiosity lands them in hot water with supervillains, robots, magicians, and the like. Brock Sampson (voiced by the very funny Patrick Warburton of The Tick) is the good doctor's right-hand man, who rescues the boys with good old-fashioned manpower. The twist in The Venture Bros. is that every single character, down to the supervillains' henchmen, are complete and utter dolts, and their adventures are inspired more by foolishness, personal obsessions (for Brock, it's sex and violence, and for Dr. V, it's diet pills and a daddy fixation), or just plain cosmic weirdness than any sense of post-Kennedy-era adventure and derring-do. The result is subversive and occasionally shocking insanity (Dr. V loses his kidneys in the series opener "Dia de Los Dangerous"; Dean suffers an unmentionable personal injury in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean"; the boys believe that Dr. Venture's stomach tumor is actually a pregnancy in "Return to Spider Island"), but with enough flashes of surreal brilliance to make this a must-have for modern animation fans. The Season One two-disc set contains all 13 episodes, as well as two bonus episodes--the show's original pilot, "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" (for Hank and Dean, the secret is something decidedly salacious), and "A Very Venture Christmas," as well as a handful of deleted scenes. Commentary by the show's creators and cast can be heard on five episodes, including "Turtle Bay," and the extras are rounded out by "Behind the Scenes of the Live-Action Movie," a 20-minute mockumentary that features much of the voice-over talent dressed in some ridiculous costumes. --Paul Gaita
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Kids have Johnny Quest adults have Venture Brothers
This is the show that in a kinder universe would reinvigorate the American animation market or course that would never happen because we have already lost the war.For all that the series is named "The Venture Brothers" the two adults Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture and Brock Samson are far more interesting characters.
The first season does I think get off to a slow start but it builds slowly and if you stick with this season (and two and three) it you will be entertained.If you ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome show, great job Doc and Jackson!
This season, being he first, begins the adventures and insanity of the Venture brothers. The episodes start off a little shaky, but it makes up for that easily by the third episode. If you like the show, you already know, but if you're new, you will easily fall in love with this show.
Rating: - Brilliant!
I honestly don't know where to begin.Everything about this show is amazing.And what average guy wouldn't love this show?It's "superheros" and villians are mixed and protrayed so well its as fine tuned as a broken and bent saxaphone.And that's a good thing.I dare you to watch the first few episodes and not get hooked.Viva la Venture Bros.
Rating: - The Most Intelligent Show (Animated or Otherwise) Released In A Long Time
Review of "The Venture Brothers--Season 1:"
Without a doubt the most intelligent show (animated or otherwise) that has been released in awhile.
The Venture Brothers is a witty and sarcastic parody mix of (but not limited to) Scooby Doo; Johnny Quest; Mission Impossible; all of the cartoons and culture of the 1960's and 1970's; G.I. Joe; James Bond; NASA Space Programs; references to the 1980's; contemporary social culture; Marvel and DC Superheroes; etc., etc.
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Rating: - Surprised
When I first heard of the Venture Bros. I avoided them at any cost.Then one day, I happened to leave it on and wow, was I wrong about this show.I am now a huge fan.Each season is better than the last and this show is just always funny.
- Kids have Johnny Quest adults have Venture BrothersThis is the show that in a kinder universe would reinvigorate the American animation market or course that would never happen because we have already lost the war.For all that the series is named "The Venture Brothers" the two adults Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture and Brock Samson are far more interesting characters.
The first season does I think get off to a slow start but it builds slowly and if you stick with this season (and two and three) it you will be entertained.If you ... Read More
- Awesome show, great job Doc and Jackson!This season, being he first, begins the adventures and insanity of the Venture brothers. The episodes start off a little shaky, but it makes up for that easily by the third episode. If you like the show, you already know, but if you're new, you will easily fall in love with this show.
- Brilliant!I honestly don't know where to begin.Everything about this show is amazing.And what average guy wouldn't love this show?It's "superheros" and villians are mixed and protrayed so well its as fine tuned as a broken and bent saxaphone.And that's a good thing.I dare you to watch the first few episodes and not get hooked.Viva la Venture Bros.
- The Most Intelligent Show (Animated or Otherwise) Released In A Long Time Review of "The Venture Brothers--Season 1:"
Without a doubt the most intelligent show (animated or otherwise) that has been released in awhile.
The Venture Brothers is a witty and sarcastic parody mix of (but not limited to) Scooby Doo; Johnny Quest; Mission Impossible; all of the cartoons and culture of the 1960's and 1970's; G.I. Joe; James Bond; NASA Space Programs; references to the 1980's; contemporary social culture; Marvel and DC Superheroes; etc., etc.
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- SurprisedWhen I first heard of the Venture Bros. I avoided them at any cost.Then one day, I happened to leave it on and wow, was I wrong about this show.I am now a huge fan.Each season is better than the last and this show is just always funny.
