The Mantis-Eye Experiment

In joyous celebration of SuperJail's triumphant return to television you can enter to win a season one DVD. Unlike the other contest there aren't any questions to answer; just provide your name and email address and you're set! You know you want it!

Oh and, uh, happy April Fools Day I guess!

I'm just going to make you watch this because I can.

For those of you who have been following along the last week the final installment of UGO's Jackson & Doc interview is up for your reading pleasure. Jackson & Doc talk about life after Venture Bros. and some very important issues:

Jackson Publick: I have literally sixty, seventy pounds on you, but you know the martial arts. I think we both have a very strong will to live.

Doc Hammer: I’m fast. I know that you have a bad knee. I know too much about you, I would work that knee until--

Jackson Publick: But I know you have paper ribs.

So that's it! Go read that and report back here. Many a kudo to Kevin Fitzpatrick for conducting the interview and even taking my suggestion for that last question.

This video has been hanging around for a little while now, so apologies if you've seen it, but here's a little behind-the-scenes featurette for the upcoming season of SuperJail!


As mentioned, this season all the animation fot the show is being done at Titmouse Inc., the same company that animates Metalocalypse (among other projects), and the new season premieres this Sunday night at midnight.

I've already gone past the halfway point posting these, so there's no going back now! Part four of the five-part interview with Jackson & Doc is live and contains some (vague) info on the Venture Bros. toys as well as toys from Jackson & Doc's childhoods:

"My parents were into education. That was their bag, and they kept toys to a minimum so I could become more creative and look, hey! It worked! You know what I had a lot of? Those quirky, dinky, die-cast metal toys for TV shows that I’ve never seen. They’re British TV shows that were cancelled about 20 years before I got the toys, so I had no idea what these f*cking things were, and I had to make adventures—" -- Doc Hammer

Alright, so go read it. The final part will be out tomorrow.

Since SuperJail! starts up again this weekend (Sunday night at midnight, yes technically Monday, but don't give me that crap) Adult Swim has put up the top 11 SuperJail! moments from season one. So if you just want to relive the best moments from season one or you just need a refresher then you should check this out. Below is the number two favorite moment:

Why yes! Yes it is. That's so weird and unusual these days! Here's a fancy snip:

Hammer: There are also characters I forgot we didn’t put on the show. We’ve been doing one for a solid year now, and I forget that nobody’s seen him, that he’s our character. I guess he would count as a new character, but to me it’s a guy who’s existed in the Venture-verse for over a year.

Publick: We usually write them that way. We almost never write characters who walk on and go, “OK, I’m a new guy you’ve never met before. I’m here to mess up your world.” We usually have new guys in and go, “Oh yeah, you’re so-and-so’s ex-husband. Or you’re that guy who’s in the background at the yard sale and now we know what your story is.”

Hammer:“You have a plug for a face and now you know why.”

There's more of course, so go take a look.

Okay so it's not in 3D but nonetheless part three of UGO's ongoing three-hundred and twenty-seven part interview with Jackson & Doc. This segment covers Jackson & Doc's thoughts on various pop culture items in today's world:

"I saw the first one, because this is too huge for me to not to be aware of as a guy who makes a TV show. And then I watched the second one because I'm a completist, and because I just like dumb sh*t. They’re not good, but there’s no point for me to rally against it because they’re not for me, they’re for thirteen-year old girls and they do what they do well." -- Jackson (speaking about Twilight)

There's also lots more there and I think two more parts to come. In case you missed it here's part one from last week and part two from yesterday.

Part two is up!

UGO: I've also noticed you have a propensity to kill off those memorable characters as easily as you introduce them. Is there any character that you consider off-limits, that you would never kill off?

Jackson: No.

Doc: No, we would kill anybody. It's all fair game.

Also read on for info on Bill Hader, who the guys would like to voice someone on Venture Bros. some day and also Jackson and Doc's loving trust for one another.

Yes, as is customary it's time for the latest Mantis-Eye Disc-Based Episode Giveaway. As per usual you need to answer fifteen questions relating to season four, volume two (the back eight, if you prefer). The people with the most right answers will be pooled and one will be selected randomly. You know the drill. This time, however, you can pick if you want to be entered to win the DVD or the Blu-Ray. It's fun an exciting!

Enter The Mantis-Eye Season 4.2 DVD and Complete Season 4 Blu-Ray Giveaway!

You won't regret it!