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Extensive Jackson & Doc Interview at Swimpedia
Swimpedia has a lengthy and quite excellent interview with Jackson and Doc that is very much worth reading. They go into specifics about the history of the show, the movie, what they're up to next, their relationship, and even some things they were planning for the cancelled season 8 of Venture Bros..
- by The Mysterious H1
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Ok, f it- I can’t seem to log in so I’m going on anon.
This is a fun one. I will say this- how can you sell out of DVDs if you don’t produce DVDs? I don’t have a Blu-Ray so that bugged me. Also, Morel Orel sucks- Frankenhole was way better, guys. Get on that. Still, glad they mentioned Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean’- that one’s my absolute favorite.
This is a fun one. I will say this- how can you sell out of DVDs if you don’t produce DVDs? I don’t have a Blu-Ray so that bugged me. Also, Morel Orel sucks- Frankenhole was way better, guys. Get on that. Still, glad they mentioned Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean’- that one’s my absolute favorite.
- by (Still) The Mysterious ‘H’
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Different strokes for different folks- I was probably too harsh, but I don’t really like Morel Orel.
In all honesty, Baby Blues wasn’t that bad either. It wasn’t an Adult Swim show (just re-aired after its WB run), but it did what it set out to, and made no secret of it. Now, Minoriteam- that’s an obscure Adult Swim show (and one I think deserves more love).
In all honesty, Baby Blues wasn’t that bad either. It wasn’t an Adult Swim show (just re-aired after its WB run), but it did what it set out to, and made no secret of it. Now, Minoriteam- that’s an obscure Adult Swim show (and one I think deserves more love).
- by The Misty-Eyed Mysterious ‘H’
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You know, having something new inspired me to start going through the archives, and it’s been quite a ride. Mike, you ever thought of doing a retrospective, considering we’re probably not going to get much more? Brought up a lot of good memories for me, and I’m about to hit the scandal that rocked the site those many years ago.
- by The Mysteriously Mysterious ‘H’
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Well, it wasn’t really a scandal and it didn’t really rock the site- I just wanted to give it a bit of flair. I honestly barely remembered it until I got close and I was one of the few who actually cared- still, voter fraud is never cool. Go back to the last month or two of 2010 and check out posts on a round robin (or something like that) of ‘who would beat who’. Pay close attention to the villains bracket.
- by Mike
Honestly I am just impressed that page still works. I don't know if it was a "scandal" as much as people got their friends to vote for stuff haha. Though I don't think the voting system was very sophisticated, so there was certainly the possibility of low level voter fraud (I have not inspected the ballots!)
- by The Mysterious Mysterious ‘H’
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No, there was- there was that guy who voted for Truckules a bunch more times than he should have been able to and almost got him to the finals because of it. That’s why Hatred was in both brackets- that was the only one that was for sure affected (though Monstroso’s loss probably was too).
I actually got to a more controversial point last night- Season 4.1, with all the Hatred … well, hatred. We got into some huge discussions about if all the pedophila stuff worked and what to even do with him. Those were some skinny threads.
I actually got to a more controversial point last night- Season 4.1, with all the Hatred … well, hatred. We got into some huge discussions about if all the pedophila stuff worked and what to even do with him. Those were some skinny threads.
I love this website. Mike's capsules and all the references that are archived here (with help from the community) have greatly enhanced my enjoyment of The Venture Bros. The community has largely been great (yes, there were some hot moments). Big THANK YOU to Mike for providing us all a place to gather.
- by Proud to be The Mysterious ‘H’
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Man, I wish I could figure out why I can’t log in because I want to give this a like. I finished my look back a while ago but I’ve been wanting to say something like this- as I went back to before I was The Mysterious ‘H’ (when I was posting as H), I noticed how much more confident and comfortable with you all (and myself and the internet in general) I was. So definitely a big thanks to Mike and The Mantis Eye Experiment for helping me become who I am and find my online identity (I use my Mysterious H identity most of the places I am active on the internet).
- by Hank
- by The Not-So-Mysterious ‘H’
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Just wanted to say, glad the site’s back online. It’s been a while since there’s been anything new, so when it went down and didn’t come back after a couple of days I thought this might be the end. Thanks for your devotion, Mike- I still come here almost every day to check on things and reminisce about good times.
I was wondering that myself! My search engines only have the 'stun' setting, but the best I've found, Doc is concentrating on his music groups and his art (portraits, mostly in oils, AFAIK), and Jackson seems to be flying under the radar, which means he's either got something cooking, or is taking some time off (most of his social media are either expired or at least 10 years out of date).
Wish them both only the best! Look forward to future material, and if nothing else, maybe hints at the Venture Universe?
Go Team Venture!
Wish them both only the best! Look forward to future material, and if nothing else, maybe hints at the Venture Universe?
Go Team Venture!
- by Mr. ESH
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Speaking of Doc and Jackson being ahead of the curve, I relatively recently got all the volumes of the Monkeysuit anthology Jackson was involved in before the Venture Brothers premiered. They’re actually pretty cheap to get used except for Volume 3, which is the longest and has a proto-Brock character in Jackson’s story.
Anyway, a few things occurred to me as I was reading- a lot of other people who worked on them ended up on the Venture Brothers (and Codename Kids Next Door). Also, I remember a while ago that Jackson put his stories from Volumes 2-4 on his blog but he had a story in Volume 1 that he never put up- it was basically ‘What if Frank Miller wrote a Santa Claus story’. Doc even had a story in Volume 4 (which was around when they were working on the pilot). Definitely recommend getting any or all of the volumes (there are a couple recurring stories but you don’t need to read them in order to understand mostly)- very ahead of its time material as I was vaguely alluding to but got caught up in fanboyishness.
Anyway, a few things occurred to me as I was reading- a lot of other people who worked on them ended up on the Venture Brothers (and Codename Kids Next Door). Also, I remember a while ago that Jackson put his stories from Volumes 2-4 on his blog but he had a story in Volume 1 that he never put up- it was basically ‘What if Frank Miller wrote a Santa Claus story’. Doc even had a story in Volume 4 (which was around when they were working on the pilot). Definitely recommend getting any or all of the volumes (there are a couple recurring stories but you don’t need to read them in order to understand mostly)- very ahead of its time material as I was vaguely alluding to but got caught up in fanboyishness.
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