The Mantis-Eye Experiment

Some behind the scenes work was going on here during yesterday and a little of today. I joined the current century by coding an updating engine in php, so updating the site is a heck of a lot easier. I just wander off to a secret location on the interweb and write to my heart's content and then click the 'update' button. Sure beats all that old fashioned FTP nonsense. I'll be tweaking and adding things in the days to come, so if you happen to see something that's broken, it's probably me messing around.

Onto more important matters, if you didn't already notice I revamped the Show Info area by splitting it into a couple of sections and stuff, so check that out if you'd like. Sorry I don't have much else to report, but this updating engine sure is spifftacular.

Kramerica wrote:
What is your highest hope for '05? Which way are you leaning towards greenlighting VB season 2? What are some determining factors?

AS answers:
We are set on world domination. It will definitely happen, possibly tomorrow. We're truly excited about everything we're working on right now. But I -- we -- think that the Boondocks is going to be one of the most interesting, brilliant and inflammatory things ever on TV and we're really into it.

As far as the Venture Bros. we [are] absolutely considering a second season. But it's up to you guys. You have to watch it. We're going to air it for the next three sundays at 11pm. So there, it's in your court.

So there you have it. Watch the frickin' show already. And tell all your friends and family to watch it too! You know what must be done.

Meanwhile, Detour will add two adult shows to its lineup. Bromwell High, a comedy set in an underfunded, overcrowded South London school, will have its world premiere on Monday, March 7, at 10:30pm. The Venture Brothers will make its Canadian premiere on Sunday, March 13, at 10:30pm.

Thanks go out to Toon Zone for that news. Can you feel the love?

It also would seem that LJ is back up, so my heroics from yesterday were short-lived. Ah well, such is life I suppose. Good night, kids!

Late breaking news I didn't mention last time because I didn't have the details yet...

Adult Swim has decided to give our little Venture Bros. television programme an experimental whirl at 11pm Sundays starting this Sunday. As far as I know it's only for four weeks--long enough to show "Ice Station--Impossible!," "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean," "The Trial of the Monarch," and "Return to Spider-Skull Island."

What's especially exciting about this is that, through whatever deal AS has going with them vis-a-vis Family Guy, FOX will be airing commercials for The Venture Bros.--thereby exposing them a Big-Ass prime time network audience--during Family Guy for the next three Sundays.

Pretty cool for us.

JP

In other news, I don't think AS put up any ratings for the prior two weeks, but the VB shown on New Years Day night pulled in 398k viewers for second place behind Futurama.

And finally, Jackson Publick updated his LiveJournal once more with news of the holiday season and some interesting pictures and a bit of somewhat vague news that sounds promising but we shall have to see. That's all for now.

Speaking of next year, howsabout those new Venture Bros. bumps, eh? Mighty fine stuff, and perhaps a good sign.

Also, because I'm a super-nice guy, and somebody requested them, here are some screencaps of the X-1. Enjoy!