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Adult Swim Sunday
"Boo Cocky/Black Fire Upon Us/Jazz"
September 7, 2008 - 11:09p.m.
I like Robot Chicken well enough; it's inconsistent as hell, but at eleven minutes it goes by easy. Plus, it makes excellent background noise if you want to watch something while you do the crossword but don't have ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"The Family That Slays Together..., pt. 2/Snakes N Barrels II/C.O.R.B.S."
August 24, 2008 - 11:08p.m.
Part Two of "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together," the last episode of the third season of Venture Bros, is not touchy feely. Nor is it namby pamby, blubbering, or weepy-eyed. Despite the death of a recurring character and ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"The Family That Slays Together..., pt. 1/Gemberling's Requiem/Spagett"
August 17, 2008 - 11:08p.m.
So here we are–part one of the two part climax that ends the third season of Venture Bros. Feels a little weird, doesn't it? We only started a few months ago; seems too soon to be saying goodbye ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"ORB/Boogie Baby, Boogie/Rascal"
August 10, 2008 - 11:08p.m.
Let's see if we can get this straight: in the Venture-verse, Jonas Venture was a real person, and along with his son Rusty and a team of trusty adventurers, he traveled the world in the name of super science ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"The Lepidopterists/Blaster Of Both Worms/Chan"
August 4, 2008 - 12:08a.m.
Somebody asked last week what Venture Bros would have to do to get a B, and it's something I've been thinking about. Technically, they already got a B–well, okay, a B+--but the average rating for this ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"Now Museum, Now You Don't/Belly Of The Skrales/Resurrection"
July 27, 2008 - 10:07p.m.
We're well over halfway into the third season of Venture Bros, and it's fairly obvious the focus is; while the first season was about introducing the main characters, and the second about expanding their world, season three is ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"Tears Of A Sea Cow/Atonement With A Bucket"
July 21, 2008 - 05:07a.m.
Letting go is never easy. The end of a relationship is the death of the life you thought you had, and even under the best circumstances, it's a rough time. You can fill the void with drinking, with friends ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"What Goes Down Must Come Up/Dethdad/Eating With The Goddess"
July 13, 2008 - 11:07p.m.
There's no question by now that Doc "Rusty" Venture is a jerk. He's also selfish, immature, irresponsible, bitchy, an unreliable friend, and a terrible father. That he's likeable at all is a tribute to the writers of ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman/Dethsources/Scrote Of Trials/Squirrels"
July 7, 2008 - 12:07a.m.
Love hurts. It's complicated, messy, ugly, near impossible to find and even harder to hold on to, like a song you can't get out of your head until you remember the words, except the only way to remember ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"The Buddy System/Klokblocked/The Blue Screen Of Death/The Assy Diaries"
June 30, 2008 - 01:06a.m.
I'm still not entirely sold on Sgt. Hatred being Venture Bros regular. The character design is all right, and the name is solid, but compared to the Monarch and Phantom Limb, I'm just not feeling it. So far ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"Home Is Where The Hate Is/The Revengencers/Beast And Breakfast/Johnny Arson"
June 23, 2008 - 12:06a.m.
So the Monarch and his blushing baritone bride have a new home; per the Guild's instructions in "Shadowman 9," they've taken over the former residence of the AWOL Phantom Limb, located in the stylish super-villain town of Malice ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"The Invisible Hand of Fate/Dethrace/Threshold/The Ballad of Blind Anthony"
June 15, 2008 - 11:06p.m.
One of the most important aspects of world-building in an on-going series is creating the illusion that the universe your heroes inhabit still goes on in the empty spaces. You've got a certain number of minutes each episode, and ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
June 8: "The Doctor Is Sin/Dethgov/Krystal Light/Showdown In Magic City"
June 9, 2008 - 10:06a.m.
Humiliation comedy and continuity make for strange bedfellows. The former works to put characters in situations that are embarrassing without being pathetic, but the latter makes sure none of those situations are ever forgotten, making each new misadventure the culmination ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
"Shadowman 9: In The Cradle Of Destiny/Dethcarraldo/Mud Days And Confused/Bikes For Bombs"
June 2, 2008 - 11:06a.m.
The first episode of The Venture Bros. I ever saw was "The Incredible Mr. Brisby." It's from the first half of Season One, and it's pretty good; I'd argue that the series didn't really find it ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
May 25th: "P.R. Klok/Pile M For Murder/Hands Up/The Funeral"
May 26, 2008 - 09:05a.m.
Good news, everyone! Bowing to the will of the republic, The A.V. Club Watches Adult Swim Because I Don't Leave The House On Weekends has been split into two easy to swallow entries, Saturday Night Action Etc. and ...
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Adult Swim Sunday
May 17 - 18, 2008
May 19, 2008 - 10:05a.m.
So, welcome to the AV Club's Adult Swim coverage! I'll be your host for this evening–drink all you want, but please use the coasters, they're there for a reason.
Saturday:
The anime block opens with Bleach ...
