I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before or just thought about mentioning it, but for anyone who was a kid and loved adventure cartoons of the 60s and 70s, particularly Jonny Quest, the Venture Brothers is probably the best show on television.
You’ve got Brock Samson, voiced by Patrick Warburton — Seinfeld’s Puddy, an ultraviolent bodyguard with a heart of gold. You’ve got the pathetic and yet disdainful Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture. The two boys – Hank and Dean. Hank is sort of Joe Hardy, Jonny Quest, and Fred from Scooby Doo while Dean is more like a geekier version of Frank Hardy and Peter Parker. The show is written by one of the co-creators of “The Tick.”
If you’ve never seen or have no use for Jonny Quest or The Tick, the show probably isn’t for you. Certainly this is not one of the shows my wife and I watch together. Actually, I can practically hear her eyes roll when I’m watching it in the other room — until I start laughing; that pretty much drowns out the eye rolls.
Great quote:
Brock Samson: Don’t you have nothing else to do but harp on Dr. Venture? Why haven’t you tried the World Domination thing, you afraid of the big leagues?
The Monarch: Please. How stupid do I look to you? World Domination. I’ll leave that to the religious nuts or the Republicans, thank you.
What role does Mitch Daniels play?
Well, aside from The Monarch not being affiliated with a political party, I think he’d do. He’s rich, has delusions of grandeur, and is largely ineffective.
I used to love watching Jonny Quest years ago.
SPOON!!!