![]() MICHELLE: I like how we get to see Jonas Venture interacting with young Rusty. Especially when Action Man says “Ashes… to Ashes” at the end of the scene. The (bad) David Bowie impersonation hints at where they’re going from the very first line, but as soon as they get to the original Doctor Venture yelling “Ground Control to Major Tom!”, it’s gone to a special place of pop genius. GRAEME: Talking of pop culture references: This episode really might have the greatest opening in Venture Bros history. Nice little tidbit for those of us who recognized the character name. MICHELLE: Don’t forget how we find out Kato (from The Green Hornet) is Doctor Venture’s caretaker, kind of like how the brothers have Brock Samson. By the point, the show’s really come into its own with the mix of outright parody (Dean’s dead-on exclamation of “G-g-g-g-ghost pirates!” or the Pirate Captain’s outright disdain for Dean noticing that they weren’t actually really ghosts: “What gave it away? Was it THE ZIPPER?”), more subtle comedy of failure (Rusty’s journal entries) and pop-culture references. GRAEME: It’s kind of surprising that it took six episodes to get to completely eviscerating Scooby-Doo – especially considering that Hank dresses like Fred all the way through the end of the third season – but “Ghosts of The Sargasso” really doesn’t disappoint. This week, Michelle Castillo and Graeme McMillan talk about Season 1/Episode 6: “Ghosts of the Sargasso” Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and Techland’s Hive Mind is taking the occasion to re-watch the exploits of Hank, Dean, Brock and Dr. ![]() Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. ![]() Follow at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. ![]()
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