Underplayed Gems

The Venture Bros. (2003)

The Venture Bros. poster
Genre
comedy drama, comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
7 seasons, 81 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 245 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This adult animated series follows the misadventures of a washed-up scientist, his two teenage sons, and their bodyguard. They are a dysfunctional family of wannabe adventurers who constantly fail and get overshadowed by a more successful rival.

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What happens

The Venture Bros. is an American adult animated action-adventure television series created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on February 16, 2003, the series premiered on August 7, 2004. The Venture Bros. is one of Adult Swim's longest-running original series in terms of years, with seven produced seasons over fifteen years of production. Throughout its run, the series received critical acclaim for its writing, characters, humor, animation and world building. It ended its run on October 7, 2018, with a total of 81 episodes over the course of seven seasons as well as four specials. On September 7, 2020, series creator Jackson Publick announced on Twitter that the series had been canceled. A direct-to-video film that serves as the series finale, Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, was released on July 21, 2023, on digital and July 25, 2023, on Blu-ray and premiered on Adult Swim and Max 90 days later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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