ORB: A Venture Bros. Podcast

This week we conclude the first season of the show by reflecting back on the earliest, weirdest season of the Venture Bros. We also read your thoughts on S1, and talk about the special features on the DVD.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Join us for a look back at a time when Krampus wasn't old news. During production of the first season of the Venture Bros., Jackson Publick had the idea that Adult Swim could do a big Christmas special with all of their shows. Unfortunately, that fell through, so we get this half-length Venture Christmas Special that features magic spells, a skeevy Pete White, and plutonium ending up where it shouldn't.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Bad things happen when your body becomes uninhabitable. Rusty should have known that when he was popping all of those pills. An incident in the womb led to Rusty incubating his twin brother for 43 years, and JJ wants out. And Hank and Dean don't want a possible new brother running around, so they hit the road, with Dr. Orpheus in tow.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

When a butterfly flies too close to the sun, their buttery wings will melt. At least, they will if the Guild of Calamitous Intent sets you up. The Monarch is on trial for killing a cop, even though nobody can remember the night of the crime itself. This episode establishes a lot of things that will come to be important over the next season, by filling out Dr. Girlfriend's past and giving Phantom Limb a more prominent role in the goings-on.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Funerals are bad enough even if you don't have to deal with fembots. Rusty's old college friend, the robotics genius Mike Sorayama, has passed away. His funeral, though sparsely attended, reveals that all of the major characters knew each other in college, with pasts that are more interconnected than they seem. When Mike's trap is sprung, it's up to Hank, Dean, and the original Team Venture to mount a rescue effort.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Zack Handlen joins us to talk about the standout episode of season one of the Venture Bros., where Rusty holds an ill-advised yard sale attended by every unhinged villain and super-scientist who shouldn't have a death ray. Meanwhile, the Monarch's relationship with Dr. Girlfriend begins to deteriorate, while Hank makes his first foray into entrepreneurialism.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

This week we get acquainted with the Guild of Calamitous Intent, its stifling bureaucracy, and Rusty's Law. The Monarch is about ready to feed Team Venture to the dreaded candiru when Dean suffers an embarrassing medical incident. A timeout is called, the Monarch takes Hank and Brock hostage, and the fate of Dean's genitals is in the questionable hands of Conjectural Technologies.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Things get literally Kafka-esque as the Monarch successfully turns Rusty into a caterpillar. And where is Brock in all of this? He's getting his license to kill renewed, with the help of the boys.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Jeremy Greer joins us to talk about the episode that introduces the Impossible family, and gives us our first hangout with Pete White and Billy Quizboy. Rusty is called to participate in a think tank being run out of Dr. Richard Impossible's north pole base, where he meets a family of very unfortunate Fantastic Four knockoffs. Meanwhile back at the base, a freak accident exposes Hank to a dangerous serum that only Dr. Impossible can cure.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.

Rusty Venture's idea of living up to his father's legacy is... to scavenge his father's legacy. An experimental aircraft designed by Jonas tragically crashed into the sea, and Team Venture is on the way to dredge it up. Problem is, they didn't count on running into ghost pirates. Er, I'm sorry, "ghost" pirates.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, Gwen May for our theme song, and Brayton Cameron for being our announcer.