Venture to [adult swim]

There are a number of things to like about Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. One of the best things to check it out with is Venture Brothers. A take-off of Jonny Quest and comic books, Venture Brothers hits the high notes of hilarity without having to resort to the normal super-vulgarity or violence other [swim] shows seem to thrive on (not that there's anything wrong with that).

And there's almost always a superb line every episode. Last night's episode ("Victor. Echo. November.)" had a few:


"There were two side effects. One: he can mess up a guy just by touching him. And two: he became a humorless dick."

The Monarch, describing The Phantom Limb's origin.

"Ah, c'mon! Why does that happen? I shook it so hard, I almost hit that pink puck."

Hank, lamenting the fact that he had a"pee stain"

on his pants after using the urinal.

"We need one of these at home, it's better than riding sideways on a swing."

Hank, while using the hot air hand dryer to

dry the aforementioned stain off his pants.

"Dude, stop wailing on my junk!"

Hank to Dean, who was trying to put out the

fire on his pants caused by the hand dryer.

As if that weren't enough, we had a naked, blood-covered Brock in full assassin mode, the beautiful (if deep voiced) Dr. Girlfriend, the boys on a date, Dr. Venture using a Christmas Tree stand as as tourniquet...

The only thing that was missing was deadly mercenary Molotov Cocktease.

Check it out Sunday nights. And Season One is on DVD.

{Sorry about the weird way the lines ended up. I tried fixing them four times before I gave up. (Still not used to Blogger, I guess.)}