Venture Bros. Halloween Special Announced at Upfront Event

Adult Swim announces new programing at their Upfront Event in New York. Adult Swim is picking an impressive program lineup for 2012 and 2013, which includes an untitled Harold and Kumar project and a animated series from Community’s Dan Harmon. Other shows in development are Rick & Morty, Colonel Walace, Coffin Dodgers, Green Bench, Freestyle Love Supreme, King Star King, and Rolling with Dad. Also announced at the Upfront Event is the Venture Brothers Halloween Special which is scheduled to premiere later this fall on Adult Swim!

THE VENTURE BROS. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

This October on Adult Swim, the Venture Family fills your Halloween goody bag with fun-sized Truth. Created and directed by Jackson Publick and written by Publick and Doc Hammer, both of whom also provide voices for the special, the Venture Brothers Halloween Special is being animated by Titmouse, Inc.

UPDATE: The Halloween Special is a half-hour episode, one of ten episodes being produced for Venture Brothers Season 5.


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Venture Bros. Season Five to Premiere in 2013

Jackson Publick writes to Mantis-Eye with news regarding the Venture Bros. Season 5 premiere.

Things are moving briskly over here at Venture Central/AstroBase/Titmouse. The first episode just shipped to Korea. But you’re wrong about one thing–it doesn’t take nine months to animate overseas. Nine months is more like the time it takes to complete an episode from initial design to final edit, so it includes pre-production. Actually, it’s more like ten months, since we began design on the first episode the first week of the new year, and we’ll be delivering it to the network in early October. According to our schedule–and assuming we keep to it–all ten episodes will be completed and delivered by the end of January. Which is roughly when we’re supposed to premiere the fifth season.

Mantis-Eye adds that Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer will be making convention appearances at San Diego Comic-Con, Dragon*Con and New York Comic Con. There is also a possibility that the trailer for the Venture Bros. Season 5 will be revealed at these conventions.

With this production update, Jackson promises that he’ll be posting on LiveJournal new art from Season 5. Check out Jackson Publick’s blog at Publick Nuisance.

Venture Bros. Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011



Special thanks to Mike at the Mantis-Eye Experiment for this report.

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Pulp’s “Like A Friend” Dedicated to Venture Bros. Creators

Pulp is an English alternative rock band that formed in Sheffield in 1978. The band consists of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards, backing vocals), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Mark Webber (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass), and Nick Banks (drums).

In 1998, Pulp collaborated with Patrick Doyle on the song “Like A Friend” for the soundtrack to the movie Great Expectations. The song was later featured in the season finale of the Venture Brothers, Operation: PROM.

As part of their 2012 tour, Pulp played Radio City Music Hall with frontman, Jarvis Cocker dedicating “Like A Friend” to Venture Bros. creators, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. Check out the video from the show below.





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The Venture Brothers Christmas Single 2011

Over the years, Astrobase Go! (Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer) have produced holiday singles for Ken Plume‘s Holiday Havoc on A Site Called Fred. Check out the new Venture Brothers Christmas Single for 2011.

This year, we get a heartwarming duet from The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch in “Baby It’s Cold In Here.” Baby, It’s Cold Outside was written by Frank Loesser. Originally, it was never intended to be a Christmas song. In its early years it was played year round. In recent years, however, it was recorded by numerous Adult Contemporary artists and began being played as a Christmas Song.

The lyrics in this duet are designed to be heard as a conversation between two people, marked as “mouse” and “wolf” on the printed score. Every line in the song features a statement from the “mouse” followed by a response from the “wolf”. Usually the “wolf” part is sung by a male and the “mouse” by a female. Though the song does not specifically reference any holiday, it is often regarded as a Christmas song due to the lyrics’ depiction of a snowy backdrop, as well as the cozy interior setting that is described by the “wolf” character. As such, it is frequently heard on adult contemporary radio stations around Christmas time.

Check out the rest of the Christmas Catalog from AstroBase Go. Download the Christmas Singles, courtesy of Holiday Havoc on A Site Called Fred.

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The Venture Brothers Christmas Singles

Over the years, Astrobase Go (Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer) have produced holiday singles for Ken Plume‘s Holiday Havoc on asitecalledFRED. Below are all the Venture Brothers Christmas singles released over the past seven years. Click the link to listen and download the track.
 

PEACE ON EARTH / LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

In 2004, The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend gave us their take on the Bowie/Crosby “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy“

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HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS

In 2005 The Monarch and Henchmen 21 and 24 belting out Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” from prison.

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VENTURE AID 2006

In 2006 the cast of the Venture Brothers delivered “Venture Aid 2006″

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FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK

In 2007 the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend tackling a timeless holiday duet, “Fairytale Of New York”

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WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME

2008 was a bittersweet affair, recorded earlier that year “Wonderful Christmastime” by Henchmen 21 and 24.

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THE CHIPMUNK SONG

In 2009 the Monarch recorded a very special gift for Dr. Mrs. The Monarch with the help of Henchman 21 and the Moppets.

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FAN CLUB CHRISTMAS ALBUM

In 2010, Shallow Gravy perform a special Christmas track for the Fan Club Christmas Album.

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BABY IT’S COLD IN HERE

In 2011, we get a heartwarming duet from The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch in “Baby It’s Cold In Here.”

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