Rewatch all of Venture Bros

HBOMax is already trying to swipe it most likely in a publicity stunt to showcase HBO as some savior of Venture Brothers to get people to subscribe.

If anyone really thought a show with such a huge cult fanbase that is highly regarded among the animation community and critics would actually stay cancelled and not get immediately picked up by another service or network, you deserve to be swindled.

>highly regarded among the animation community and critics
Why isn't Venture Bros. ever brought up when people discuss and compare popular adult cartoons? You always have your Simpsons, your MacFarlane toons, South Park, Mike Judge, and even Rick and Morty in recent years, but VB practically never gets a mention. Is the show's serialized nature really enough to alienate the average TV watcher?

If so, that'd be weird 'cause it's not like serialized TV shows are some new phenomenon popularized by streaming (Lost, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones), and people always rag on Rick and Morty for being so heavily stuck to its status quo. What do people even WANT?

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No, they were in the pre writing stage.

Lack of advertising, lack of actually being fucking shown. I only picked it up because of a friend 3~ years ago. Before that, all I knew about the show was from the first 2 seasons which seem to be the only ones they actually played multiple times. New season comes out they show each episode once then it's gone for 2 years. If you weren't already a fan or someone who was recommended it, you're very unlikely to just happen on the show yourself. Not enough people are watching it even on here.

pls just leave new york
im so fucking sick of seeing new york in shows and movies.
it's one of the most over-done places.
and v bros completed it with a shitty mob plot too.

I'll admit I just came from binging it for the very first time after that cancellation was announced three months ago, but I honestly don't remember there being many reruns at all. I can remember maybe catching one or two in the last four years.

I've heard the theory that [as] limits the show's visibility out of resentment for letting the creators keep the main rights to the show. Is that true?

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>New season comes out they show each episode once then it's gone for 2 years.
Yeah this was probably a big part of it. Weird too, you’d think they’d show episodes multiple times with how much the show costs to produce.

Because the humor is clever and requires callbacks and a bit of thought, that and its never been on a really REALLY populat network

I thought the show had a relatively average budget since Doc & Jackson do most of the heavy lifting themselves. The credits imply a pretty small pre-production crew, and I can't imagine outsourcing to Korea for 8-10 episodes a season would be that expensive for [adult swim], right? Is it different because VB is one of the only existing Titmouse shows NOT animated in-house?

And why can't [as] just whore out the show with merch like they do Rick and Morty? Merch seems to help fund that show while also keeping it relevant during 2-year hiatuses.

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I often hear VB brought up in conversations regarding adult cartoons from various popular sites such as here, Twitter, CartoonBrew, various podcasts, etc. But one of the reasons is probably that people just forget about it. Only 10 episodes get made like, every three years, and they all air in the span of two months.

vb doesn't have the reddit consoomer audience, so it's not that enticing

it's a cult show. A lot of adult swim stuff has always been a few rungs below your King of the Hills in terms of popularity. I notice you didn't mention ATHF, Sealab, Harvey Birdman, other shows that get talked about a lot by nerds but not much by regular people

Being on [as] is still better than being on Comedy Central, though. And you think callbacks and continuity are the roadblock? I thought people ate that shit up.

I feel like the stigma against the animation medium's potential for more mature audiences also has to do with it. The Venture Bros. is easily one of the best-written TV series of all time while maintaining—and sometimes even surpassing—its own quality. I'm sure it would've been more mainstream and popular if American adult cartoons weren't still primarily seen as a vehicle for crass sex jokes, excessive language and violence, or gross-out shock humor without any attempt at deeper narratives. Plenty of live-action serials have done the latter and been heralded as TV classics for it.

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Jesus christ what the fuck do they do with all that time?

Didn't one of them have some significant health issue that only recently got resolved?

It's probably why they Adult Swim cancelled it, if they were still in the pre writing stage a new season would have at best been finished around mid to late 2022.

Id say

A. It was very plot heavy after awhile so it is difficult to just find an episode to just watch unlike something like Rick and Morty.

B. A lot of the jokes and everything the show is based on is kinda forgotten about. Zoomers dont know what Johhny Quest was or any of those old Hana Barbara shows were. And boomers dont watch much AS and it really just leaves it to Millennials to carry the show.

C. As much as this sounds pretentious, the show and its humor is a bit more high brow? I am not sure thats the word but it doesnt go for the low hanging fruit of being loud and absurd and mean like other shows on AS or other networks.

Well there you go. Merch during hiatuses would help keep the show on the map. Why hasn't that happened after all these years?

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It was also, I think, the only time they got an upfront two season renewal.

Doc did get really fucking sick, like close to actual death sick, its a wonder covid hasn't taken him yet.

I like Morty’s shirt, it’s nice