#christopher mcculloch

[mikyapixie]

My favorite roles he played were Brock Samson from The Venture Bros. & Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove!!!

[cherrygeek]

Rejoice Team Venture the complete series is coming home 

The Venture Bros complete series Box Set & Digital Download out June 20th #VentureBrow #AdultSwim #BoxSet

All 82 episodes of Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros. will be released as a DVD Box Set & digital bundle Just in time for rewatching my favorite dysfunctional family and archnemesis on June 20, 2023 (My bday is in June if you’re asking what to give me). You can’t put a price on my accident-prone boys but if you must it’s $79.99 digital download and the stylish DVD box set is $134.99. The beloved…

[girl-drink-drunk]

you would fuck that old man. i would fuck that old man. we are the same. hold my hand

[fearsmagazine]

THE VENTURE BROS.: THE COMPLETE SERIES - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

SYNOPSIS: Twenty years in the making, one of the iconic pillars of Adult Swim, THE VENTURE BROS., comes to DVD and digital in a box set that includes the seven year run of the show, all 82 episodes (14 discs), plus every single piece of previously released special features.

REVIEW: Full disclosure, I have not gone through everything. I only got the package on Friday and there is just so much, and that’s just the episodes. What I have watched so far is a real “Wow!”

The series premiered twenty years ago in 2003. It was the year my daughter was born and it was one of the late night shows on Adult Swim that kept me company. It was a delight to go back and rewatch the early episodes, especially on a big screen TV with surround sound. Oh, and no commercial breaks. Twenty years may not be a lot of time, but the writing still stands the test of time. From the writing and the music, to the design of the series, THE VENTURE BROS. pays homage to many of the adventure animated series we grew up with in our youth but takes to a whole other level, an adult comedy level. Watching these episodes again was like a trip down memory lane and there were quite a few things I had missed and made me appreciate the writing even more.

I popped in all the DVDs to view the menus and see the list of extras. No wonder they didn’t list the special features in the press release because there are a lot of them. I had never watched any of them before so I took in a few. They were well made, entertaining and informative. As a fan of the show I enjoyed the insight they added to the viewing experience.

Regardless of your level of fandom with the show, THE VENTURE BROS.: THE COMPLETE SERIES is a nice package that provides hours of viewing pleasure for you to get reacquainted with an old friend. Regardless of the nostalgia, it is the writing that made the series a hit. Some of the episodes were saterial of the period they were written in, but the style is such that it remains timeless and the humor fresh.

The 14-disc box set has a combined runtime of 1,968 minutes.

The TV series was canceled in 2020, with the final season aired in 2018, but The Venture Bros. swan song is coming with the film The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart and will be available Digitally on July 21st and on Blu-ray Disc on July 25th, 2023.

CAST (voices): James Urbaniak, Christopher McCulloch, Michael Sinterniklaas, Patrick Warburton, Paul Boocock, Doc Hammer; plus a cast of hundreds over the 82 episodes. CREW: Creator/Director/Writer - Christopher McCulloch; Directors - Jon Schnepp, Ki-Yong Bai, Juno John Lee, Barry J. Kelly, & Ethan Marak; Writers - Doc Hammer & Ben Edlund; Series Composer - J.G. Thirlwell; OFFICIAL: www.adultswim.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/adultswim/ TWITTER: twitter.com/adultswim TRAILER: www.youtube.com/@adultswim for lots of clips and the show opening credit sequence. RELEASE DATE: Digitally and on DVD June 13, 2023

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

[charlotterenaissance]

at any given moment

[therealmrpositive]

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

In today's review, I find that laughter may indeed be the best medicine. As I attempt a #positive review of the 1996 film debut of The Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy #DaveFoley #BruceMcCulloch #KevinMcDonald #MarkMcKinney #ScottThompson #BrendanFraser

Filling the gaps between Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Whitest Kids U Know, The Kids in the Hall were/are a phenomenal comedy troupe from Toronto, spell-bounding audiences with their absurdist streak, and endearingly quotable sketches. In 1996, almost two years after the hit sketch show was dead and buried (literally), the few remaining members took to expanding their horizons with an…

[wojakgallery]

Title/Name: Brick Frog Wojak Known As: Brick Frog (real name: Steven Mathews) is a minor supervillain on The Venture Bros. He is a supervillain with no special powers whose only villainous skills are brick-throwing and frog being. The Venture Bros. is an American adult animated action comedy television series created by Christopher McCulloch and Doc Hammer for Cartoon Network. Country: USA Wojak Series: Pepe (Variant), Feels Guy (Variant) Image by: Unknown Main Tag: Frog Wojak

[docgold13]

Profiles in Villainy

The Monarch

Malcolm Fitzcarraldo was just a child when his family’s plane crash left him orphaned and alone in a small forest in rural New Jersey.  He believes that he was taken in by a colony of Monarch butterflies whom he credits with his survival.  Years later, Malcolm joined the Guild of Calamitous Intent and was assigned the role of henchman to the super villain known as Phantom Limb.  He broke with the Guild’s rules by moonlighting as a super villain himself, creating a butterfly-themed costume and calling himself ‘The Mighty Monarch.’  He did this primarily to arch his college nemesis, Dr. Thaddeus 'Rusty' Venture.  

You see, hatred is Malcolm's true passion, his raison d'etre. He only feels truly alive when he can indulged in unabated rage and any time this anger begins to subside, it is replaced with a crushing feeling of despair. For reasons he was net yet aware of, this hatred has been primarily focused on Rusty Venture and 'arching' Dr. Venture has proven the ideal means of sustaining his much needed rage.

When his father’s fortune finally came out of escrow, Malcolm was able to become a sanctioned super villain and The Menacing Monarch was officially recognized by the Guild of Calamitous Intent.  He built a sophisticated layer and hired scores of minions.  These minions, also adored in butterfly-themed outfits, were known as 'The Fluttering Horde.' The Monarch would go on to further bedevil Dr. Venture as an formal arching endorsed by the Guild. 

The Monarch would later marry his longtime lieutenant, Mrs. Doctor Girlfriend.  Some time thereafter, The Monarch's obsession with Dr. Venture caused him to be kicked out of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. Around this time, he discovered that his father had secretly acted as the superhero known as The Blue Morpho. Aided by his most-trusted minion, Henchman 21, The Monarch briefly assumed the guise of The Blue Morpho so to circumvent the Guild and continue to torment Dr. Venture and his family. Thanks to Mrs. Dr. Girlfiend's influence within the Guild, however, The Monarch was reinstated and allowed to once more arch Dr. Venture.

The Monarch would eventually discover that he and Rusty were both clones created by Jonas Venture. The two are nearly identical brother save for a small portion of genetic material from a baboon that was aided to Malcolm so to avoid premature balding (with the unexpected side effect of a seething rage). Having grown bored with his cloning experiment, Jonas Venture kept his first clone as a son and gave away the second to the Fitzcarraldo family to raise as their own.

Having discovered the truth about his heritage, that his hated nemesis was actually his cloned brother, Malcolm was faced with a difficult decision about the direction of his life. With his wife's support and blessing, Malcolm chose to continue on as The Monarch and rededicate himself to crushing Rusty Venture and all he holds dear!

Actor Christopher McCulloch provides the voice of The Monarch, first appearing in the pilot episode of The Venture Bros., airing on  February 16th, 2003.

[burningexeter]

I did something exactly like this before and it turned out awesome so now I want to do it again or rather give it a new take or a new spin to it.

Here's a fairly solid amount of all the numerous different types of media that I think both fit well in and can share the same universe as one of the top five greatest superhero shows ever made, Christopher McCulloch & Doc Hammer's The Venture Bros., showing the numerous different sides and tones of the same world that you can both read and see below for yourself:

• Yasuyuki Ueda's Hellsing Ultimate

• Takahiro Omori's Baccano!, Durarara!! and Durarara!! x2

• Sunao Katabuchi's Black Lagoon

• Masayuki Kojima's Monster

• Hiroshi Nishikiori, Tatsuyuki Nagai & Nobuharu Kamanaka's A Certain Magical Index, Railgun and Accelerator

• Tetsuro Araki's Death Note and Attack On Titan

• Chris Carter's The X Files Series (First nine seasons, Fight The Future, Millennium and The Lone Gunmen)

• Joss "Yikes!" Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel

• Todd McFarlane's Spawn Trilogy (HBO)

• Tom Fontana's Oz

• David Simon's The Wire

• Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse's LOST

• Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daises and Hannibal

• Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad Trilogy

• Kurt Sutter's Sons Of Anarchy Duology

• Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman's Fringe

• Jenji Kohan's Orange Is The New Black

• Jami O'Brien's NOS4A2 (TV Series)

• Jerry Seinfeld & Larry David's Seinfeld

• Winnie Holzman's My So-Called Life

• Linwood Boomer's Malcolm In The Middle

• Mitchell Hurwitz's Arrested Development (First three seasons)

• Dan "Ugh!" Schneider's Drake & Josh

• John Wells' Shameless (U.S.)

• Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing

#GoTeamVenture

[messinwitheddie]

If you ever watch the movie *A bugs life* I can’t help but headcanon Lich’s voice as Hopper cuz he’s a bully and a boss man.😅 especially the last scene where the ants finally are fed up with him and face him for being a tyrant that he is.

That's awesome you have a voice you can hear for Lich. I haven't watched a Bugs Life in a long time, but I liked the movie as a little kid. I can see the parallels with the characters.

Originally, when I first came up with the concept of Lich's character (Can’t even remember what I originally named him. Maybe it was the same name. Can’t remember. Wow…

Either way, Lich's original backstory/ role in a fanfic [I won't name because I wrote it in middle school and it was AWFUL], was very different from what it is now. The plot of the fuc was a ripoff of the movie ,“Heavy Metal” so Ronnie James Dio or Alice Cooper were the two voices I usually associated him with. "The Mob Rules" and "The Black Widdow" are Lich's theme songs.

BUT Kevin Spacey's voice fits Lich very well, now that you pointed it out.

He is oozing with Hopper vibes.

If I had an obscene amount of money to spend, I would hire these voice actors/actresses/ singers (resurrect them from the grave if necessary) to play my ocs and/or Characters from Invader Zim that never officially were assigned hired voice actors.

At least most of my Irken ocs have voices picked out.

Pepperoncini: Sir Christopher Lee (?) Earle Hyman (?) Even those two would have to pitch their voices lower and more gravely. Cini's voice, especially in his later years, is very, VERY deep and ravaged by centuries of smoking pipe amber. I guess the contrast in his bright, lighthearted, bubbly personality amuses me.

I can’t think of a voice that perfectly matches the voice Cini has in my head. Any suggestions would be welcome.

I loosely based his personality on Phyllis Diller and Vincent Price, to give an idea of his mannerisms.

Spinch: Martha Kelly (so shy)

Hoola: Eric Bauza (His personality is based on Daffy Duck, though lacking in WB toon antics and the lisp.)

Mem: Bette Midler (first choice), possibly Kathy Bates or Meryl Streep

Some of Mem's swarm I have casted

Handoverfist aka Hof: Eugene Mirman

Ferocity: Betsy Sodaro

Skathe: Jenny Slate

Starboard: John Fiedler

Zee: Jillian Bell

Rook/ the Sage: Originally I imagined John Cleese playing Rook, at least in Rook's older years (because he was based on the Monty Python’s Holy Grail Tim the Enchanter) or Suzy Izzard.

But again, now that you pointed out the parallels, David Foley fits pretty well too.

Miyuki: I'm sure plenty of people would disagree with me, but I think Cher (or at least a younger Cher), Lynne Lipton (again, younger), or Cree Summer would make great choices for Miyuki.

Kii: Can't get Melissa Fahn's voice out of my head for her, but any suggestions are welcome. Maybe Doro Pesch.

Soxx: Percy Rodriguez (would have to bring him back from the dead)

Hitz: Richard Romanus

Spork: Lorenzo Music (I just do)

Commander Poki: Brooke Dillman (I love that woman's voice. Boss as shit.)

Frylady Soo-Garr: Kristin Chenoweth or Grey DeLisle. Either. Either or would pull off her vindictive personality perfectly.

Pielord Emis-Gee: Ron Funches

Brewmaster Shakkin: Christopher McCulloch

Yeet: Hong Chau (so spunky!)

Vroog: Billie Mae Richards or Maria Bamford for a living person to play her.

Irken Gir would be played by Rosearik Rikki Simons, just no synthesizers or anything.

This is not a complete list by far. If you’re curious about any of ocs that I didn’t list, you can ask about or make suggestions.

Hearing the voices helps develop the character for me

[blondie20000]

Books I have read in 2023. Rating out of 5 🌟

Drama

Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Rebel Robin (Stranger Things Novel) by A.R Capetta 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Runaway Max (Stranger Things Novel) by Brenna Yovanoff 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Rise of The Governor (The Walking Dead 1) by Jay Bonansinga 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Road to Woodbury (The Walking Dead 2) by Jay Bonansinga 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Fall of the Governer Part 1 (The Walking Dead 3) by Jay Bonansinga 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Fall of the Governer Part 2 (The Walking Dead 4) by Jay Bonansinga 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Mrs England by Stacy Halls 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry 🌟 🌟 🌟

Palace Rogue by William Coles by 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Romance

The Ex Hex (Ex Hex 1) by Erin Sterling 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Kiss Curse (Ex Hex 2) by Erin Sterling 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Hex Appeal by Kate Johnson 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle 🌟 🌟 🌟

This Christmas by Emma Heatherington 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Thriller

Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Godspeed by Nickolus Butler 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Breathless by Amy McCulloch 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Shadow House by Anna Downes 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Watching You by Lisa Jewell 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

I Found You by Lisa Jewell 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Down by the Water by Elle Connel 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Chain by Adrian Mckinty 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Island by Adrian Mckinty 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Too Late by Colleen Hoover 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Verity by Colleen Hoover 🌟 🌟 🌟

Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben 🌟 🌟

Mystery

The Other Mother by Michel Bussi 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner 1) by Sarah Pearse 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Retreat (Detective Elin Warner 2) by Sarah Pearse 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Christmas Killer (DI James Walker 1) by Alex Pine 🌟 🌟 🌟

Killer in the Snow (DI James Walker 2) by Alex Pine 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Winter Killer (DI James Walker 3) by Alex Pine 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Darkness on the Edge of Town (Stranger Things Novel) by Adam Christopher 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Silent Cry (Detective Gaby Darin 1) by Jenny O' Brien 🌟 🌟 🌟

Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar 1) by Harlan Coben 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar 2) by Harlan Coben 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Fade Away (Myron Bolitar 3) by Harlan Coben 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Coffin Road by Peter May 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Cove by L.J. Ross 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Horror

This House Is Haunted by John Boyne 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

The Whistling by Rebecca Netley 🌟 🌟 🌟

Haunted by James Herbert 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[texasthrillbilly]

For the first time ever, all episodes from Adult Swim's award-winning original adult animated series are brought together in one set with The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series. Get ready to experience thrilling action-packed adventure along with acute family disfunction and binge all 82 episodes from the seven season run along with all the previously released special features. The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series will be available to purchase Digitally and on DVD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on June 20, 2023.

The series features the voice talents of James Urbaniak as Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture, Christopher McCulloch as Hank, Michael Sinterniklaas as Dean Venture, Patrick Warburton as Brock Samson, and Paul Boocock as Dr. Venture’s deceased father, Dr. Jonas. The series was created by Chris McCulloch and Doc Hammer for Adult Swim’s late night programming block. The Venture Bros. originally premiered on August 7, 2004, and ran for 7 seasons winning numerous awards including Best Animated TV Series Award at Cineme 2003, the Chicago International Animated Film Festival.

SYNOPSIS:

For the first time in the history of the world, every single episode of The Venture Bros. ever created! Stuffed full of your favorite evil nemeses, and larger-than-life heroes, plus a few smaller-than-life ones. It’s never not a great time to watch your favorite episode from any season, followed by any other episode from any other season. From “Dia de los Dangerous” to “The Saphrax Protocol” it’s all in one place!

It’s the Complete Series Venture Bros. Box Set, twenty years in the making. Including all the bonus materials that have been lovingly created over the years, and carefully curated for you now.

Pricing and series information:

The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series

Includes 82 episodes from all seven seasons

PRODUCT SRP

Digital Purchase $79.99 US and Canada

DVD $134.99 SRP ($129.99 in Canada)

Audio: English

Subtitles: English; French; Spanish

Running Time: 1,968 minutes

Rated: TV-MA"

[superfail]

first draft au designs, will rb this w color later

(context for why lord stingray looks Like That: he was initially gonna be played by christopher mcculloch, and that combined w his color palette made adult swim decide he was too similar to the monarch from the venture bros and needed to be recast. so i based him off a butterfly ray and borrowed some elements of the monarch’s design as a nod to that)

[girl-drink-drunk]

i'm out here loving it! and it? men

[thecosmiccircus]

'The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart' Movie Review

After over a generation of hijinks, heroism, and heartbreak, The Venture Bros. has come to an end. Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, the grand finale to the epic 7-season, 20-year saga, is now streaming on VOD platforms for all to enjoy. But did co-creators Christopher McCulloch and Doc Hammer stick the landing to their life-long passion project? After years of building up questions, are…

[charlotterenaissance]

one of the things i deeply love about gushing about people i find attractive on tumbr is that y'all are the only ones who Get It. to the untrained eye a majority of my crushes seem to be Just Some Guy, but not on here 💜