In tribute to Len Lesser, who passed away this week, imagine us opening this week’s installment with a hearty, Uncle Leo-style “Hello!” He was Jerry Seinfeld’s most beloved uncle, and he was always funny, whether shoplifting batteries or taking extreme offense at perceived slights. This would be a good weekend […]
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The Venture Bros. “The Incredible Mr. Brisby”
At first glance, “The Incredible Mr. Brisby” seems like a bit of a throwaway episode – unlike most of the Season One Venture Bros. episodes we’ve been watching, it doesn’t introduce any major characters and we don’t really see the important players in this episode ever again. But even though […]
TV’s Moments of Joy — Bob Bobinson Bobert
Welcome to another Friday here at spunkybean! If we were old-timey sportscasters, we’d call this week “a real humdinger”. Sadly, we are not old-timey sportscasters, which means that we never get to talk excitedly into big round microphones. But hey, that’s our problem and we don’t want to drag you […]
The Venture Bros. “Eeny, Meeny, Miney… Magic!”
We continue our retro-recaps of Venture Bros. Season One episodes with Episode Four – “Eeny, Meeny, Miney… Magic!”. This is the episode that includes creator Jackson Publick’s favorite joke in the series, so you know it’s got to be good. Besides that, it’s the first appearance of Dr. Orpheus, Triana, […]
TV’s Moments of Joy – Treble Dukes!
Boy, it seems like it’s been a long week. Like, almost twice as long as a regular week… Here’s the thing. We couldn’t post Moments of Joy last week due to some technical difficulties. We had a computer in the shop, and it turns out that you can’t do much […]
The Venture Bros. – Season 1, Episode 3 “Midlife Chrysalis”
After a brief delay due to technical issues (that “PROBLEM” light just kept blinking…), we’re back with our retro-recaps of Season One Venture Bros. episodes. This week, it’s Midlife Chrysalis. Now, when Adult Swim runs the first season, they put this one pretty badly out of sequence. They put it […]