Abusing Myself to Markie Post

--Yeah, The Venture Brothers is back! Woo! Got to say, it's a bold move to not have any of the heroes in the first new episode in nearly two years. True, Brock was onscreen, but he didn't have any dialogue. Doc Venture appeared in flashback, too, but only briefly. Of course, I love the Monarch and all the Guild stuff, so I was fine with that particular conceit. I loved getting some backstory on the Monarch, too. This was sort of an actual origin story, which makes the nerd in me happy. (And his real name is Malcolm? Who knew?) Two fun continuity points came up, as well. First, does seeing Myra (from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills") in the flashback mean that she really may be the boys' mother? It's not like Rusty was scoring all over the place, after all. Second, was the tag supposed to be years in the future? Phantom Limb looked older than last time we saw him. Regardless, I loved that he had a robot arm like Billy Quizboy's to replace the one he lost in last season's finale. No telling if he had his man business replaced as well, but I have to assume.

And next week features the return of Dr. Killinger, so I am giddy about that. Plus, you know, the lead characters may actually make an appearance. And yes, this is just one of those blog entries that makes Don roll his eyes. You know what? I'm old. I don't have to pretend not to be a nerd anymore. I'm not fooling anybody.

--Remember when this blog used to be entertaining? I'm going to try really hard to get back to that over the summer. Well, I can't promise to try. I can, however, promise to try to try.