“Handsome Ransom” (October 25, 2009)
Let’s say this at the top: We are both fans in general of The Venture Bros, but this extremely homosocial show has a tendency to tiptoe up to being full-on gay and then laughing it all off as a joke. It’s a product of its time, and even explicitly gay characters like The Alchemist and Shore Leave don’t get their own episodes. So when it comes to picking one installment of the Adult Swim series that comes closest, we had to go with the one with Captain Sunshine, which sort of works but also makes the mistake of approaching pedo humor in the same manner it did gay humor. And that’s kind of a fuck-up?
Warning: Despite the presence of Brock Samson the art, Brock does not appear in this episode. We apologize.
There are two Patreon-exclusive episode that tie into this one, if you're willing to pay the very low fee of $1 a month! There's an episode all about The Tick: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cartoons-that-us-129745700
And one about Jonny Quest: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cartoons-that-us-131953014
Both have a lot to do with how Venture Bros. ended up becoming the show it did! Have a listen!