Atari 2600 Cartridges Forever

IGN is reporting that The Venture Bros. Season Three DVD set will be arriving sometime in the upcoming New Year. While this year's 13 episodes were a mixed bag (High Points: "The Buddy System," "What Goes Down, Must Go Up," and "Now Museum, Now You Don't" - Low Points: "Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman," and "Tears of a Sea Cow"), only a series as twisted as this would have a season premiere that focused exclusively on the fates of the arch-villain and his hot wife without nary a sighting of Hank or Dean, the so-called "heroes" of the show. Oh, and you simply have to love the retro packaging ... "Yar's Revenge," anyone?

Stuff About Poe ...

... as written in a "round robin biographical recall" by my 11th graders:

1. Poe had a very bad childhood.




2. He was cursed.




3. His real mother & wife died at the age of 24.




4. His step-father didn't like him.




5. His last name was Poe.




6. Poe was 40 years old when he died.




7. He wrote short stories.




8. Poe lived in Richmond, VA.




9. He's dead.




10. His middle name of Allan was not used until after his death.




11. He wrote "The Raven."




12. Poe was most famous for his horror stories.




13. Poe's horrible life was the reason for the horror stories.




14. He was weird.




15. Poe's mother and wife died of TB.




16. He joined the military.




17. Hooked up with his 13-year-old cousin.




18. He had a weird looking mustache.




19. Poe could not hold his booze.




20. He liked writing better than I did.

Winged Black Super-Hero!

Mego shout out this past week in the newest episode of The Venture Bros!

Doctor Orpheus shows off his new prototype action figures for "The Order of the Triad" to his teammates Jefferson Twilight and the Alchemist. Both are suitably impressed ("Merchandising! That's where the money's at!") until being told Hasbro turned down their proposal.

Still, Jefferson is impressed with the customization work: "Did you sculpt them yourself?"

Orpheus: "Oh, heavens no! Yours is an old repainted Mego Falcon."

The Alchemist figure was, amusingly, a "Spock with a bald spot."