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One of the most popular panels at the New York Comic Con was the Venture Bros panel on Saturday, where creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer were joined by voice actors James Urbaniak (Dr. Venture), Michael Sinterniklaas (Dean Venture), and Steven Rattazzi (Dr. Orpheus). Everything in this article is actual factual information from the Venture Brothers panel, and has been personally endorsed by Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, and ex-President of the United States Warren G. Harding. So you know it all has to be true.

(l to r) Doc Hammer and James UrbaniakThe panel began with a trailer for the Venture Bros Season 2 DVD set, which will be released on April 17. The DVDs will include creator commentary on all episodes and a big pile of other entertaining DVD extras, such as more behind-the-scenes footage of the live-action Venture Bros movie and a section from Venture Enterprises on using subliminal suggestion to aid in weight loss, mental acuity, and avoiding testicular torsion.

At this point, Publick announced a very special guest star to the panel and introduced David Bowie to thunderous applause from the crowd. Publick stated that Bowie would be re-recording all the lines for the episode he appeared in for the season 2 boxed set. When asked by an audience member why he agreed to do this, Bowie commented, "Well, the lads asked, and my daughter is quite the fan of the show..." and continued on in this vein until the increasingly confused looks in the audience caused him to ask, "This is the SpongeBob panel, isn't it?" When Publick and Hammer finally admitted it wasn't, Bowie tore off his wireless microphone in a rage and stormed off the stage, muttering about calling his solicitor.

It was verified that a live-action Venture Bros movie is in the works, with Ocean’s Eleven co-stars Brad Pitt and Matt Damon signing on to play Hank and Dean Venture, Arnold Schwarzenegger leaving the Governor’s office to play Brock Samson, and Sir Laurence Olivier playing Dr. Venture. When someone in the audience questions how Olivier would play Dr. Venture, Publick responded, “Pretty well, I think. He’s been knighted for being an actor and everything.” This sent the panel into a wild digression on how one becomes knighted, why James Urbaniak was not going to play Dr. Venture in the live-action film, and what it would take for them to be knighted before the con organizers turned off their microphones to tell them to stop screwing around.

Jackson Publick stated that season 3 was confirmed, and added that they were “pretty much greenlit for 2 seasons” before another digression into the panel members’ respective urinal habits and how one of the panelists got to see Chuck Jones’ wee-wee. Somehow, this led to a surprise announcement of guest panelist Stephen Colbert (Professor Impossible), who turned out to be some guy from the Bronx named Steven Colbert rather than the well-known talk show host. Steven was permitted to remain on the panel anyway, but seemed to express more and more bewilderment as the panel went on.

(l to r) Steven Ratazzi and Michael SinterniklaasOne questioner began her question by saying, “SCUBA,” which led to the panelists saying “SCUBA” repeatedly to each other, the questioner, and the panel attendees as a whole for 2 or 3 minutes. SCUBA. SCUBA. SCUUUUUUBA. The words mean a thing, you know. You know, this whole section of the panel totally ruined one scene in Bridge to Terabithia that was probably meant to be deep and touching, but became unintentionally hilarious because it involved a poem about SCUBA diving. The Venture Bros crew probably meant to do that, the bastards.

SCUBA.

One questioner asked about the inspiration for voice acting. James Urbaniak said that he derived much of Dr. Venture’s voice from the classic works of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Fatty Arbuckle. Steven Ratazzi said that Dr. Orpheus was a combination of David Warner, Lou Abbott, Derek Jacobi, James Mason, Kelsey Grammar, and Richard Burton before confessing, “I just did what [Doc and Jackson] told me to do.” Sinterniklaas star
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