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Adult Swim serves up the first details and synopsis from The Venture Bros. upcoming animated special "From the Ladle to the Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy. " Frith Almighty, it's been a good six months since we've seen any new  Venture Bros.  but the good folks at Adult Swim are finally ready to  ladle  out a fresh helping! A ways back we learned from Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick themselves that not only had  The Venture Bros . Been renewed for a fifth and sixth season, but that their new contracts included both a 60-90 minute special, as well as a Summer short to tide over fans.  Thanks to the Adult Swim upfronts, we now have our first details of what to expect when the fifteen-minute short drops on July 24th. The second  Venture Bros.  inter-season special in their history, this Summer special "From the Ladle to the Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy" will outline the truly fictional story behind Hank, Dermott and H.E.L.P.E.R....

You are a bigoted, chauvinist pig!.. oh wait, this ad is from 1950 Disclaimer: Please note that the views and opinions expressed in these vintage advertisements do not represent those of Dark Roasted Blend, our editors and writers. We have nothing to do with it. We can only stare at it in utter stupefaction. The ad above is "tasteless", indeed... Maybe people were coming out of depression and they needed to look healthier. Weird lifestyle choices Board the money... or a phone. The choice is yours. Go Gay! and never look back (just don't call your company something like GayStyle, and put it on your business cards): Treating Wives with Disrespect Some of these ads you may have seen before. Do we even have to say, don't try this at home? Do we even have to? Bad wife. Bad: Sexism galore: Some self-defense is in order, then - The Wrinkle is dead. Somebody else might end up dead soon, too: Relatively harmless stuff This is not Viagra. This is better: Jolt yours...

By the time you spot them, you have already become a Law & Order: SVU victim.  Smoke Alarm, $344.95 No one’s going to take another look at a smoke detector if you want to go ahead and nab this one with the wirelesss CCTV camera hidden inside. You may, however, have some 'splaining to do if the fire department catches you telling your neighborhood Starbucks that due to new government regulations you have been authorized to put a smoke detector in every stall in the women’s bathroom. DVR Alarm Clock, $416.66 People still use alarm clocks, right? Like, that’s still a normal thing? Chances are whoever you’re secretly taping in your bedroom won’t be noticing the Sony Dream Machine perched on your dresser. Surprise, it costs $420 and has a hidden camera in it that records directly to an SD card. Before I’m willing to drop this kind of money, I need to know: does the alarm clock actually work? Video Recording Pen, $107.69 A video seer in a pen? What will science achieve next? As I am ...