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" I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character. "

Christopher McCulloch

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" The basic idea of 'The Venture Brothers' was taking the world of 'Jonny Quest' and jumping back into 30 years later, seeing how someone who grew up like Jonny - with that kind of space race enthusiasm and disregard for other cultures - would turn out. Dr. Venture is a boy genius who didn't grow up to be what he should have been. "

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