Stephen Colbert blows off the Venture Brothers
According to PopCandy, there's some snark going on between Venture Brothers creator Jackson Publick and Stephen Colbert. Colbert, who also has this Comedy Central show you may have heard of, is the voice of the character "Professor Impossible" on the show (the character is a sadistic version of Marvel Comics' Mr. Fantastic).Apparently, Colbert (or more likely one of Colbert's assistants) blew off Jackson Publick with a rather rude e-mail in which he "has neither the time nor the interest in participating in your project" (um, but he had time for the first two seasons, right?). Publick then shot back on his own blog, "Well, maybe I'm not interested in your ice cream, mister!"James Urbaniak, who voices Doctor Venture, even put Colbert on notice on his own blog. I found the picture most amusing.
Being a Venture Brothers fan, I'm saddened that Colbert has become such a big celebrity that he doesn't have the time to speak into a microphone for a day. I guess the role was too much of a stretch for him (get it? Ha! I kill me).
So who should be the new voice for Professor Impossible?

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