Ren & Stimpy: Never The Same Face Twice

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Thad Komorowski, “Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story” BearManor Media 2013
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AJ Aronstein, “20 Years Later, Looking Back at the Twisted Genius of Ren and Stimpy” (via SplitSider) 2011
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Andy Meisler, “Ren and Stimpy's Triumphant Return” (via The New York Times) 1992
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Martin Goodman, “Cartoons Aren't Real! Ren and Stimpy In Review” (via Animation World Magazine) March 2001
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Jaime Weinman, “Ren & Stimpy: Never before, never again” (via Maclean’s) 2013
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Abbinurmel, “Nickelodeon Nitpicks 2- Why Ren and Stimpy Worked” (Abbinurmel’s Deviant Art page) 2013-2016
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Documentary: “The Man from Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett” (featuring John Kricfalusi) 2004 (DIR: Constantine Nasr)
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Lauren Duca, “How The Creator Of 'Ren & Stimpy' Changed The Face Of Cartoons (And Then Got Fired)” (via The Huffington Post) 2014
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@cookieintheinternet 7 лет назад

It hurts so much when he... ugh... pulls the nerve endings out.

@cookieintheinternet 7 лет назад

I found it disturbing, but I loved it at the same time. They were really bold by showing these stuff. By the way, I'm seventeen, so I didn't watch it when it was originally aired, but I watched it for the first time as a kid too.

@girdvoicez7136 7 лет назад

Sp_Zo ugh reminds me when I went to the dentist and pulled out the nerve ugh I will never forget that pain

@joedufour8188 6 лет назад

I was 7 when it came out and watched it constantly. Of course back in those days you had to walk 15 miles barefoot in the snow to the nearest television, which back in those days they were called teletubbies. Anywho we used to love tossing that stick across the clothesline. The end.

@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx 5 лет назад

Sp_Zo why is this such a big deal to people.

@thomasberry3364 5 лет назад

*wet heave*

@tysonasaurus6392 7 лет назад

You can actually see a lot of the same style in Spongebob because multiple people who did Ren and Stimpy, made the early seasons of Spongebob

@huntmastergutentag557 5 лет назад

spongebob was also created by a guy that worked on Rocko's Modern Life, which was a peer of R&S for a while. same with Phineas and Ferb.

@huntmastergutentag557 5 лет назад

@@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury i didnt say it did.

@huntmastergutentag557 5 лет назад

@@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury it was jeff marsh that worked on P&F, not joe murray

@renhoek7292 5 лет назад

Vincent Waller worked with John K in the Spumco era, to make episodes like Man's Best Friend. Vincent also worked on the early seasons of Spongebob.

@mikeywise3411 4 года назад

Ren Höek hes also the current showrunner

@carkkkent57 5 лет назад

It's not all about John K. Let's not forget the genius of co-creator Bob Camp!!

@mergieismoronic 4 года назад

+Will Hopkins Genius?

@yosefdemby8792 4 года назад

Jim Smith, im Gomez, Lynne Naylor, they all contributed to the creation and development of the show.

@ZacTheFirst 4 года назад

John K. was actually only part of Ren and Stimpy’s first 2 seasons, it had 5 seasons

@moghraliamneeson 4 года назад

Will Hopkins Bob Camp is awesome but don't forget how great Billy West's voice acting made the show too. They're both great!

@Z3RO5286 4 года назад

If only if the show was revived and was like season 1 and 2 level without john.k.

@mafistowaltz4857 4 года назад

Dude. I swear. Watching some R&S episodes was like taking an acid trip. LOL LONG LIVE REN & STIMPY

@TaranVH 8 лет назад

oh god, the nerve endings...

@dogdick7486 8 лет назад

remember, they were for the nerve ending fairy?! :-):-):-)

@dogdick7486 8 лет назад

+Paul South never was too much, i mean, was always too much. but that was the genius!!! this show was absolutely epic in every way. Wayyyyy ahead of its time. A true timeless classic. I lived the new episode when i was a child. was like Christmas once a week! :-):-):-):-)

@dogdick7486 8 лет назад

*lived for

@Bee-cw9ho 7 лет назад

Paul South I guess it got on your nerves

@WarriorsCats321 7 лет назад

If you put your nerve endings under your pillow tonight, the nerve ending fairy will come and take them away. And she'll leave you hundred dollar bills!

@eddieking2976 8 лет назад

The horse always got me. "No sir, didn't like it. "

@lxvlx 8 лет назад

no, it was "no sir, I don't like it".

@eddieking2976 8 лет назад

+diggity pap it was the scene where the horse jumped from a building. he did say, no sir I didn't like it. research it.

@lxvlx 8 лет назад

Eddie King yup, there was one occasion.

@eddieking2976 8 лет назад

+diggity pap Hope I didn't come off sounding snarky. Have a great one.

@lxvlx 8 лет назад

Eddie King Not at all :). and yes, you are completely right. And double yes, I did remember that one occasion prior to mentioning it, but assumed you made a mistake rather than quoted that one particular occasion.. hehe.. R&S kru unite :)

@0e0 7 лет назад

John K spoke to my school at an assembly in Grade 8... he was fantastically weird and driven. It was refreshing

@mikusmom 5 лет назад

Wait a minute. . . WHAT THE FUCK!!!

@derflerp538 5 лет назад

Then again... I wouldn't be surprised if there really were that many people like that in the world. It seems the worst people always end up on top. Oh, well. I'm getting tired of always having to separate the art from the artist, but it continues to be necessary.

@petez470 5 лет назад

Billy West spoke at my University. He asked everyone who had a tape recorder (yes TAPE recorder) to come up front, where he proceeded to do a voice message for their answering machines...

@caydenlaffey2019 5 лет назад

He was driven to do something...

@simonapril3381 4 года назад

@Johnny Morphine stop lying. It was just ACCUSED, not sentenced guilty. Then again, why does it matter to you? Judge the artist from his art, not from his personal life and his mistakes!

@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos 5 лет назад

I remember seeing Stimpy's Great Invention when it first aired. My friends and I were coming down from a night of partying and we were rolling on the ground clutching our bellies from laughing to the point of pain. God that was a really great laugh. I wish I could laugh like that more often.

@NitroHak 8 лет назад

"Happy happy, joy joy" It's still stuck in my head after all these years

@LimeyLassen 8 лет назад

+C̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶s̶o̶n̶ It's a song about a whale

@klyanadkmorr 8 лет назад

+C̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶s̶o̶n̶ Happy happy happy happy happy happy happpy happy happy happy Joy JOY JOY!! *NOOOO! Don't Touch the SHINY RED BUTTON!* *THE JOLLY RED CANDY LIKE BUTTON!!* =D My life in cartoons in college/working =D

@r.babylon2885 7 лет назад

Try actually paying attention to the lyrics. They're awesome. I recited them to some coworkers a while back. They were floored.

@Magus12000BC 7 лет назад

Allen Babylon - "I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! Why didn't you believe me!?" I'm shocked you weren't fired.

@teethgrinder83 7 лет назад

C̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶s̶o̶n̶ I had totally forgotten about that song-needless to say for at least the rest of today I DEFINITELY won't forget it lol

@damascus21 8 лет назад

"Call the police" was extremely unsettling for some reason.

@julioquintana6727 7 лет назад

damascus21 Maybe because they used the ending music from Night of the Living Dead.

@ufotofu9 7 лет назад

Don't forget that that the theme songs at the front end and back end were brilliant.

@lumigg2556 7 лет назад

I remember that one of the things I like the most of the show was the intro...

@gareth0412 7 лет назад

"MY DINOSAUR DROPPINGS......PAINTED LIKE EASTER EGGGGGS"

@ShatteredGlass916 4 года назад

"MY COLLECTION OF.....INCUREABKE DISSEASES"

@cerisejones8061 4 года назад

Bubble gum all over my opera records...

@DCMACNAMARA-vh6op 4 года назад

@@ShatteredGlass916 VIOLATED!

@crackmonster99 8 лет назад

It's not just the animation it's the writing. Some of those quotes just stay with you like "I told you I'd shoot but you didn't believe me. Why didn't you believe me?" or "Call the police".

@BrianBlessedsBumhole 6 лет назад

It is not I who am crazy... IT IS I WHO AM MAD!

@whoismatteo3737 5 лет назад

Oh shit I had no idea that it said "I told you I'd shoot", I thought it said "I told you I'd do it". Thats fucking hilarious

@Badastro59 5 лет назад

What makes this more hilarious, is the parody of Burl Ives ,Who did great serious Acting, and Children music, So The happy happy joy joy song is a Burl Ives clone, Now Burl Ives is singing a kids song , then Morphs's into the character he plays in the film "A Big Country (1958) " where he kills his son for not fighting fair in a duel " I told you I'd Shoot" watch the film and Stimy's invention, together

@PhilieBlunt666 5 лет назад

Oh.my beloved ice cream bar....

@browsertab 5 лет назад

It is DISCIPLINE that begets LOOOVE!

@snwboi4evr 8 лет назад

Courage the cowardly dog is also messed up.....gave me nightmares man

@TheAmazingTwist 8 лет назад

+BabyFESUS Return the slaaaab!

@MarkArandjus 8 лет назад

+TheAmazingTwist ♪ It's Doc Gerbil's wooooorld! It's Doc Gerbil's Wooooorld!

@csscszcsgv 8 лет назад

+BabyFESUS Courage is Kafka for kids. Really great show too.

@snwboi4evr 8 лет назад

+Tesla-Effect true , courage was good but still gave me nightmares as a kid:/

@dorothyallspice1862 7 лет назад

H.O.S Same, but still it was a great show.

@merpins 7 лет назад

John K. was fired because he could never make deadlines and was notoriously hard to work with.

@AfroNinja360 7 лет назад

Don DeSilva Yeah, kinda sucks that John was a bit too much of a perfectionist. Especially in the TV business.

@NickRiddle707 7 лет назад

AfroNinja360 hard to work with is matter of opinion I'd imagine most comedians aren't normal co-workers

@merpins 7 лет назад

Hard to work with from the studio's perspective, as well as for other people that had as much if not more control over the works being produced as John K. had. As an animator, working for someone is easy enough; you do your work and turn it in, then make revisions or corrections if need be. Unless your boss is a total jackass, animating for someone is just fine, and he was no different... He was hard to work with when it came to decision making and producing films as the people that made decisions alongside him, as well as the people that were above him, had to go with his ideas as he would refuse to work otherwise.

@phuckyoo8443 7 лет назад

that happens with geniuses

@allendrake6960 7 лет назад

I think his point is that when this rumor of him being hard to work with is brought up, the comments seem to either involve saying "yeah, but that's because he spends too much time trying to make it perfect" or "WELL, geniuses are known for not working well with others! Probably their problem!". It's a complete avoidance of acknowledging him being hard to work with if the reasoning is saying "JUST A PRODUCT OF HIS GREATNESS!". I love Ren and Stimpy and have always admired the risks it took for "children's cartoons", but any mention of a bad reputation isn't resolved by claiming it was always actually for good reasons. Maybe he had a temper and was overly controlling (not claiming he was, idk), but according to these comments, any criticisms of his work ethic are secretly admirable things like "he just works too damn hard". It comes across as excuses to continue to call him great. Maybe he was hard to work with outside of factors relating to him being a genius, and people pretending that isn't or couldn't be the case is obnoxious and dishonest.

@MnemonicHack 6 лет назад

It really was a gem that gave kids a glimpse into a world that wasn't covered in family-friendly jokes and lighthearted fun. It treated kids like adults in a sense; it didn't pull punches for showing graphic and disturbing content, because in real life, right next to that sunny day and picnic in the park, there were the dark nights and the scary people. There was violence in the real world, and by trying to shield kids from it as much as possible, people were ultimately hurting them when those kids grew up and didn't know how to cope. It's like an immune system; you need to introduce the bad stuff to build up a reaction. Ren and Stimpy gave us a hint at that bad stuff, next to gross humor that made us laugh.

@ryan_cowan 5 лет назад

I guess if more kids watched Ren and Stimpy then we wouldn't have to suffer from safe spaces, trigger warnings, and Twitter warriors cracking down on every kind of offensive speech

@wintaassefa8479 5 лет назад

are you a writer or something? Not to over-react or anything but that paragraph was incredibly well-put

@stormdodunski2386 4 года назад

i use to sneak outve bed at 2am to get up in watch this as a kid when my parents went to bed, thats what time it aired in new zealand, i remember being so mesmerised by it, never saw anything like it

@andthebanshees 4 года назад

Ryan Cowan that’s fucking dumb. some kids go through trauma you know and need trigger warnings... a fucking cartoon won’t change that. sorry that you can’t seem to understand that

@andthebanshees 4 года назад

E. L. no it's sad that yall have no fucking empathy. the real world doesn't have trigger warnings yes and??? does it really bother you weirdos that much to warn someone?? kids get fucking raped and abused and you people think a cartoon is gonna make them tougher youre all sick.

@nemraps 8 лет назад

LMAO I remember that walrus whispering "call the poliiiiice" and I kept rewinding the VHS I recorded it on over and over again. so funny. That and the Log song

@jerflm0044 8 лет назад

+NemRaps ever see the ultra-disturbing film 'Tusk'? That guy was definitley a Kricfalusi fan.

@officialgoogleyoutube 6 лет назад

+Brian Hensley, it's a crime that the network forced them to add "rubber".

@timmarrier 6 лет назад

NemRaps That scene almost has to be one of the most disturbing scenes for a children's cartoon in the history of all network television. When Ren is recoiling in terror, chattering, "PLEASE, I THINK ONE MISTAKE IS ENOUGH!!!" , I was saucer-eyed and didn't sleep right ever since. That was 30 years ago too.

@bobvelocity 6 лет назад

I've literally just sang the log song to the guy I sit next to at work. It's what brought me here.

@timmarrier 6 лет назад

hell yeah, the log song was awesome, like the muddy mud-skipper too. It's the randomness, the sobering, stark randomness, that just kills me every time. I am just on the floor with it.

@olaolu6847 8 лет назад

My little sister's first words were "Happy Happy Joy Joy".

@Maztuhmind 8 лет назад

joy (stimpy voice)

@froakie1404 7 лет назад

Ola Olu Oh Joy!

@BrianBlessedsBumhole 6 лет назад

I think that beats mine, which was apparently 'Persil'

@ArcturusOTE 4 года назад

Oh fu-

@tinaschmidtsart 5 лет назад

Great commentary! I used to go to a friend's house (we were in our 30's-40's). We laughed our guts out at how extreme and expressive the characters were. The exaggeration were goodly gross! And we lived it!

@jeanniceferrier3418 7 лет назад

I am so glad someone fibally made something enlighting the genius of John K. His talent is so highly forgotten and underestimated. This cartoon revolutionized animation by working with storyboard based cartoons instead of scenario based ones that were real pain in the asses in the production. He pushed the boundaries of what could be acceptable beyond the erotic and swearings by tackling with pure, raw insanity (not some stereotypical pre made goo, but rather the unfiltered pulsions and pain of his troubled creator. (yes, John K did Ren voice.) and very few artist actual decide to show it directly through the speech and action of a character, and not through abstract forms like a cubist per example. )Every second of his show is a piece of art hidden with the most outrageous and violent topics. Thank you guys so much for sharing this with the world.

@isaacvazquez627 4 года назад

The reason why his talent was forgotten and dismissed is because his style was not original. Bob camp literally did exactly the same, to the point that he actually replaced John K when Nickelodeon fired him.

@kalliste01 8 лет назад

I'm so happy with the inclusion of Log, Powdered Toast Man and the happy happy joy joy song. That nerve ending scene will always be seared into my brain.

@wir8 8 лет назад

+Kalliste +1 for the nerve ending scene.

@rampant1apart 8 лет назад

I did NOT see this analysis coming, but it's great! Ren and Stimpy stands out as such a bizarre anomalous blip upon my childhood. It is etched deeper into my psyche not just because it got to me in my formative years, but because it was so aggressive in its mission. While other shows try to negotiate and entreat a place in my memory through subtlety and clever characterization, Ren and Stimpy hacked down the door to my brain with a conspicuously bloody fire axe, cackling, shrill and oozing various fluids rendered in loving detail.

@ronark4933 8 лет назад

+Pol Subanajouy If you don't write, you need to start.

@rampant1apart 8 лет назад

+Ronark Heh, well I don't write, so I apparently I now must. Haha.

@dorothyallspice1862 7 лет назад

Pol Subanajouy couldn't have said it better pal!

@marlasinger6989 7 лет назад

Your comment reads like Ginsberg's Howl LOL

@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml 5 лет назад

I will never forget the first time I saw the episode "Stimpy's Invention" something tells me that Ren & Stimpy was moved to S.N.I.C.K on Saturday nights for some reason and my parents were out and my little brother and I had a baby sitter, so we were able to sneak and watch the show because they were gone... that's all, just was something I'll never forget for many reasons.

@calderarecords 4 года назад

Ren & Stimpy is a masterpiece. Let me be very clear about this. This era for hand to canvas drawings is long past. Nothing shall ever top it.

@somerandomguy4919 8 лет назад

I never realized how dark this show was during the 1990s.

@chrissybreezy8778 8 лет назад

lol it is dark comedy 👿👽😤but cool

@StephySon 8 лет назад

It was interesting in its insanity

@frigginboom 8 лет назад

Man, I remember happy happy joy joy like it was yesterday after hearing it

@ericdouglas1359 7 лет назад

Same

@bdanielhr 6 лет назад

I always loved the 50's flavor of the show and how oddly that mirrored my childhood. This show hit the mark with me at a time when I entered my teen years and gave me satire of my own youth to laugh at. And strangely gave me a connection to my father who also loved the show.

@ObsoleteTechnologies 5 лет назад

"it rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, over your neighbors dog, " "It's great for a snack!" "It fits on your back!" "It's log! log! log!" "It's log, logggggg!" "It's big, it's heavy it's wood." "It's log, looogggg!" "it's better than bad, it's good!" "come on and get your log" "your going to need a log!" "everyone loves a log!" "Log" from "BLAMmO!"

@olliemad 8 лет назад

I remember watching Ren & Stimpy on occasion, I can't remember any episodes or plots but a lot of imagery is burned into my brain.

@MarkArandjus 8 лет назад

I just realized why I love the Filthy Frank Show. It has that same quality Ren & Stimpy have where it's terrifying, hilarious, disturbing, clever, disgusting, and memorable in equal parts. I'm forcing myself not to look away while laughing my ass off.

@mrbanks456 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, same. Insanity is an art form in of itself.

@VashStampedeDX 4 года назад

I’m so glad my young mind watched this masterpiece of a show

@jstone7365 7 лет назад

Ren & Stimpy certainly stayed in my memory. Also explains my slight obsession with such vulgar intense imagery. I love it.

@cottersay 8 лет назад

When I found my six year old child watching something called "Ren & Stimpy" in 1991, I was immediately enthralled. Even though I was 36 years old at that time, I was hooked. It was an unbelievably great, twisted, warped, and entertaining show (at least for the first two years, after which the great creator was fired/left, and things got grosser and far less amusing).

@dorothyallspice1862 7 лет назад

cottersay I thought the later episodes were tolerable and had their own charm too. But personally I found the first two seasons much more entertaining.

@BrianBlessedsBumhole 6 лет назад

he was occasionally involved later on. 'Ren's Brain' I think was one of his and is up there with the classic early episodes, of you ask me. One of the most demented of the whole series.

@th3azscorpio 4 года назад

@@BrianBlessedsBumhole The episode was written by him, but that's all the involvement he had.

@RamsesKZ 8 лет назад

I remember watching it as a kid. I was captivated and didn't find it weird back then. These days it makes kinda uncomfortable. Guess that's what society and local culture does to us. We become gray and narrow minded, brainwashed by what is socially or generally accepted as "truth" or "morals".

@Nerdwriter1 8 лет назад

+RamsesKZ It's definitely more uncomfortable now than it was then. And reports from that period that I've seen say that kids loved the show without showing any adverse effects.

@RamsesKZ 8 лет назад

+Nerdwriter1 yeah, I loved those weird shows like "Aahhh!! Real Monsters" or "Ren & Stimpy" and I turned out to be a kinda "normal" functioning member of society. Today's cartoons are definitely more, I don't know, "pale" in comparison. The ones that can actually make you feel something are considered "art-house" or something like that. BTW, love your videos, man. Keep on keeping on!

@SlipsSC 8 лет назад

So if you like cartoons that aren't gross or edgy, you are a shallow person who isn't worth a damn? Everybody has different thoughts and opinions, man, and they are all worth something.

@kush7138 7 лет назад

RamsesKZ I can agree with you on your opinion for sure...but it really catch my attention. Why? Because when I see these elements within cartoons like these and like in "Cyanide & Happiness", it feels like I'm stepping out of the usual cartoon tropes that I'm used to now (I was born in 96). I have various cartoon ideas that mainly deals with action/fantasy. I watch and deeply observe the difference between kids and adult cartoons. To be honest, I like both equally,but I also like cartoons for young adults more because it steps out of the boundaries and always prove to the viewers that even cartoons can be for more than kids.

@AzzWalk 7 лет назад

+SlipperyySnaggleFoot they didn't say that

@mutalix 4 года назад

I absolutely LOVED Ren & Stimpy as a kid! Every episode brought on waves of hallucinogenic laughter, I was a really happy kid cause of it. Anyone remember "Old Man Hunger" ? 😂😭😂😂

@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx 4 года назад

mutalix yes

@th3azscorpio 4 года назад

Loved it as a kid, but appreciated it even more as an adult.

@MainlyYeezy 7 лет назад

"Don't pee on the Electric Fence"🎤

@douglasfisher4256 5 лет назад

Im 72 and I recognised Peter Lorres voice in Ren.

@masonbrown9155 8 лет назад

The only kids show ive seen since that has reached the same level of disgusting was "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack"

@willt.9654 8 лет назад

Or "Mr. Meaty" but for all the wrong reasons

@NitroHak 8 лет назад

+Mason Brown *"Invader Zim"

@RinLockhart 6 лет назад

Flapjack was fucked up as hell but Ren and Stimpy is... something else.

@diegosilva3927 6 лет назад

Rin Lockhart The lepers episode is unforgettable

@archmagemadara6979 6 лет назад

Mason Brown it was scary and gross, but ren and stimpy was worse.

@iNuchalHead 8 лет назад

Happy, happy, joy, joy!

@pudchaa 7 лет назад

God I miss ren and stimpy. Totally raising my future kids on it someday.

@JS-qg1ie 5 лет назад

When you share a name with a cartoon cat.....

@carloschajon7500 5 лет назад

Ha😊😂

@sems1193 8 лет назад

I swear, the people who made this show were on some shit.

@Alumirust 7 лет назад

Or just....Creative.... Imagine how boring you have to be to associate all creativity with mind-altering substances....

@sc0lded 7 лет назад

+Alumirust but LE WEED XDDD

@Captain_MonsterFart 7 лет назад

Nah, animators are pretty square for the most part. A lot Ren and Stimpy was made in Ottawa, which is BORING SQUARED.

@Belgand 7 лет назад

Close, but not quite: "Otto: Whoa! A talking dog! What were you guys smoking when you came up with that one?Itchy and Scratchy writer (in reality, the Simpsons universe version of episode writer David S. Cohen): We were eating rotisserie chicken."

@lochn.s1668 7 лет назад

Quay Tgang and now they use this... It's like a pun

@jimmyqballs 8 лет назад

Still one of the best cartoons of all time. Also one of the few that is just as funny as an adult as it is when you're a kid. A recent show that took the torch was The Adventures of Flapjack

@ArahabakinoKami 7 лет назад

I used to watch it with my mom when I was a teen. Good times.

@Gasinduced 7 лет назад

Shit no wonder that episode was so damn good, spent a whole year making it!

@blackorchids 8 лет назад

As someone born in 1997, this show is only BARELY memorable to me from reruns and the like, it kind of gave it a very ominous feeling to me. Watching as a kid it was on super late at night and combined with the weird tone of the show it became almost nightmarish to my young self.

@Colonel-Llama 4 года назад

I was born in 1997 as well, and AFAIK the show was no longer airing in my area when i was growing up. Finally got to watch it a few months ago and it is my favorite cartoon of all time.

@asderc1 8 лет назад

I like your postmodernist outlook on culture. You go from analysing experimental poems to 90's kids cartoons in the space of a week.

@Nerdwriter1 8 лет назад

+asderc1 Ha! I try to keep a wide scope.

@abigfishinabarrenswamp 8 лет назад

I adore every aspect of this channel. I love you. No hetero.

@Floral_Green 5 лет назад

I’d be more inclined to label it as meta-modernist, if anything

@narcoleptic8982 5 лет назад

I feel sad for any kid that didn't grow up with 90's cartoons. There's an in-between shot during MTV's Ren and Stimpathon when R&S was going off the air where the VJ says "if any of your friends is recording this, call them and tell them they're an idiot." I first saw it on a VHS that my best friend's dad had recorded of it. Looking back, it made the experience so much better.

@planetag310 7 лет назад

This was one of my favorite shows in the early 90s and I was in my '30s at the time. I never knew it was made for kids! It was just such a subversively wicked romp! Thank you for breaking it down for us and making me appreciate it all over again.

@TumpsBudGuy 8 лет назад

My Favorite show to trip too. From the colors to animation style to straight grotesque scenes. It makes my skin crawl and i love it.

@CrimsonNineTail 8 лет назад

I also think Ren and Stimpy was one of the few Nicktoons that kinda gave Nickelodeon their rep for having dark or gross out humor, well, at the time.

@guysimchony309 8 лет назад

Yeah, besides Korra I can't think of any show they've made in the past 5 years that's worth watching

@Krystalmyth 5 лет назад

CrimsonNineTail Nick owes a lot to this show and they'll never admit it.

@rakohus 5 лет назад

It's not the kids that are soft - it's the parents. Curiously, they are part of the original Nickelodeon generation

@LunaSea777 5 лет назад

Yes and then came rockos modern life

@stonerdemon 7 лет назад

John K doesn't get all the praise he deserves. Besides being one of the most creative American animators since Chuck Jones, he was the first to make a cartoon using Flash. And now virtually every show on TV is made with that software.

@Captain_MonsterFart 7 лет назад

I'm making a show in Flash right now.....it's like animating while wearing oven mits. Pretty hard to do Ren and Stimpy sorts of drawings i tell you.

@stonerdemon 7 лет назад

Erratum,huge erratum: John is Canadian.

@stonerdemon 7 лет назад

There's an excellent article about that topic on John's blog.

@gfearnley2634 7 лет назад

First of all, he certainly does get the praise, at least within the animation community, of being one of the most talented and creative TV animators in our modern era. Like, certainly he himself tended to work in a way that openly defied the usual expectations of networks from cartoons back then, and for that there are a lot of people in the industry who are thankful. For a lot of people he really is a hero, or at least an idol. Unfortunately, his is the kind of creative genius that burns bridges, and became unpalatable once his work became less relevant. He's a good example of what happens to talent in the animation industry without professionalism. (of which his sins are many.) I mean, you can't really be the kind of guy who had as extreme opinions as he did and end up 'beloved' in the traditional sense like Glen Keene or Richard Williams. However, he has definitely carved out his place in the Hall of Big Animator Names, though perhaps as more of an inspiration to people determined to stay off the beaten path.

@B1SCOOP 7 лет назад

He's great animator but he was never great as story-teller.

@SecondMoopzoo 7 лет назад

Man, I'm so glad you made a video on this cartoon. One my favorite parts of childhood was watching VHS tapes of random Ren & Stimpy episodes my parents taped for my sister and I to watch when we were growing up. I think you did it justice with your review, and I'm glad you cared enough to put this much thought in. You gained a subscriber in me.

@Gii7077 8 лет назад

Ren and Stimpy are way existential.

@mamalama7204 8 лет назад

Clueless

@CrimsonNineTail 8 лет назад

This was a great video. My sister and I grew up with Ren and Stimpy's insanity. We love it to this day. We question it now...but we still love it. This was also good insight into the TV series. I also heard one of the show's problems was the delayed and missed deadlines, like with what you mentioned with Stimpy's Invention.

@NickHunter 7 лет назад

"call the police"

@andrewtheodorethomas 4 года назад

He was raping the walrus

@ihopetowin 5 лет назад

John K. was the Mozart of animation; he got a raw deal. I still watch Ren & Stimpy and I'm 57.

@locha2581 5 лет назад

I’m genuinely interested to know what a 57 year old likes about ren and stimpy. I felt it didn’t really aim for that demographic

@ihopetowin 5 лет назад

@@locha2581 It's a profound animation. I'm 57 now, but I saw it when it was new. In any case, popular culture is worth keeping an eye on so there is an understanding of what makes contemporary issues and people tick. The more eclectic one's interests, the greater the volume of life experience. Yes, even in a brilliantly crafted cartoon.

@th3azscorpio 4 года назад

@@locha2581 The shows humor is timeless, and it was way ahead of it's time. When people look at Ren and Stimpy, they only look at the surface stuff, such as the grossout segments, and the disgusting closeups. This show was a carefully crafted masterpiece.

@Lucols4 8 лет назад

Do a Hey Arnold! one someday

@Nerdwriter1 8 лет назад

+Lucas Garibaldi Ok.

@Lucols4 8 лет назад

Nerdwriter1 yay

@haiderbeig7621 8 лет назад

+Nerdwriter1 YAY for Hey Arnold! :D

@DestinyQx 8 лет назад

football head! YES!! touchdown! :D

@the1andonlytitch 8 лет назад

+Lucas Garibaldi I always preferred Doug

@yelenaantipova3964 8 лет назад

I'm not a kid and I AM terrified

@Nerdwriter1 8 лет назад

+Yelena Antipova Hahah I am way more scared now than I was then.

@TheXxroquexX 7 лет назад

I like it more now. I liked it as a kid too

@ActuallySanFrancisco 7 лет назад

res and stumpy is timeless. another cartoon from the 90s that i wish would get more love nowadays was 2 stupid dogs on cartoon network.

@ketchupkatsup9805 7 лет назад

Lars Amble Well ain't that cute....BUT IT'S WRONGGGGG!!!

@ActuallySanFrancisco 7 лет назад

haha... hollywood is possibly the best side character in any cartoon ever.

@ketchupkatsup9805 7 лет назад

Lars Amble great show. Definitely underrated.

@lucasstudios1464 6 лет назад

Lars Amble two stupid dogs is caetoon networks ren

@nicolasbelmartino1437 5 лет назад

Im from Argentina and here was broadcasted with the latin dub made in México, and it was excelent. Really great. Look it up

@kevinliang9502 8 лет назад

Ren & Stimpy is as much a children's show as South Park is a children's show.

@h.j.froehlich326 8 лет назад

+Kevin Liang Not sure I can agree there. Ren and Stimpy is a children's show, it's just a wonderfully animated, incredibly gross one. Adult Party Cartoon is what happens when you try to make it a show for adults. To be fair, the intended audience for Ren and Stimpy does skew a bit older, and it does have more disturbing content in it than most people would consider a children's cartoon to have. That's part of why it left such a mark. South Park, on the other hand, is absolutely loaded with gratuitous, detailed violence, profanity, sexual references and imagery, as well as cultural references which most children wouldn't understand or find funny. None of that is meant in a negative way; the show just has a different target audience. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a children's show, or animation in general. A children's show doesn't necessarily have to be brainless or lower quality. It doesn't lessen the product that it is aimed toward children in the same way that it doesn't lessen South Park or Rick and Morty that they're aimed for adults. But those are just my thoughts, so whatever.

@h.j.froehlich326 8 лет назад

Bombshell Courtney I'm fairly certain that what you're talking about is what happened to Ren and Stimpy after it left Nickelodeon and lost a good deal of its charm (to me, anyway)-- Adult Party Cartoon. Adult Party Cartoon was an attempt to make an 'adult cartoon' based off of Ren and Stimpy and often went for extreme gross-out and sexual humour, as well as straying into some very dark and disturbed territory. The original version of the show never went as far as Adult Party Cartoon, but it definitely toed a line in animation that we still stay safely behind in cartoons aimed at kids.

@dorothyallspice1862 7 лет назад

Kevin Liang but South Park wasn't a children's show though.

@h.j.froehlich326 7 лет назад

I'm aware. I was using it as a contrasting example of what a more adult animated show looks like in comparison with Ren and Stimpy.

@clementine3418 7 лет назад

Kevin Liang ikr xD

@Dahkeus3 8 лет назад

Yea, I gotta say that while I never really enjoyed Ren and Stimpy, I do highly respect the series for the depth of creativity and ingenuity that was put into it.

@sandrastreifel6452 4 года назад

One of the greatest animated series, ever! I was a young mother when this first showed, and my son watched it.

@victorjohnson7512 5 лет назад

I was in my late 20's when it came out and I never missed an episode. All my twisted humor buddies at work would discuss the show too...

@JustTavia 8 лет назад

Even as a child I assumed this was for adults! 2 particular scenes have stayed in my mind for years: one is the tooth nerve scene you mentioned, the other is the rubber nipple horse with his walrus prisoner - I think of that one all the time!

@JustTavia 8 лет назад

I've just remembered another scene where Ren has surgery to give himself a third butt cheek! Turns out a lot more of this show is wedged in my brain than I had first realised.

@shockcityshocker 8 лет назад

+Tavia Merritt That was actually Stimpy, and it wasn't surgery, it was one of his inventions.

@JustTavia 8 лет назад

+Burnt Toast Productions it's been about 20 years since I saw it, so the memories are hazy haha. I need to watch it again!

@theSUICIDEfox 8 лет назад

They didn't believe me... WHY DIDN'T THEY BELIEVE ME?!?!??! :D

@kingturner19mt 7 лет назад

lol I love that us 90's kids were exposed to some really twisted cartoons.

@JBAT_X 6 лет назад

TejasTerps YESSSS PREACH ✊

@Johnlindsey289 6 лет назад

What about Spawn TAS, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, Rocko etc.?

@lanethemane 4 года назад

@@Johnlindsey289 nah

@Johnlindsey289 4 года назад

@@lanethemane those are nice works of adult animation

@cerisejones8061 4 года назад

@@Johnlindsey289 bevis n butthead

@Your_Conscience. 5 лет назад

one of my favorite cartoons as a kid

@lolitsmatt 8 лет назад

congratulations, you've dug up my repressed terrified childhood memories of this show

@jasonschneijder2012 8 лет назад

The guy who made the famous anime movie 'Howl's moving castle' also said that they should never make the same expression twice,

@jacobje00 8 лет назад

+Jason Schneijder mister Hayao Miyazaki

@nathanpapp432 6 лет назад

Thats funny because Miyazaki has been rehashing the same plot in every movie for his entire career.

@martyjehovah 6 лет назад

nathan papp the plot he's been rehashing is literally the human experience... Hard to fault a subject so all encompassing as a "rehash" without being willfully reductive and obtuse.

@Johnlindsey289 6 лет назад

+nathan papp Miyazaki is a genius

@patdthomas 5 лет назад

There weren't a lot of kid's shows back in the 90s that I could sit and watch with my daughters and enjoy as much as they did. And seldom did I ever feel such joy as the time when my 8 year old called me a "Fat bloated eeediot!". I was so proud.

@palaceofwisdom9448 5 лет назад

I'll never forget the showing of Stimpy's Invention junior year of high school. Everyone was falling out. "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs." "I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me. WHY didn't you believe me?!" Classic insanity.

@coreyjwingate 8 лет назад

i loved ren & stumpy so much. dont wiz on the electric fence!

@NoahAHall 8 лет назад

+Corey Corey Best episode in the series tbh

@insectlover602 6 лет назад

You wizzed on the electric fence, didn't you?

@SigurTibbs 8 лет назад

God the nerve endings. Never will I forget that.

@kalliste01 8 лет назад

+Thabiso Mhlaba me either, it's one of the first things I think of when remembering ren and stimpy, that and the Log song.

@SigurTibbs 8 лет назад

oh my god that one too. That nerdwriter is correct when talking about how long those images stick in our minds.

@azmanabdula 7 лет назад

Look at his face at 6:17 Look at that shit, The suffering, the mental anguish.... It more art than todays "masterpieces"

@NekroDesignFactory 7 лет назад

Ren & Stimpy. . . Forever my favorite childhood cartoon

@hawaiidispenser 8 лет назад

It always feels like a great injustice when a show's creator is fired by the new, clueless owners.

@Ertain1 8 лет назад

+hawaiidispenser I hear ya'. Anyone remember Invader Zim?

@Ertain1 8 лет назад

+Bryan McCormick Well, for one, I don't entirely understand what you're talking about. But, I feel that, somewhere, a cartoon has the aesthetics of Ren and Stimpy, and it carries on the legacy of the cartoon. It may not air on Cartoon Network, but it's out there.

@PanicbyExample 8 лет назад

Ertain1 well... i mean all cartoons (unless they're entirely commercial and devoid) should have some attachment to the principle of form if not vulgarity and R&S just extended that form to permeate each frame invader zim was a long time ago, and i feel like it and ahh real monsters did things to pander to vulgarity that R&S was afraid would become the third rail and thats fine... um, Kids Next Door was a cartoon i thought was more inventive less "Spongebob" but that might even be how i'd depict the venn diagram would be Kids Next Door on the Left, Spongbob on the right and ren and stimpy as the middle genndy tartakovksy is pretty amazing too #thecritic [()] [ spongebob ( Billy/Mandy < R&S > Powerpuff Girls ) Codename:KND ] ultimately... i was only the audience for these shows during R&S, but i'd still (to an extent) admired the others

@ToroidalVortexLove 8 лет назад

Yes, agreed, you're right. It just feels morally wrong that a story can continue without the creator's control.

@robbrobb7587 7 лет назад

Actually the Invader Zim thing had more to do with the studio finding out that Jhonen Vasquez did Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

@matthewkoch1096 8 лет назад

"Don't whiz on the electric fence"

@jacobkearythesasquatch7825 7 лет назад

this show was fucking epic, I own the whole series

@UTU49 8 лет назад

Kylo Ren is the leader of the Knights of Ren. We have to assume, therefore, that Rey's last name is "Stimpy" and that she is the leader of "the Knights of Stimpy".

@joey4track 8 лет назад

Hmm.. now I'm really wondering if watching Ren & Stimpy as kid is why I am a crazy person today, lol.

@rolandrice3692 8 лет назад

I love home movies

@jimeikner6597 8 лет назад

+joey4track ... YES... more that likely...... thats my story... and I am sticking to it...

@iost5459 7 лет назад

joey4track home movies, hell yeah buddy

@velociraptor4you3291 8 лет назад

"You EEEEEEDIOOOOOT!!!" 😅

@dabunnyrabbit2620 5 лет назад

I absolutely loved Ren And Stimpy, that song "varicose veins" is a favorite.

@VultureXV 7 лет назад

Call the Poliiiiiiice! Still die laughing to this day, even when just that small section is thrown out in out of context. Why can't we have more cartoons like this? Everything has to have a 'meaning' now I guess.

@th3azscorpio 4 года назад

We likely will have a return to this era, as people grow tired of the overly preachy, sanctimonious drivel.

@paulstaker8861 8 лет назад

Pleasant surprise that you decided to cover this. My fav was the insomnia episode.

@LisaJanine 8 лет назад

Funny to look at how different childhood shows were back then.. I remember watching animated shows such as Purno de Purno and Ffukkie Slim (which you probably don't know because they're Dutch, but the titles probably give you an idea) when I was around six, of which the first is now even considered 18+ material on RU-vid. And I can't even begin to imagine such shows being on children's TV nowadays.. Really interesting to note how this has shifted.

@JustWasted3HoursHere 7 лет назад

Best R & S episodes: - Space Madness - In the Army - The cat that Laid the Golden hairball - Sven Hoek - The Great Outdoors JW3HH

@SquallVIIIfan 7 лет назад

I miss this cartoon. The good ol days.

@slickboymcgee8624 8 лет назад

You gotta do an analysis on Watership down man!

@scottmerritt3850 8 лет назад

I'm gonna hit you and your gonna fffffffaaalllll. Fucking love Ren and Stimpy

@neildennis9730 6 лет назад

Last name is pronounced: "Kris-fa-loo-see."

@Triad3Force 7 лет назад

Very nice essay. Ren and Stimpy was such an avante garde show that influenced many of that generation. My friends and I were in middle school at the time and had to sneak behind our parents' backs to watch it. We'd meet at school the next day and regale our peers with the best moments from each episode. I'd also like to add that I think a lot of the facial expressions used in the show came from the books by Jack Hamm, such as "Cartooning the Head and Figure." Many artist and animators have this classic in their library. The minute you flip through it, especially the spread of expressions toward the middle, you think, "wow here are all the faces used in Ren and Stimpy!" I don't know if others have made that connection, but because I never hear people give him credit I wanted to now. :D

@Karimsama 8 лет назад

I need me some Ren N Stimpy. I need to re watch all of it.

@sharichristine3164 8 лет назад

My mom's favorite episode was always the one when Stimpy marries chicken, and then Ren eats the chicken.

@Nerdwriter1 8 лет назад

+Shari Christine King Love it.

@biancaliriano 6 лет назад

Shari Christine You Mean The Episode "I Love Chicken"

@jalilkochai23 6 лет назад

I guess you could say he really liked kids

@420mobskunk7 6 лет назад

jalilkochai23 fuck

@Krystalmyth 5 лет назад

He respected kids as something worth putting effort into.

@wickedcrone3636 5 лет назад

@@Krystalmyth www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/ren-and-stimpy-john-kricfalusi-allegations

@nasa8655 5 лет назад

Krystal Myth r/whoosh

@orangensaft_2219 4 года назад

Jalil Kochai especially litte girls. -_-

@SagooBoy 6 лет назад

Very nice video. As an animator working in television, I've come to understand why that level of perfectionism shouldn't interfere with getting a show done on time, or how to build relationships with other creators and directors. Ren and Stimpy will always hold a special place in my heart (1991-1995 only), especially in the facial expressions, but John K was a bad influence to the animation community with his toxic views of modern cartoons and his 1 dimensional stance on how cartoons should be made. Don't ever loose your voice as a creator, but learn to roll with the punches with higher ups. It's worth it in the end.

@dbag3345 5 лет назад

hack

@kayacolemancoleman9719 5 лет назад

I agree with you ☺☺☺🙂🙂🙂☺☺☺☺😄😄😄

@mjoa1 4 года назад

Yup. Abandon your artistic integrity and freedom for the money!

@BrianBattles 7 лет назад

It's "KRIS-falusi" there, bub.

@gillz107 7 лет назад

Brian Battles Only until I saw this video did I evet hear someone ACTUALLY pronounce John k's last name. Had a hell of a hard time doing it on my own

@GravisTKD 5 лет назад

The mispronunciation of Bakshi's name was a bit bothersome as well. He pronounces the consonants out of order.

@StephanKrosecz 8 лет назад

This is one of John K's philosophies I understand the principles of, but never agreed with as an animator. I understand the need for varied expressions, and agree with that sentiment, but rather than removing an arbitrary limitation it creates a new limitation and stifles creativity in the name of being more creative. Some characters naturally have expressions they gravitate towards, it's part of what creates a visually cohesive character. Due to this restriction, John K's characters are emotive and distinctive, but are only ever recognizable because of their overall design. The only cohesiveness his characters have is through the efforts of the voice actors. which may be his personal style, but ended up being a headache for the artists who worked under him, who he notoriously mistreated.

@DarthChrisB 5 лет назад

Except his work is famous and important and yours is worthless pretentious trash!

@No-vm7go 5 лет назад

Ren & Stimpy: An absolutely legendary cartoon. Genius. Manic, insane genius.

@deckofcards87 4 года назад

Bob Camp's a genius. John K.'s a socially inept pervert who sexually creeped on his (underage) female employees for years. Those early seasons of Ren & Stimpy are amazing, even fascinating in parts, but it's not all due to John K., much of it was Bob's artistic contributions.