What Happened to Ren & Stimpy (1991-96)?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มี.ค. 2024
- I’m pretty lucky, I have lived through some major pop culture events. The Tim Burton Batman films changed comic book media, the birth of Image comics, seeing how Star Trek The Next Generation birthed a new fandom. But one of the biggest events was seeing how, in a few short years, animation would change forever. The Simpsons is one example of how cartoons started to break new ground. Yet there was one cartoon that broke the world of American animation. It was gross, it was crass, it was unlike anything we had ever seen. If the Simpsons were an explosion, Ren & Stimpy were the atomic bomb. Today many popular cartoons can all trace their origins back to an insane Chihuahua and a stupid big-nosed cat. It is undeniable Ren & Stimpy changed the face of animation. However the story behind the genesis of the show is full of rebellion, arrogance, and sadly…. pain. It’s a long and fascinating tale, so put on your Stupamatron helmet and get ready to learn about the origins of Ren & Stimpy in this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten.
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I worked on the Merch for the show. Met John K in Santa Monica with our team of designers and marketing people. I think he showed us the Rubber Nipple storyboard and read through both Ren and Stimpy's part. I remember 2 things. 1) It was really funny. 2) we all left thinking there was "something wrong" with him. We all left with a bad feeling where this was headed.
🎶 "Don't wiz on the electric fence."
“It’s our favorite game in the whole wide your-old!”
That’s the first thing I think of when I think of the show. lol.
As a kid I thought this was the funniest thing ever, it's how I learned "laugh until it hurts" was not just a saying... 😆
I came in the comments just to write that!
When in Dutch you are in doubt about what to do, you say 'wat is wijsheid' meaning 'what would be wise'. Don't whizz on an electric fence is my standard answer still...
Ren & Stimpy still hold a soft spot for me, loved it :)
"no, sir, i don't like it." 😂🤣
"Call the police"
That’s often one of most quoted quotes from that show
@@danielhance1467Because it's funny
Filthy cat box! Lol
I still say this.
Ren and Stimpy + Pinky and the Brain made me feel less alone in my brain during the mid-90s for sure...
In a world that just wanted you to get a boring mainstream job it was a relief.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1kyeah, maaaannnn. Fight the system! 🎸 ✌️
What if you combined the two?
Pinky: What shall we do tomorrow night, Ren?
Ren: De SAME THEENG we do AYYVRY night, you EEEdiot! TRY TO TAKE OVER DE WOOOORRRLLLLD!!!!
At least P and the Brain was funny.
Pinky and the brain!!! Man that was the shhhhiitt!!!I I forgot about that one 😅
Ren & Stimpy are what I refer to as lightning in a bottle. It was brilliant for its time, but would never have a long shelf life.
John K landed that show on Nickelodeon at the exact right time. If it came out in the late 80s or after 1995, it wouldn't have made it. Ren and Stimpy could have only been successful in the early 90s.
Those close up Detailed shots were the fucken best 😂😂😂
like the glistening snot running out of ren's nostrils that have skin so red and dry they crack off...perfect depiction of the misery of being sick 🤮😆
My mom hated that I loved this show. It was my favorite show as a kid and is such an integral part of my childhood. It takes me right back to the early 90's.
I graduated highschool in 96. So I wasn't quite a kid but I was always into R&S.
@@CoopCooper. You must be ab 46? I'm 25 and I'm in that weird part of my life where I'm young to most adults but I'm ancient to my teenage sister for example.crazy how fast time flies..
@@Deyas786 45, but your close. I was 2nd youngest in my graduation class. Back then you could start kindergarten at 4.
Really ? My Mom loved Ren and Stimpy. The first car my brother bought, had a Ren sticker on it (my brother put it on), and we referred to it as The Ren Mobile. She had the Ren doll, who would fart, if you squeezed him.
I was about 14 or 15 when I discovered the show in the early 90's, so I don't think that my mom had any idea of it until I was watching a marathon that MTV aired once. I was already about 18 at the time and I guarantee I was stoned and having giggle fits while watching. Her reaction to just a few minutes of the show was pure comedy gold.
The "Log" bit was a parody of the jingle from old Slinky commercials.
Its still catchy
00Log
I had to teach my husband the words to Log
It rolls down stairs and over in pairs.
@@Thrashaero "What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, and runs over the neighbor's dog. What's great for a snack, and fits on your back, it's log, log, log. It's log, it's log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood . It's log, it's log, it's better than bad it's good.'
I remember when _Ren and Stimpy_ debuted: Disgusting, hilarious, and refreshing in an odd way. Thanks for posting.
Proud backer of the doc "Happy Happy Joy Joy". Loved the show.
The first two seasons is the best of the Ren and Stimpy series.
I loved how this show blended in those unique scenes that had grotesque vivid detail of the weirdest things or people.. They had the perfect mixture of chill, mundane and absurd and psychotic lol it was a good animated escape from reality kind of cartoon
What I liked most about Ren & Stimpy were the depictions of insanity and madness, both visually and audibly. John K. and Billy West did outstanding and memorable voice acting. The screams and slow-burn mental breakdowns were chef's kiss levels of perfection. John K.'s youthful indiscretions are unfortunate but those kinds of...how should I say.....eccentricities, usually come with the territory of great talent.
my favorite was the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAAHUHUHOHUHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@Thrashaero Billy West said the screaming he had to do was pretty difficult, because of John's high standard.
Thank you for reminding me that I know the words to the Log song
Its big its heavy its wood ! :-)
It's better than bad it's good !
The delays in production were poked fun at in a Simpsons episode. IIRC it involved a video awards show, but the clip from Ren & Stimpy was replaced by a sign stating it wasn't available due to production delays.
You got to admit it, it has great animation, adult content, disgustingly tasteless jokes
even brutal cartoon violence but it has some charm. In the 90's, cartoons for kids won't be
too kid friendly. Like Rocko's Modern Life: lots of innuendos and adult concepts, Animaniacs just
got many adult references even content in which the parents were stunned from it.
To me, I don't mind at all. I loved cartoons either kid friendly or not. The 1990s were awesome to see
that in animation. Great vid, JoBlo.
HORSE: NO, SIR, I DON'T LIKE IT!
thanks
Love Rocko's Modern Life. The movie is on Netflix.
Ren & Stimpy was such a blast. My friends and I had a great time with it. Good memories.
Stiiiiiiiiiimpy you FOOOOL!
Yeeeewwwww...[WAP] FAT, BLOATED [WAP] EEEDIOT!! [WAP] You worm! [WAP] You BLOATED SAC of PROTPLASM!!!!
Frank Zappa voiced the Pope. Hard to choose a favorite episode, nerve ending fairy, rubber nipple salesman, space madness, powdered toast man.. The artwork was incredible imo. The Last 2 seasons it def fell off. Brings back a lot of good memories of my childhood.
The Rubber Nipples episode is the high point
Not the gangster babies??
Gotta keep those knees warm😅
Do you have any rubber Walrus protectors?
Call the poliiiiiice...
Nipples huh?
Ren and Stimpy & Pinky and the brain both have melted into one memory, I need to re watch these.
I also recommend Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures as well
I spent some mad nights watching this on acid and mushrooms when it first came out. Still love the show, its a classic.
Sounds horrible
Of course hallucinogenics always have the potential to go bad but it was actually amazing. @@uverpro3598
This show is so weird, I'd think watching it on shrooms would make it come around and out the other side as the most normal, boring shit you ever saw. You know, like how multiplying two negative numbers results in a positive number. Weird show x weird drugs = normal show.
I had this game on Sega Genesis 😅. It took me FOREVER to complete 💯🎯🎮♾️✅
My favorite line that shocked me as a kid and still cracks me up was the walrus "hanging out" with Mr Horse when he whispered "call the police"
😬😆
I want “Happy Happy Joy Joy” played at my funeral.
The log song still lives in my head RENT FREE…
🎶 it's better than bad, it's good 🎶
come down and get your log. log log log log log log by blammo
My parents wouldn't let us watch this show 😅
One of the more interesting tid-bits is that Weird Al had commissioned Kircfalusi to do an animated segment for, "Close But No Cigar" on his album Straight Outta Lynwood. This was right before any accusations had come out. One thing of note, is that despite Kircfalusi's proclivities, it would be wrong to ban the show as other people worked on the show do aren't deserving of the level of disrespect Kircfalusi earns.
I remember watching these with my son and thinking that they were a classic case of pushing out the envelope. You see this a lot. Something that can only be fully appreciated by what they make possible for those who follow. The other thing I realized while watching this is that it is a great example of the importance of people with disparate outlooks working together. Every Lennon needs a McCartney.
Damn... that wig @1:55
Ren and stimpy were on another level.
The original mighty mouse show had mighty mouse getting his powers from a powder he snorted.
I was in high school at the time and watched that show every chance I got because I KNEW some subversive mind was behind the wheel!
That's not true at all. The original Mighty Mouse cartoon where he was called Super Mouse has him gaining his powers from eating food at a Super Market.
Can't harvest my yearly firewood with out reminiscing about the Log song..
This show is a wild classic.
In late 92 and early 93 I lived with 3 other 23 - 26 year old male roomates, and we used to make breakfast on Sunday mornings and watch Ren and Stimpy... until the Tooth Beaver episode. We had to turn it off, and none of us finished our sausage and eggs...
Holey smokes. I did the same with my roommates from college! We only liked the first season and didn't watch the others.
Ren & Stimpy will NEVER BE GONE FOR ME!!! I own 4 seasons on dvd. That show was nuts.
What a piece of work this guy is.
I also say "no sir, I don't like it" to this day. I'm always kind of sad that people don't get the reference.
Same but I don't care that the normies are clueless
6:37 “This series would focus on the adventures of Ren and Stimpy as they went on random adventures.”
hell yeah it would.
REN & STIMPY#1 CLASSIC 90'S CARTOON.
Just ordered the adult party cartoon show dvd!! Can't wait! Little expensive but what can you do.
I still have every single R&S episode [and extras] saved. This was one of my favorite cartoons of all time!
You did a killer job of putting this all together, and it was fun to watch! Again, Great job, and Thanks For sharing!
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Sam -
It's log! It's log! It's big, it's heavy, it's wood! It's log! It's log! It's better than bad, it's good! (Clearly inspiring the "Brick" ad in "Phineas and Ferb")
Don’t whiz on the electric fence. OMG that was my favorite. It was so funny. I loved that show.
It was ahead of it's time
When Ren and Stimpy is burned into your soul yet you didn't know Stimpy was a cat.
Stimpy says he's a cat multiple times throughout the show. How did you miss that?
From the other 100 Nickelodeon Shows Ren & Stimpy is at least in my Top 10
I could've sworn I recently came across an article saying Paramount was going to do another reboot with Billy West playing both characters and of course, excluding John.
Sounds like a horrible idea. I hope not.
Seriously growing up in the 90s was pretty crazy to look back on there has been nothing like Ren and Stimpy since then... some of the jokes over the top abuse definitely nothing like it glad to see your covering one of my favorite childhood shows...
❤ also on a side note the episode where Ren and Stimpy live in a dead whales carcass was pretty amazing ren's rant on kicking him out was EPIC.... he called him a communist among other things
Watched this as a kid and still remember the Log and. Happy Joy songs.
Love it do one on THE MAXX
I loveeeeee Ren and Stimpy
I snuggle-up to my Croco-Stimpy every night to get me to sleep... or just, to stop the crying and screaming. Whichever comes first.
Wow detail after details excellent job of the explanation of the show!
The problem I always had with Ren and Stimpy was the repeated bits of animation that seemed to drag on forever. Like the soap bar eating scene in "Space Madness." Those four bites seem like they're going at a snail's pace, when they totally couldve made the point with just one bite. It feels like there was just a lot of intentional padding in Ren and Stimpy that asa kid I didn't notice, but as an adult makes the show a snorefest to me.
excellent video!
I will always remeber the log song and happy happy joy joy
They were good 😆👍
Then they swerved a totally crazy direction 😳
I waited 9:36 to sing along with LOG!
What rolls down the stairs
Fits under chairs
Runs over your neighbors dog
It fits on your back
It's great for a snack
It's Log Log Log
It's Log 🪵 It's Log 🪵
It's big It's heavy It's wood
It's Log 🪵 It's Log🪵
It's better than bad It's good
😂😅😂😅😂
"Why did they bury the fireman"
"Because he was DEAD!"
Ren to Stimpy: Let's see what the mailman brought you today....NOTHING!
When I was learning the guitar as a teenager in the 90s, I learned to play the Ren and Stimpy theme. It's lodged in my brain, and 30 years later I can still pick up a guitar and play it without thinking.
The censored/banned/adult episodes of Ren & Stimpy were great, I was stumlbed across them sometime in the mid-2000's.
Really enjoyed watching the show during the 90's, as well as Pink & the Brain and Rocko's Modern Life. There were some of the best cartoons back then.
(The close-ups were always some of my favourite bits, some great animation and art went into the series)
Chris Savino being interviewed on his experiences working for John Kricfalusi - hoo boy, you might say Kricfalusi attracted a certain kind ...
Yep
Yes
I still use Mister Horse’s line every day
I still find myself singing the "Log" song from time to time
I love this cartoon happy to say that I have all of the happy happy Joy joy series.
Asking what happened to them is as valuable as asking what happened to plenty of other cartoons
Ren & Stimpy much like In Living Color is like lightning in a bottle. Can’t be recreated and honestly it shouldn’t be. They were perfect for what they were during the times they took place in.
I loved Ren and Stimpy. Although the season when the show went to SPIKE was when I gave up on it. It felt like they were crude without being funny.
That was a completely different show with just the one man in common with the original... the guy who was kicked off before the show was over so... not really the same show in my mind.
I was all excited about it. I taped it on my VCR and brought it over to a friend's house to watch it. We didn't even make it through the first episode and I never watched the rest of them.
@thedude5295 the first episode that played was an old one, the George liquor one, uncensored, the second one was the first new episode they pulled a bait and switch
@@16driver16 Spike asked John to make an adult show, and he did it in the worst way possible.
@@orangeslash1667 undoubtedly
I gotta gbnf for you. The old pbs ghostwriter show. Loved that theme song
I was never a fan of Ren and Stimpy but I do remember the log commercial. Great advertising it seems lol
My favorite line from that show an is in tha happy happy joy joy episode I believe is when tha singer says "I'll teach your grandma to suck eggs" ahahaha classic
I still remember the Man's Best Friend episode! That one, the one where they were adopted by the husband & wife and Happy Happy Joy Joy are etched into my memory.
Aaah, space madness. Good ol memories
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I have owned the original seasons of this on DVD not long after they became available. I was big into animation myself, and this show inspired me a lot as a teenager. I own Wizard on DVD, too. I definitely know Bakshi. I thought I was the only one who did that with my friends. Take it from me as an Army veteran. You are not alone. "No, sir, I don't like it" is a cultural line of humor that works on the generation who grew up with this. I do it all the time, too.
Comparing brain and the wrestling bit was my favorite "I want to say the funny words"
This cartoon defined my childhood and shaped my sense of humor that lasts to this day
The show is great. Not for kids tho.
I actually wrote my final university paper on "Postmodernism in The Ren & Stimpy Show". Memories.
Space Madness was my favorite episode.
Classic. Love it.
I have a copy of that chihuahua in NY picture on my book case! I love that pic!
Ren and Stimpy was shown Saturday mornings in Australia, my sister and I used to get up and have cereal watching this show, great times!
It would be shown at 6pm on weekdays in England as they most have thought it was to racy for Childerns TV
Before you get to it at 7:15 ... "No, sir. I don't like it."
And I know you'll get to it. But this song is always recalled, "It's lo-o-og, it's lo-o-og! It's better than bad, it's good!"
Such a classic series. Ren and Stimpy still has some of the best backgrounds, they really captured that old school feel but made it modern. I can't see Sponge Bob without thinking about R&S.
1990's: us bros, high and ❤ this
2024: our kids will never know
The delusion of a network executive, just because you picked a work out of someone else's intellectual properties, doesn't make it yours.
Also a word to creators, create a company, assign the IP to it, make them pay you to use your IP.
The 1 witch was insufferable w/the company water carry of minimalizing Kricfalusi's IP
I remember an episode where stimpy did something to Ren and Ren started yelling at him "I'm the pitcher you're the catcher! I'm the pitcher you're the catcher!" I remember thinking damn, wtf. That must have been when it was on spike.
Another sad example of admiring the art and not the artist. I lost my mind in a good way seeing this when it exploded on the scene. I even loved the new Mighty Mouse. So unfortunate. BAKSHI RULES!
I don't think it was the restrictions put on John specifically that made the show good. The dream team that was Spumco as a whole is what made the show good, particularly John K. and Bob Camp. Because John was able to keep Nickelodeon at bay (for like a season and a half) and got the time and money they needed, they were able to create masterpieces. Nickelodeon had a stronger hold on Games. They had less time and resources, and the morale was low because of the Spumco staff split, and the drama was hot. Although, Games still missed deadlines. Nickelodeon stopped caring after a while and accepted that a show like R&S needed more time. So that begs the question: Why fire Spumco in the first place? I chalk it up to Nick's inexperience. R&S was new and innovative, John and Bob would always fight with them, and no one knew how to handle it all. I still think Nick is at fault for not giving Spumco all the time in the world. John K. may be an asshole among other things, but he was right. They were spinning gold for them, but Nick were treating R&S like any other show.
The corporate witch taking credit for Spumco's IP is just trashy
I never liked Ren & Stimpy, but my sister loved the show.
She gets her annoying humor from it.
What is with all this horrible and deplorable actions of these people in Hollywood? Is it just me or are these people crazy? My God....
Remember purchasing the adult party DVD.... and regretting it.
Would love to see creator focused animation/shows again.
It seem people want to click off boxes than tell stories.
I am SO GLAD I am not the only one who regularly uses that quote in my life 😂
Ahhhh, my youth...
I have a vintage R&S shirt with Mr. Horse on the front with that catch phrase lol