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.
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.
+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! :-):-):-):-)
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!
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 :)
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".
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
+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
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.
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...
@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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
"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!"
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.
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.
+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.
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
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.
+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.
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.
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.
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.
You wouldn't be able to make a show like Ren and Stimpy today, and even if you did, you WOULD NOT get away with it. It has nothing to do with morality or censorship, but with the cultural shift that shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe and Gravity Falls have established in the animation world. Every popular cartoon (John K. probably wouldn't call them 'cartoons', more like 'animated sitcoms' or 'animated action adventures') these days has seemingly fallen into a 'twee-hole': very 80s/90s culture-informed, very Anime-informed, shipping a-plenty, and highly layered to appeal to kids and adults on a slightly more weighty level than just humor (incorporating a fair amount of socio-political commentary in places). If something like this arrived on today's CN (and, to a smaller extent, present-day Nickelodeon), parents AND kids would drag it across the floor for being too 'stupid', 'immature' and 'gross' in comparison to the polish of AT, SU, et. al. as if the current state of TV animation as described above is the only one of worth. We've seen creator-driven shows like 'Uncle Grandpa' and 'Pig Goat Banana Cricket' be treated like the brain-dead cashgrabs that they most likely aren't mainly because they don't fit the mold of what's celebrated, despite the endless outward cries of 'it's immature' and 'it's stupid'. For the level of growth and positive evolution TV animation has gone through, the public's insistence of the popular clique has outright shafted other voices.
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" ? 😂😭😂😂
see this is the first time where i've seen someone compare ren and stimpy to spongebob. i've been trying to tell people that for years. spongebob really is very similar to ren and stimpy in a lot of ways which is probalby why i love it since ren & stimpy was one of my favorite cartoons ever.
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.
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.
At 6:33, it's a historical moment. Why? We now know who, when, and where twerking was created. It wasn't brought to the masses by Miley Cyrus. It was Stimpy that 1st showed the world twerking. Overall, I knew I was going to love this show when I 1st saw it. Stimpy married the fish corpse (that was really and simply just a dead fish). What about when Stimpy's fart ran away. Such drama and beauty, all wrapped in one delicious show.
Very cool. Yet again, you hit another important topic responsible for what I have become (for better or worse). As disturbing as R&S is, it is undeniably fascinating. The only element I felt you kind of missed out on, was the whole soundtrack aspect, which I think is very important to set the mood. Some of Ren's best rampages are underlined by Mussorgski's "Night on Bald Mountain" to name just one of many examples.
@@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.
@@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.
Never watched it, but now I get the feeling that this is a loss... :) Keep on, dude! These videos are awesome. I'd be very interested in your opinion about a show like "Rick & Morty".
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.
Ren and Stimpy is one of my all time favorite cartoons! I grew up in the 2000's, but I'm glad I was exposed to it through reruns on Nicktoons Network. I remember staying up late at night just to catch 1 episode of this Beautiful demented show.
Thank you for this Mr. Nerdwriter sir. Delirious and mind altering a show as Ren & Stimpy was it has always held a dark, deviant and booger filled space in my heart. Love your productions.
Hahaha, what's also embarrassing is that you decided that I thought this was the most important thing in this video even though I said no such thing. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
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".
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.
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.
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
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.
@@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury i didnt say it did.
@@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury it was jeff marsh that worked on P&F, not joe murray
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.
Ren Höek hes also the current showrunner
It hurts so much when he... ugh... pulls the nerve endings out.
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.
Sp_Zo ugh reminds me when I went to the dentist and pulled out the nerve ugh I will never forget that pain
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.
Sp_Zo why is this such a big deal to people.
*wet heave*
oh god, the nerve endings...
remember, they were for the nerve ending fairy?! :-):-):-)
+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! :-):-):-):-)
*lived for
Paul South I guess it got on your nerves
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!
It's not all about John K. Let's not forget the genius of co-creator Bob Camp!!
+Will Hopkins
Genius?
Jim Smith, im Gomez, Lynne Naylor, they all contributed to the creation and development of the show.
John K. was actually only part of Ren and Stimpy’s first 2 seasons, it had 5 seasons
If only if the show was revived and was like season 1 and 2 level without john.k.
Mind if I ask what Camp contributed to the show?
(I actually don’t know; never watched the show)
Dude. I swear. Watching some R&S episodes was like taking an acid trip. LOL
LONG LIVE REN & STIMPY
The horse always got me. "No sir, didn't like it. "
no, it was "no sir, I don't like it".
+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.
Eddie King yup, there was one occasion.
+diggity pap Hope I didn't come off sounding snarky. Have a great one.
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 :)
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".
It is not I who am crazy... IT IS I WHO AM MAD!
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
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
Oh.my beloved ice cream bar....
It is DISCIPLINE that begets LOOOVE!
"Happy happy, joy joy"
It's still stuck in my head after all these years
+C̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶h̶n̶s̶o̶n̶ It's a song about a whale
+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
Try actually paying attention to the lyrics. They're awesome. I recited them to some coworkers a while back. They were floored.
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.
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
"MY DINOSAUR DROPPINGS......PAINTED LIKE EASTER EGGGGGS"
"MY COLLECTION OF.....INCUREABKE DISSEASES"
Bubble gum all over my opera records...
@@ShatteredGlass916 VIOLATED!
John K spoke to my school at an assembly in Grade 8... he was fantastically weird and driven. It was refreshing
Wait a minute. . . WHAT THE FUCK!!!
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.
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...
He was driven to do something...
@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!
Courage the cowardly dog is also messed up.....gave me nightmares man
+BabyFESUS Return the slaaaab!
+TheAmazingTwist ♪ It's Doc Gerbil's wooooorld! It's Doc Gerbil's Wooooorld!
+BabyFESUS Courage is Kafka for kids. Really great show too.
+Tesla-Effect true , courage was good but still gave me nightmares as a kid:/
H.O.S Same, but still it was a great show.
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
+NemRaps ever see the ultra-disturbing film 'Tusk'? That guy was definitley a Kricfalusi fan.
+Brian Hensley, it's a crime that the network forced them to add "rubber".
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.
I've literally just sang the log song to the guy I sit next to at work. It's what brought me here.
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.
John K. was fired because he could never make deadlines and was notoriously hard to work with.
Don DeSilva Yeah, kinda sucks that John was a bit too much of a perfectionist. Especially in the TV business.
AfroNinja360 hard to work with is matter of opinion I'd imagine most comedians aren't normal co-workers
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.
that happens with geniuses
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.
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.
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
are you a writer or something? Not to over-react or anything but that paragraph was incredibly well-put
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
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
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.
Don't forget that that the theme songs at the front end and back end were brilliant.
I remember that one of the things I like the most of the show was the intro...
"Call the police" was extremely unsettling for some reason.
damascus21 Maybe because they used the ending music from Night of the Living Dead.
He's being held hostage
My little sister's first words were "Happy Happy Joy Joy".
joy (stimpy voice)
Ola Olu Oh Joy!
I think that beats mine, which was apparently 'Persil'
Oh fu-
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.
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.
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.
“Don’t forget to wash in places where the sun don’t shine!!”
I swear, the people who made this show were on some shit.
Or just....Creative....
Imagine how boring you have to be to associate all creativity with mind-altering substances....
+Alumirust but LE WEED XDDD
Nah, animators are pretty square for the most part. A lot Ren and Stimpy was made in Ottawa, which is BORING SQUARED.
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."
Quay Tgang and now they use this... It's like a pun
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.
+Pol Subanajouy If you don't write, you need to start.
+Ronark Heh, well I don't write, so I apparently I now must. Haha.
Pol Subanajouy couldn't have said it better pal!
Your comment reads like Ginsberg's Howl LOL
The only kids show ive seen since that has reached the same level of disgusting was "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack"
Or "Mr. Meaty" but for all the wrong reasons
+Mason Brown *"Invader Zim"
Flapjack was fucked up as hell but Ren and Stimpy is... something else.
Rin Lockhart The lepers episode is unforgettable
Mason Brown it was scary and gross, but ren and stimpy was worse.
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.
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.
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.
+Kalliste +1 for the nerve ending scene.
I never realized how dark this show was during the 1990s.
lol it is dark comedy 👿👽😤but cool
It was interesting in its insanity
Man, I remember happy happy joy joy like it was yesterday after hearing it
Same
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.
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.
Erratum,huge erratum: John is Canadian.
There's an excellent article about that topic on John's blog.
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.
He's great animator but he was never great as story-teller.
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.
hack
I agree with you ☺☺☺🙂🙂🙂☺☺☺☺😄😄😄
Yup. Abandon your artistic integrity and freedom for the money!
Ren and Stimpy are way existential.
Clueless
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.
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).
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.
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.
@@BrianBlessedsBumhole The episode was written by him, but that's all the involvement he had.
"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!"
"Don't pee on the Electric Fence"🎤
Im 72 and I recognised Peter Lorres voice in Ren.
The guy who made the famous anime movie 'Howl's moving castle' also said that they should never make the same expression twice,
+Jason Schneijder mister Hayao Miyazaki
Thats funny because Miyazaki has been rehashing the same plot in every movie for his entire career.
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.
+nathan papp
Miyazaki is a genius
Hmm.. now I'm really wondering if watching Ren & Stimpy as kid is why I am a crazy person today, lol.
I love home movies
+joey4track ... YES... more that likely...... thats my story... and I am sticking to it...
joey4track home movies, hell yeah buddy
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
When you share a name with a cartoon cat.....
Ha😊😂
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.
It always feels like a great injustice when a show's creator is fired by the new, clueless owners.
+hawaiidispenser I hear ya'. Anyone remember Invader Zim?
+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.
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
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[ 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
Yes, agreed, you're right. It just feels morally wrong that a story can continue without the creator's control.
Actually the Invader Zim thing had more to do with the studio finding out that Jhonen Vasquez did Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.
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.
Ren & Stimpy is as much a children's show as South Park is a children's show.
+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.
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.
Kevin Liang but South Park wasn't a children's show though.
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.
Kevin Liang ikr xD
I remember me singing this happy happy joy joy song when I was a kid 24/7... Ren and Stimpy its incredible. Great video!
Ren & Stimpy certainly stayed in my memory. Also explains my slight obsession with such vulgar intense imagery. I love it.
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.
Yeah, same. Insanity is an art form in of itself.
I like your postmodernist outlook on culture. You go from analysing experimental poems to 90's kids cartoons in the space of a week.
+asderc1 Ha! I try to keep a wide scope.
I adore every aspect of this channel. I love you. No hetero.
I’d be more inclined to label it as meta-modernist, if anything
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.
Yeah, besides Korra I can't think of any show they've made in the past 5 years that's worth watching
CrimsonNineTail Nick owes a lot to this show and they'll never admit it.
It's not the kids that are soft - it's the parents. Curiously, they are part of the original Nickelodeon generation
Yes and then came rockos modern life
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.
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.
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.
I'm not a kid and I AM terrified
+Yelena Antipova Hahah I am way more scared now than I was then.
I like it more now. I liked it as a kid too
You wouldn't be able to make a show like Ren and Stimpy today, and even if you did, you WOULD NOT get away with it. It has nothing to do with morality or censorship, but with the cultural shift that shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe and Gravity Falls have established in the animation world. Every popular cartoon (John K. probably wouldn't call them 'cartoons', more like 'animated sitcoms' or 'animated action adventures') these days has seemingly fallen into a 'twee-hole': very 80s/90s culture-informed, very Anime-informed, shipping a-plenty, and highly layered to appeal to kids and adults on a slightly more weighty level than just humor (incorporating a fair amount of socio-political commentary in places).
If something like this arrived on today's CN (and, to a smaller extent, present-day Nickelodeon), parents AND kids would drag it across the floor for being too 'stupid', 'immature' and 'gross' in comparison to the polish of AT, SU, et. al. as if the current state of TV animation as described above is the only one of worth. We've seen creator-driven shows like 'Uncle Grandpa' and 'Pig Goat Banana Cricket' be treated like the brain-dead cashgrabs that they most likely aren't mainly because they don't fit the mold of what's celebrated, despite the endless outward cries of 'it's immature' and 'it's stupid'. For the level of growth and positive evolution TV animation has gone through, the public's insistence of the popular clique has outright shafted other voices.
could possibly get away with it as a show for adults
adult animation is actually making a pretty good comeback. I mean, now we get animated shows were a talking horse deals with serious depression
randomguy6679 Archer.
randomguy6679 all well and good but I was talking about cartoons that are directly aimed at kids when I meant a show like R+S wouldn't fly today.
Some of GF's best visual ideas were horrifying and funny at the same time in a way that echoed R&S. And built upon it.
God I miss ren and stimpy. Totally raising my future kids on it someday.
I guess you could say he really liked kids
jalilkochai23 fuck
He respected kids as something worth putting effort into.
@@Krystalmyth www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/ren-and-stimpy-john-kricfalusi-allegations
Krystal Myth r/whoosh
Jalil Kochai especially litte girls. -_-
"Don't whiz on the electric fence"
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" ? 😂😭😂😂
mutalix yes
Loved it as a kid, but appreciated it even more as an adult.
I used to watch it with my mom when I was a teen. Good times.
Shit no wonder that episode was so damn good, spent a whole year making it!
see this is the first time where i've seen someone compare ren and stimpy to spongebob. i've been trying to tell people that for years. spongebob really is very similar to ren and stimpy in a lot of ways which is probalby why i love it since ren & stimpy was one of my favorite cartoons ever.
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.
Do a Hey Arnold! one someday
+Lucas Garibaldi Ok.
Nerdwriter1
yay
+Nerdwriter1 YAY for Hey Arnold! :D
football head! YES!! touchdown! :D
+Lucas Garibaldi I always preferred Doug
congratulations, you've dug up my repressed terrified childhood memories of this show
I’m so glad my young mind watched this masterpiece of a show
Ren & Stimpy. . . Forever my favorite childhood cartoon
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.
Except his work is famous and important and yours is worthless pretentious trash!
You gotta do an analysis on Watership down man!
i loved ren & stumpy so much.
dont wiz on the electric fence!
+Corey Corey Best episode in the series tbh
You wizzed on the electric fence, didn't you?
At 6:33, it's a historical moment. Why? We now know who, when, and where twerking was created. It wasn't brought to the masses by Miley Cyrus. It was Stimpy that 1st showed the world twerking.
Overall, I knew I was going to love this show when I 1st saw it. Stimpy married the fish corpse (that was really and simply just a dead fish). What about when Stimpy's fart ran away. Such drama and beauty, all wrapped in one delicious show.
lol I love that us 90's kids were exposed to some really twisted cartoons.
TejasTerps YESSSS PREACH ✊
What about Spawn TAS, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, Rocko etc.?
@@Johnlindsey289 nah
@@lanethemane
those are nice works of adult animation
@@Johnlindsey289 bevis n butthead
Very cool. Yet again, you hit another important topic responsible for what I have become (for better or worse). As disturbing as R&S is, it is undeniably fascinating. The only element I felt you kind of missed out on, was the whole soundtrack aspect, which I think is very important to set the mood. Some of Ren's best rampages are underlined by Mussorgski's "Night on Bald Mountain" to name just one of many examples.
Im from Argentina and here was broadcasted with the latin dub made in México, and it was excelent. Really great. Look it up
God the nerve endings. Never will I forget that.
My dad got us Log for Christmas 1992! It was hilarious. A real log lol we were a big ren and stimpy house
I was 13 when Ren & Stimpy first aired on Nickelodeon. I'm pretty sure kids my age at the time were the ideal demographic for the show.
John K. was the Mozart of animation; he got a raw deal. I still watch Ren & Stimpy and I'm 57.
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
@@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.
@@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.
It's "KRIS-falusi" there, bub.
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
The mispronunciation of Bakshi's name was a bit bothersome as well. He pronounces the consonants out of order.
Never watched it, but now I get the feeling that this is a loss... :) Keep on, dude! These videos are awesome. I'd be very interested in your opinion about a show like "Rick & Morty".
SHIT, I LOVE RICK'N MORTY!!!
WOAH! Didn't need to know that mate!
You need a high IQ.
Lol he cant do it because its been ruined now
+GonikRaptor to be fair...
#1 Favourite RUclips channel. You're doing great work, Evan.
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.
"You EEEEEEDIOOOOOT!!!" 😅
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.
Lars Amble Well ain't that cute....BUT IT'S WRONGGGGG!!!
haha... hollywood is possibly the best side character in any cartoon ever.
Lars Amble great show. Definitely underrated.
Lars Amble two stupid dogs is caetoon networks ren
Ren and Stimpy is one of my all time favorite cartoons! I grew up in the 2000's, but I'm glad I was exposed to it through reruns on Nicktoons Network. I remember staying up late at night just to catch 1 episode of this Beautiful demented show.
The Green Hill Zone Same! I was lucky enough to meet Billy West!
Thank you for this Mr. Nerdwriter sir. Delirious and mind altering a show as Ren & Stimpy was it has always held a dark, deviant and booger filled space in my heart. Love your productions.
One of the greatest animated series, ever! I was a young mother when this first showed, and my son watched it.
That mispronunciation of Kricfalusi and Bakshi is surprisingly grating.
+BruceLeedar, I wanted to address that, too, haha! It's embarrassing.
+hiddenlion not as embarrassing as the fact that you took the most irrelevant thing out of the video as the most important
Hahaha, what's also embarrassing is that you decided that I thought this was the most important thing in this video even though I said no such thing. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
+BruceLeedar It's made me wonder why an English speaker would prefer Bash-ki to Bak-shi. Maybe it's the influence of -ski names.
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".
I absolutely loved Ren And Stimpy, that song "varicose veins" is a favorite.
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...
Born in ‘85 and “ren & stimpy” is my fav cartoon of all time...next to Saturday morning X-men 😂
Ren and Stimpy is what you get when you mix classic looney tunes, pop rocks and nick slime
I miss this cartoon. The good ol days.
Best R & S episodes:
- Space Madness
- In the Army
- The cat that Laid the Golden hairball
- Sven Hoek
- The Great Outdoors
JW3HH
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.
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.
I remembered the log as soon as you mentioned it, like war flashbacks
Yes, log!
It's Log, from Blamo!!
+nemesis962074 YESSS - that's the perfect way to put it.
+Nerdwriter1 Btw was the background music choice starting at 2:39 an intentional parallel to Kubrick's Clockwork Orange by any chance?
John K. for life! :) Ren and Stimpy made me the person I am today :)
best cartoon.
one of my favorite cartoons as a kid
Miss this cartoon