By far I think the most extreme part that I probable wouldn’t wantnkids watching is either the ghost suicide episode or the one where Ren verbally tells Stimpy and his own cousin how he’s gonna basically kill them.
Otherwise, it was a weird and at times grossout show that I wouldn’t mind letting a kid watch, creator aside.
Wow. Ren and Stimpy in the wild. My namesake.
YOU BLOATED SACK OF PROTOPLASM!!!
and this isn’t even the most disgusting scene. I grew up watching this and I am ok (no I am not help me)
One my greatest dilemmas is how much I love Ren and Stimpy’s first seasons but I absolutely despise John Kricfalusi. I can’t even downplay his hand on the show, the humour comes straight out of his sick mind and I love it.
Maybe we should arrest guys like him and, instead of putting them in jail and letting them rot there doing nothing, force them to make cartoons. There may be some untapped potential there.
I didn’t know about Kricfalusi. Damn.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kricfalusi
See “sexual abuse allegations”.
Yeah he’s pretty horrible. I try to pretend he was switched with a bad clone…but that doesn’t do much
I met Bob Camp once in Atlantic city. He told me very many strange things about his life as an animator but when I told him that those close-ups haunt me in my dreams he simply laughed and said “Yeah! We call 'em Gross-Ups! It was our favorite thing to make!”
The gross up close up. It’s one of my favorite techniques.
EDIT: In fact I saw great use of it in a new cartoon pilot that I quite enjoyed: Gnome Show
I was lucky enough to buy some animation cells from him when he came to our local con.
You have obviously not watched the brain rot videos kids watch today. Ren and Stimpy is like reading a dictionary in comparison.
Because kids love gross-out humor? Lmao
Nearly every 4-10 y.o. I’ve known in my lifetime had “fart,” “poop,” “butt,” and “booger” as their top most said words of the day. The remainder was yammering about their favorite TV shows and books/toys. And bugs. And rocks.
What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over your neighbours dog?
It fits on your back, it’s great for a snack
Its log log log!
Its loooog, its loooog, its big its heavy its wood!
It’s looog, it’s looog!
It’s better than bad, it’s good!
LOG!
*from Blammo™!
Have you seen the price jump for LOG! lately? And people complain about gas prices…
I used to watch this on MuchMusic, it was so disturbing and funny
Because it was ok. People were mentally healthier. Socially wiser. Less hysterical.
People are still that way outside the US, Russia and Afghanistan.
Except that’s absolutely not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies
https://wiseoldowl.net/12-tv-censorship-rules-from-1950s-that-seem-ridiculous-now/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_AuthorityAnyone that thinks that society has gone soft and media can’t really be free doesn’t remember what it was actually like before.
None of those overlapped with Ren and Stimpy. All of those were for the parents of the kids watching cartoons on Saturday mornings, the sole exception being the Satanic Panic from the 80s (which involved the duplicate article you posted about D&D).
Ren and Stimpy was allowed because the people who would cry foul were too cheap for basic cable and didn’t know it existed.
Ren: “You know Stimpy. Your wealth of ignorance astounds me.”
Stimpy: "Well they don’t call me stupid for nothin’ "
It was on SNICK on Saturday night
Eventually it was on in the mornings too, but yeah it started as a SNICK thing
The 90’s were a special time that we didn’t fully appreciate until they were gone.
I loved the 90s, hit em at the right age
You should see the shit they watch now.
On second thought, don’t
Probably because it ran on Sat nights not Sat mornings.
SPACE ……… MADNESS!
Oh, my beloved ice cream bar…
…how I love to lick your creamy center!
And your oh-so-nutty chocolate covering!
You’re not like the others. You like the same things I do. Wax paper… boiled football leather… DOG BREATH!
