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The Ren and Stimpy Show 1994

 

Originally on: Nickelodeon (30 min.)

Status: Ended   

Premiered: August 11, 1991   

Last Aired: November 14, 1996

Show Categories: Animation, Children

 

The show revolves around the lives of an angry, insane chihuahua named Ren Höek and his brain-dead "eediot" sidekick cat, Stimpy. Together the duo have lots of bizarre and outrageous adventures accompanied by George Liquor, Mr. Horse, Powdered Toast Man, Muddy Mudskipper, Mr. and Mrs. Pipe, Mrs. Buttloaf, and Svën Höek.


Creator John Kricfalusi (John K.) first pictured them as seperate characters. Back then, Kricfalusi worked for Filmation and always yearned to bring back the style and energy of the classic Warner Bros. Bob Clampett cartoons of the golden age. So his best entertainment was making his own characters and casting them in his own immaginary stories for the benefit of his equally tired co-workers. In the late 80s, Kricfalusi started to break the barrior for animation with "remakes" of Mighty Mouse and Beany & Cecil. But this was just the beginning. John K. brought back his doodles of the wiley chihuahua and the idiotic cat to star in their own cartoon. Finally in 1989, he, Jim Smith and Bob Camp came together to create "Big House Blues" the first cartoon to star his creations, Ren and Stimpy. In 1990, Viacom's kids' network, Nickelodeon got ahold of the film and asked Kricfalusi and his crew to make an entire series of Ren and Stimpy shorts and from that moment on, Spümcø was formed.


"The Ren and Stimpy Show" debuted in August 1991 with a two-part episode, "Stimpy's Big Day"/"The Big Shot" and became an instant hit. It was the third Nicktoon ever to be aired on the Network alongside Doug and Rugrats. Soon, Ren and Stimpy had a few "followers" including Disney's Schnookums and Meat, Cartoon Network's 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, and Nick's short-term R&S "replacement," Catdog. Nick execs quickly saught argument over certain scenes in the shorts and Spümcø fought back. Spümcø introduced a new character come second season, Ren and Stimpy's master, George Liquor. Nick hated George, because they thought he was too mean and his last name sounded too much like "lick her." But the real reason why George never made it was because he was simply too "adult" by Nick's standards. Due to controversial setbacks and numorous edits, Nick finally fired Spümcø and got ahold of Ren and Stimpy, therefore taking John K.'s creations away from him. Nick then lured away two of John K.'s best friends and co-workers Bob Camp and Billy West and created Games Animation to "take care" of Ren and Stimpy. on November 14, 1996 Nick aired the last episode produced by Games, "A Scooter for Yaksmas" and finally cancelled the show after a 5 season run until now.


You Can Catch Them on Teletoon Everynight At 11:30pm EST or on Nicktoons TV Every weeknight At 11:30pm EST. 

 

Ren Höek,

Asthma Hound Chihuahua

 

 

The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi.

The series follows the adventures of the eponymous characters: Ren Höek, a neurotic "asthma-hound" chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat (a.k.a. Stimpy) — a simpleminded manx cat. They wander around in nonsensical adventures in a style reminiscent of the Golden Age of American animation.

A series from the children's cable network Nickelodeon, The Ren and Stimpy Show had a reputation for subversive humor. The controversy mostly stemmed from imagery and cartoon violence. In 1992, Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi and production moved from Kricfalusi's Spümcø studios to Games Animation, where it stayed until its cancellation in 1997. Re-runs currently air on Nicktoons Network.

 

 

The main characters are Ren Höek and Stimpson J. Cat.

Ren Höek (first appearance: "Big House Blues", 1990) is a scrawny "Asthma-Hound" chihuahua. Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Ren as "scrawny," "dyspeptic," and "violently psychotic."

Kricfalusi originally voiced Ren. When Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi, Billy West, already the voice of Stimpy, took the role using a combination of Burl Ives, Kirk Douglas, and a slight "south of the border accent" for the rest of the Nickelodeon run. Kricfalusi returned to the voice for the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Parth Cartonn" on Spike TV.

Stimpson "Stimpy" J. Cat (first appearance: "Big House Blues", 1990) is a fat, tailless, red and white cat with a blue nose, purple eyelids, and flat feet. Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Stimpy as "obese," and "brain-damaged." West voiced Stimpy for the Spümcø and Games Animation episodes, basing the voice on an "amped-up" Larry Fine. Eric Bauza portrayed the character in Adult Party Cartoon.

The show features a host of supporting characters, both recurring and single episode appearances, although Ren and Stimpy are the only characters to appear in every episode. Some of the supporting characters factor directly into the storyline (such as George Liquor) while others make brief cameos. Other characters, such as Mr. Horse, are exclusively cameo-based, appearing in many episodes in bits that have little bearing on the plot.

 

Stimpson J."Stimpy" Cat,

Cornish Rex

 

Games Animation 1993-1997

Bob Camp wrote and directed the episodes for Games Animation when Nickelodeon took over the show. Since Kricfalusi previously voiced Ren, West took the role.

Wray said that the producers of the Games episodes did not attempt to "reflect John's vision. We can't - because we are not John." Wray answered "pretty much" to an interview question asking if the third season will "sort of wrap up John's ideas for the show." Wray added that the producers asked themselves "What can we do to make funny REN & STIMPY cartoons?" instead of "What would John have done?" In 1993, Wray said that the Games Animation episodes would "have the flavor of REN & STIMPY" since Camp had served as a writer for the show. Wray added that Nickelodeon wanted a "lighter, gut funny type of show" instead of "truly frightening" episodes.

The Games episodes introduced several characters, including Victor and his father and Mr. Cow.

Kricfalusi described the Games Animation team as having "spent way more money" to produce the series and having "killed" The Ren and Stimpy Show.

Nickelodeon canceled the show in 1997, ending its run with a Christmas episode ("A Scooter For Yaksmas"), with nine episodes never airing on the network.

Ted Drozdowski of The Boston Phoenix stated in a 1998 article that "the bloom faded on Ren & Stimpy."

 

 

http://www.tv.com/ren-and-stimpy-show/show/3536/summary.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_and_Stimpy

 

 

 

The Ren and Stimpy Show 1994