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From: mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer)
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy,alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
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Subject: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Date: 1 May 1992 12:30:05 GMT
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Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
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Archive-name: ren-n-stimpy.faq
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Version: Sun Apr 5 15:41:50 PDT 1992
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Before you post a question about R&S, you should read this
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list to see if your question has already been answered.
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If you have corrections, additions, suggestions, or
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hairballs, send them to mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us with
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$47,000,000.
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R&S = The Ren & Stimpy Show
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Nick = Nickelodeon - the network that first aired R&S
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1. What is R&S?
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"The Ren & Stimpy Show" is one of three new cartoon shows (collectively
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known as "The Nicktoons") produced by Nickelodeon, a Cable TV
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channel in North America. The two main characters are an "asthma-hound"
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chihuahua named "Ren Hoek" (with an umlaut over the o), and a cat named
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"Stimpson J. Cat". The show's attraction is its check-your-brain-at-
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the-door humor. It is suitable (and funny) for the whole family.
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2. When/where can I see R&S?
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Currently, R&S can only be seen via cable TV or satellite. It airs on
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Nickelodeon Sundays at 11 AM (Pacific/Eastern). It also airs on MTV at 8:30
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PM Saturday (Pacific/Eastern). MTV showings are inferior to the showing on
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Nick, since they stick the MTV logo on the lower right corner and have more
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commercials. MTV also compresses the audio so badly that you could watch the
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whole show and hardly see the meter twitch. MTV also doesn't start the show
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on time. Incidently, MTV Networks, Inc., owns Nick. Aparently MTV is owned
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in large part by Viacom.
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3. My site seems to get two R&S newsgroups. What's the deal?
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At the time a newsgroup for R&S was being discussed, the original
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idea was for the alt.fan group. Many (including this author)
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counter-proposed that it should be under alt.tv. When it came
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time to create the groups, both newgroups went out. It is
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the poster's opinion that since it is a TV show, it belongs
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in alt.tv. The alt.tv group is not called 'ren-and-stimpy'
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because that would be too long for certain (broken) news
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programs or operating systems. 'ren-&-stimpy' is inappropriate
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because it contains a non-alphanumeric character other than '- or _'.
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4. How do I pronounce Ren's name?
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The name is apparently German, and thus an English pronunciation
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will only be approximate. It ends up as "Hork" (rhymes with "pork").
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They play with this in the show and intentionally mispronounce it
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"HO-ack" or "HO-ehk" from time to time. His first name rhymes with
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"pen," of course.
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5. Who makes R&S?
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The creative force behind R&S is John Kricfalusi. He is also
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Ren's voice. John K.'s last name is pronounced "KRIS-fah-loo-see".
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>From ebh@mink.att.com:
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He [John K] was a major creative force (under the [Ralph] Bakshi umbrella)
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behind the New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, and he was also involved with
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The Jetsons.
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Stimpy's voice is Billy West. Billy West is also the voice of
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"Doug," one of the other Nicktoons. West used to work at WBCN
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in Boston, which is famous for shock-radio.
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The creative organization is called "Spumco". The company
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motto is "The Danes call it quality." Aparently, however, according
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to one poster the motto is a non-sequiter. They just made it up
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because it sounded silly. The boy whose picture is shown with
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the motto is Billy, the retartded boy - the company mascot.
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6. What are the words to...
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... the 'Log' song?
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"What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs [*]
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rolls over your neighbor's dog?
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It's great for a snack and fits on your back
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It's Log, Log, Log!
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It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
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It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
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Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log!
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Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"
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[*] The author heard "Log" as the first word of the song
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rather than "What," but no word has been heard from
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Spumco on the subject.
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... the Oath?
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"I do hearby promise only to watch the Ren & Stimpy show,
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to make underleg noises during the good scenes,
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to wear unwashed leiderhosen every single day all
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the rest of my life."
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At least one poster claims 'underleg' is underling,
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but the concensus is for the former (underleg noises
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being farts, of course. Hardly an episode goes by
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that someone doesn't cut one).
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... The Muddy Mudskipper theme song?
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"Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all?
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Who can skip in the mud with the greatest of ease?
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What kind of wonderful guy?
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Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees?
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Who's got segmented eyes?
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It's Muddy Mudskipper, it's Muddy Mudskipper
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It's the Muddy Mudskipper show!"
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... Stimpy's "Gritty Kitty" poem?
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Gritty Kitty aint't so pretty, but it's really thick
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It fills my cat box oh so snug, it always does the trick
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I like to rub it on my toes and squish and squish and squish
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It ne'er offends my tender nose, like a smelly fish
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Its texture is a joy to me, it's just as smooth as silk
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It makes my little whiskers twitch, it stays crunchy even in milk
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I may not be the president, I may not be the pope
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But as long as I have Gritty Kitty, I shall never mope.
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... The "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song?
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Hello, boys and girls. This is your old pal, Stinky Weazleteats. [*]
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This is a song about a whale. No! This is a song about being happy!
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That's right! It's the Happy Happy Joy Joy song!
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[chorus]
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
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I don't think you're happy enough! That's right! I'll teach you to
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be happy! I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs! Now, boys and
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girls, let's try it again!
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[chorus]
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If'n you aint the grandaddy of all liars! The little critters of
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nature... They don't know that they're ugly! That's very funny, a
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fly marrying a bumblebee! I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't
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believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!
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[chorus without last line]
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Happy Happy Happy Happy
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Happy Happy Happy Happy
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
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* Stinky's last name is up for debate. It actually sounds more like
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"Whizzleteats", but substituting the short I for long E in 'weasle'
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is an often-heard rural mispronunciation.
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7. What is the meaning behind or origin of...
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[ Much of the items that seem like obscure or trivial humor are in
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fact non-sequiturs. There's no meaning. They're just there for the
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hell of it. ]
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... The Crock-o-stimpy Bus? [ "Untamed World" ]
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Non-sequitur.
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... "We're not hitchiking anymore! We're riding!" [ "Space Madness" ]
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From jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
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This is apparently from the movie "Centurion." The line was
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delivered by Kirk Douglas (see below).
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... The face that rises and sets over Hollywood during "Stimpy's Big
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Day?"
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From: ebh@mink.att.com:
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The face is apparently Kirk Douglas. According to John K.,
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Kirk Douglas was the inspiration for Ren.
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... The various narrations in the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song?
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[ data, please ]
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8. Is it "No sir, I _DON'T_ like it", or "No sir, I _DIDN'T_
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like it"?
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Both. "Don't" is heard in "Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot,"
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and "didn't" is heard in "Fire Dogs," and "Marooned."
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9. Does anyone have a list of episodes?
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It is posted at the same time as this FAQ list.
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10. What is the title of the one that spoofs "Wild Kingdom"?
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This is a point of controversy. The titles read "A Cartoon /
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Written by Jim Smith & John K. / Storyboards by Jim Smith /
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Directed by John K. / Untamed World".
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Some believe it is titled simply "Untamed World" under the theory that
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the first thing you see doesn't have to be the title. It would
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have been awkward to put the credits after "Untamed World" because
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of how the action goes. It would have been similarly awkward to
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start off with "Written by". "A Cartoon" was thus simply used to
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intro the credits.
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Some believe that since "A Cartoon" is capitalized and appears
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by itself that it must be a title, and call it "A Cartoon"
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or "A Cartoon: Untamed World".
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No official word from Spumco has been received on the subject.
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11. Does Nickelodeon censor R&S?
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The opening titles contain scenes from "Big House Blues" and point to the
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possibility that Nickelodeon has cut scenes from the show. In particular,
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Nick's rendering of BHB does NOT show the scene where Ren is 'drinking from
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the porcelain bus'. Additionally, although Nick originally showed the entire
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"Magic Nose Goblins" ending, they have since then started doing a quick fade
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as the scene panned over the 'field of green'. There are other places in the
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series where editing may have taken place. In particular, in "Untamed World",
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there is a blackout, then a wipe to the next scene. Nowhere else does this
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take place.
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>From jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
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There were a few incidences in "Big House Blues." In one scene, the dog-
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catcher asks R&S if they like to have fun; R&S agree. "Well go ahead, have
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fun!" [then, in the missing footage, the dogcatcher turns his back, and
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says in a feminine voice, "See if I care."] Also, during the sleep sequence,
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Ren ends up kissing Stimpy, then wakes up, screams, says something about
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having to "clean himself," and goes to toilet, drinking out of it (not
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vomiting into it). Or maybe it's eating, who can say.
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12. What about the music?
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Apart from a few selections and the opening/closing themes, there is not a
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single piece of original music in the whole show. Instead, R&S quotes
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extensively from the classical reprotoire, as well as 50's style TV themes
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and takes. Space prohibits a complete listing here.
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>From Jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
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John K apparently wrote "The Muddy Mudskipper Show" theme, and the
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"Happy Happy Joy Joy" song.
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>From jondr@sco.com:
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Chris Recardi write the HHJJ song. He has done work for Tiny Toon
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Adventures, among other things.
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13. Where can I get R&S...
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... videos?
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Unfortunately, there is no way to obtain R&S except to tape it.
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Previous announcements that it was available on "Tournee of
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Anumation" tapes was in error.
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... GIFs?
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calvin.nmsu.edu (192.20.239.129)
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... sounds?
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From jcp@gauss.rutgers.edu:
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ab20.larc.nasa.gov
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... shirts?
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They've now spread to most any mall T-shirt store.
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... "Log," "Log for Girls," "Powdered Toast," etc?
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"You sick little monkey!" "Don't you know cartoons will ruin your MIND?!"
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-- Ren
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... other products for the drooling fanboy in each of us?
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Stay tuned.
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14. What about the future of R&S?
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One of the problems with R&S is the lack of material at the present
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time. Without commercials, the whole series would almost fit on a two
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hour videotape. This leads to constant rerunning.
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Nick aired the last unaired segments of the first season on Feb 23.
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Nick has paid for 20 new episodes next season. Starting dates range
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from March to August, depending on who you're talking to. The most
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reliable estimate seems to be August, since in March word has reached
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the net of "help-wanted" adds from Spumco appearing in animation
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trade magazines.
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