Ren and Stimpy Week #4

When cartoonist John Kricfalusi took Ren and Stimpy to Nickelodeon, he made it sound like a complete load of crap, which is what Nickelodeon wanted. No, the results won't shock you. Like many other shows, Nickelodeon has asked for shows to completely be the exact opposite of what meets many of our expectations, and obeying their demands has gotten many people mad. John K. presented a show called Your Gang, sorrounding Ren and Stimpy around a bunch of other characters and he made up a bogus pitch that it was socially concious. That wasn't anything that the cartoon was about at all. The only thing that stayed true about what they liked was that it was a creator driven cartoon series. Doug and Rugrats must've slipped the minds of many of the many viewers after Ren and Stimpy debuted that first night. Even with a lot of edits on the storyboards from the network, Nickelodeon couldn't keep his genius from leaking out of every minute of the episode. The ideas were new and different, the voices were spectacular, the animition was the best you'd problably have seen sine the 40's, and to top it all off, it was the funniest thing that had ever broughten to your television set. Nickelodeon must have gotten mad about this, or something happened, because they constantly edited episodes that did not need to be edited. This resorted to an episode delay, and the whole show was rerean until two months after and they aired Marooned/Untamed World. But even after that spring of HOPE for continuous episodes, it wasn't until February that they aired another episode. It was unfortunate for John K. and his Spumco team, because not many would bother to figure out the real story behind the catastrophe. By the time they were airing the second season, they fired the ball of brilliance named John Kricfalusi. Most of his Spumco team left, although a few stayed. Problably not to keep the show good, but for money. Tratiors, if you questioned my personal opinion. Luckily, alls they need to do was animate a couple episodes, otherwise they would only have 1 and a half good seasons. But who more then to trust to finish then Spumco's co-animating team, Carbunkle Cartoons. But there were too many complaints, and after season 2, they too, left the show. After that, the show dropped tremendously, and it never ever did meet the the Ren and Stimpy standards us loyal fans crazed. It was a sad fate to see. One of the most watched cartoons to one of Nick's lowest rated cartoons ever.