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Version: Sun Jan 16 12:44:44 EDT 1994
Written-By: Norman Sippel


                       The Ren And Stimpy Encyclopedia

                          Written By Norman Sippel

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*                    All New: WorldWide Showings Of R&S!                    *
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This encyclopedia doesn't take the place of the Ren And Stimpy guide and FAQ; 
on the contrary, it should work with these documents.  This encyclopedia puts 
all the shows in perspective with bumpers and cartoons.  A bumper is a short 
commercial spoof or a short piece.  All times are Eastern U.S.A. times unless 
specified.  All Trademarks are owned by Nickelodeon, MTV Networks, and Viacom 
(C) 1991, 1992, 1993.  This guide was known as "The Ren And Stimpy Extra" but 
I think "Encyclopedia" is a better explanation of this guide.  It is a 
depository for miscellaneous facts about Ren And Stimpy and its showings.  
Anything not covered by the FAQ or Not-So-Official-Guide is covered here--if 
not, E-mail and request it from me.

Posting Information: This will be posted along with the other Ren And Stimpy 
documents kept by me (FAQ, guide, and encyclopedia--not comics or ftp site) 
on the net every two weeks.  Look for it around Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 
nights.

FTP Information: This guide has been uploaded to aug3.augsburg.edu and is 
updated fairly often.  If you want more on Ren And Stimpy, please consult the 
R&S FAQ and/or Episode Guide, both posted on alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy.  It was 
kept by Nick Sayer at mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us, but I have taken over for him. 
 E-mail me at ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu with your comments, suggestions, 
compliments, gripes, and/or additions.  E-mail ren-n-stimpy@aug3.augsburg.edu 
for the guides; if you want more information about the listserver, consult 
the FAQ.  If you want to ftp them, check out aug3.augsburg.edu under 
/files/text_files.

    Copyright Acknowledgment: Before the Encyclopedia continues, I want to 
acknowledge the copyrights and trademarks of Nickelodeon, Viacom, and all the 
other companies which are mentioned in this document and the other two (FAQ, 
Guide). The purpose of the R&S documents (FAQ, Guide, Encyclopedia) are to 
inform people, and the documents are kept in my spare time and are kept for 
no profit.

    Site File Access: This document, if kept on a BBS or a FTP site, must be 
kept in a public access section and be available for free; otherwise, the 
site/BBS may not carry this document or the other two R&S documents.

September 25, 1992...John K. gets fired from "The Ren And Stimpy Show."  
According to the L.A. Times, Nick has fired John Kricfalusi because of 
tardiness with the new episodes.  Loyal fellow artists left with him (at 
least over twenty), so Nick has moved production to a new studio to be headed 
up by Bob Camp, a former partner at Spumco.  Apparently, John K. had it with 
Nick about censorship; four of his cartoons were nixed.  Further updates will 
be added A.S.A.P. and non-Spumco shows will be marked thereon.

November 1992...John K. has been offered a position as "Creative Consultant," 
but he plans to continue working on his future feature-length movie with "The 
World's Most Manly Man."  John K. has announced he will not be doing Ren Hoek 
anymore.  :(  Nick has banned "Dog Show," "Man's Best Friend," "Powdered 
Toast Man," and "Out West."  Nick has, since the last update, kept playing 
repeats of the show including variations of cartoons for shows but will start 
new ones bi-weekly on November 7, 1992.  Nick is still playing the edited 
version of "Big House Blues."  Maybe "Sven Hoek" is a prediction about Nick's 
mis-management of R&S; they may go to heck if Nick's not careful.  (I kind of 
hope so; let John K. buy them back for a song and let them come back better 
than ever!  Joy!)

December 1992..."Game Productions" is working with Spumco to make the rest of 
the second season shows.  Their emblem has a picture of Stimpy in a painter's 
cap.  At this moment, details are sketchy about this.  One of the people on 
this group claims to work for an animation company that is working on 
"Stimpy's First Fart" (aka "Stimpy's First Trouser Cough"
and "Son of Stimpy"); the main action (in this 30 minute cartoon) is about 
R&S running around the world searching for Stimpy's sentient fart.  John K., 
on the other hand, is hard at work putting together his next project.  He has 
several deals including one with FOX for a show about Spumco's official 
mascot "Jimmy The 'Hapless' Boy" or unofficial mascot "George Liquor."  My 
vote goes for a show about George Liquor.  Since John K. has retained the 
rights to George, Nick cannot say his name on the air or stop him from doing 
the show.

February 1993...According to "You Filthy Worms" By Richard Gehr in Village 
Voice magazine, John K. got George Liquor because Nick didn't want its image 
ruined by him.  John K. calls Games Productions (now known as Games 
Animation) "milkmen" because they and Nick are trying to "milk" out as much 
Ren And Stimpy as possible; this explains why Stimpy is in a milkman's 
costume in the logo.  (Besides, Nick already has the trademark for Milkman by 
Nick-At-Nite's commercials.)  According to net sources, rumor still has it 
that John K. is working for FOX; official word is that John K. is making 
three new shows for the fall.

April 1993...Some of the first non-John K. cartoons have been aired.  They 
are funny at times, but without him, they aren't the same.  Ren and Mr. Horse 
are both played by Billy West.  Two of John K.'s shows for the fall will be 
"George Liquor" and "He Hog."  MTV played a surprise rotation of the second 
season shows, except the three most recent cartoons; its finale was a second 
airing of "Son Of Stimpy" on the last night of the rotation.  It seems, after 
going through my list of aired episodes, that Nick premieres a new show every 
three weeks, and during sweeps month, it tends to follow up a three-week wait 
with a new episode one or two weeks sooner than the usual rotation.

May 1993...Nick is starting to finish the rest of the season by playing new 
episodes.  Hopefully, the season will end soon so we all can reLAx!! :)

Summer 1993...R&S Desert.  No new shows have aired since May, but thankfully, 
"Stimpy's Fan Club" and "Visit To Anthony" have been repeated on SNICK and 
Sunday Morning.  "Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" has yet to be replayed.  
Videos are scheduled to come out soon! (See FAQ for more information on it.)

October 1993...Billy West came to Miami University on October 6, 1993!!  New 
episodes are coming November 20!  Further details about the speech are in a
post which is looking for a ftp site currently.

November/December 1993...The new episodes are out with mixed reviews.  Let's 
give Bob Camp a chance!  (Actually, show #31 was good!)


Some Abbreviations:

CHACS = Commander Hoek And Cadet Stimpy
SSBL  = Stimpy's Storybook Land
WWDTT = What'll We Do Till Then?
Nick = Nickelodeon
R&S = Ren And Stimpy
HHJJ = Happy Happy Joy Joy
FYI = For Your Information
TBA = To Be Announced
DYN = Did You Know or Did You Notice?



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TABLE OF TOPICS
---------------

Introduction
Copyright Acknowledgments
Site File Access
Quick News About R&S
Abbreviations
Shows and Components
   Season 1
   Season 2
   Season 3
The List Of Shows Through Second Season
Shows Made For Season 1
Shows Made For Season 2
Shows In Production
Shows Made For Season 3
WorldWide Showings
   Marathon Showings In USA
      By Norman Sippel
   MuchMusic Marathon Information
      By Paul Chudobiak
   New Zealand Showings
      By Kerrin Jones
   Australian Showings
      By Darren O'Shaughnessy
   SNICK Showings (Second and Third Seasons Of R&S)
What'll We Do Till Then .Signature?


                                ------------
                                - SEASON 1 -
                                ------------

                     August 11, 1991 To August 15, 1992

Note: All The Quote Titles are a basic reaction and/or generality about the 
show.  In no way is it the real title for the compilation for the show.
(For example, "The Pilot Show".)


Show # 1  "The Pilot Show"

    Bumper: Secret Club House And Oath

    SSBL: The Littlest Giant 
         (This is its original place in the line-up)

    Bumper: Log For Girls

    Bumper: Stimpy's Breakfast Tips

    Big House Blues (Edited)

    Bumper: Yak Shaving Day

    (C) 1991


Show # 2

    CHACS: Space Madness

    The Boy Who Cried Rat!
         With Mr. and Mrs. Pipe and a cameo by George Liquor (Trash Scene)

    Bumper: Yak Shaving Day

    (C) 1991


Show # 3  "The First Season Premiere Show"

    Bumper: The Original Log Commercial (From Blammo)

    Stimpy's Big Day

    Bumper: Stimpy's Breakfast Tips (The Only One)

    The Big Shot! - Part 2 Of "Stimpy's Big Day"

    Bumper: What Will We Do Till Then?
              Gritty Kitty Litter

    (C) 1991


Show # 4

    CHACS: Marooned

    Bumper: My Little Brother Doll

    Bumper: Ask Dr. Stupid - One or Two Humps

    "A Cartoon" aka "Untamed World" aka "Nature Show"

    Bumper: WWDTT: Horsey With Crocostimpy

    (C) 1991


Show # 5

    Bumper: Ask Dr. Stupid - Why School?

    Fire Dogs

    Bumper: Log For Girls

    SSBL: The Littlest Giant

    Bumper: WWDTT: Chase Your Tail Till You're Dizzy

    (C) 1991


Show # 6

    Bumper: Powdered Toast Man! (From Preemo)

    SSBL: Robin Hoek
         (With George Liquor as the Sheriff of Dodge City)

    Bumper: Secret Club House And Oath

    Nurse Stimpy

    Bumper: WWDTT: Magic Nose Goblins (Boogers)

    (C) 1991


Show # 7  "The Lost Episode"

    Black Hole

    Bumper: Deluxe Log For Girls

    Stimpy's Invention

    (C) 1992


                                ------------
                                - SEASON 2 -
                                ------------

                    August 15, 1992 To November 20, 1993


Show # 8

    In The Army

    Powdered Toast Man! (Unedited)
         Featuring Gary Owens as PTM and Frank Zappa as The Pope

    (C) 1992


Show # 9  "Second Pilot Show"

    Ren's Toothache (Almost A SSBL)

    Bumper: Sugar Frosted Milk

    Bumper: Ask Dr. Stupid - What Have You Bean?

    Bumper: Secret Club House And Oath

    Big House Blues (Edited)

    Bumper: Log For Girls

    (C) 1991 (Check It Out!)


Show # 10  "The Mr. Horse Show"

    Out West
         Featuring "The Hangin' Song"

    Bumper: New Log Products (From Blammo)
         Starring Gary Owens As The Announcer

    Rubber Nipple Salesmen

    (C) 1992


Show # 11

    In The Army

    CHACS: Space Madness

    (C) 1991


Show # 12 

There are two versions with the cartoons played in different orders

Version a

(Version b is the same except main cartoons are switched)

    Bumper: Sugar Frosted Milk

    Bumper: Ask Dr. Stupid - What Have You Bean?

    Bumper: Secret Club House And Oath

    Big House Blues (Edited)

    Bumper: Log For Girls

    In The Army

    (C) 1992


Show # 13

** DYN: The original partner to "Ren's Toothache" was "Man's Best Friend" **

    Ren's Toothache

    Bumper: New Log Products (From Blammo)
         Starring Gary Owens As The Announcer

    Rubber Nipple Salesmen

    (C) 1992


Show # 14 (14a for original music, 14b for new music version)

    Bumper: More New Log Products (From Blammo)
         Starring Gary Owens As The Announcer

    Sven Hoek (With umlauts over the "e" in "Sven" and "o" in "Hoek")
         Starring Billy West (voice of Stimpy) as Sven
         (This is the second 1/2 hour cartoon.)

    Bumper: Gritty Kitty Commercial
         Starring Gary Owens As The Announcer

    (Part Two Of Sven Hoek)

    Bumper: WWDTT: Blow Yourself Up Like A Balloon
                   (Billy West plays Ren.  Goodbye John K.!)

    (C) 1992 (No Spumco Logo, But Definitely Spumco's Work
              Premiere Showing Only)


Show # 15

    Haunted House

    Mad Dog Hoek
         (Stimpy plays "Killer Kadoogan.")

    (C) 1992 (John K. gets a production credit, but no Spumco Logo
              for premiere of this episode only)


Show # 16  "The Human Show"

    The Big Baby Scam (First Solo Vincent Waller Cartoon)

    Dog Show
         (Editing: They took off and edited the words "George Liquor,
          American" and George has lost the stub of his tail.)

    (C) 1992 (Spumco, Game Productions, and MTV Networks)


Show # 17

    Dog Show
         (Editing: They took off and edited the words "George Liquor,
          American" to "George ______, American!," and George has lost the
          stub of his tail when they "judged" him.)

    In The Army

    (C) 1992


Show # 18  "Banned!"

*** This show only appears on MTV ***

    Powdered Toast Man (Unedited)
         Featuring Gary Owens as PTM and Frank Zappa as The Pope

    Out West
         Featuring "The Hangin' Song"

    (C) 1992


Show # 19  "MTV's First Premiere"

    Son Of Stimpy
         Also known as "Stimpy's First Fart," "Stimpy's First Trouser
         Cough," and finally, on video, "Have Yourself A Stinky Little
         Christmas."
         
         (MTV "claimed" that Nick banned this episode.
          This show is the R&S Christmas Show that was scheduled
          before Christmas 1992.  Nick even ran ads for it!)
         
         Nick ran it for Christmas 1993, but edited out Stimpy talking
         to the policeman.  So denoted 19b.

    (C) 1992


Show # 20  "Ren's Replaced!"

    Note: First episode without the "Created By John K." title card.
          (for the the premiere showing of the episode only)

    Monkey See, Monkey Don't
         (First time Billy West replaced John K. as Ren in a whole
          episode)

    Powdered Toast Man (Edited)
         Featuring Gary Owens as "PTM" and 
         Frank Zappa as "The Funny Little Man With The Pointy Hat"
         (No Mention Of Pope and Dusty Old Papers)

    (C) 1993

Show # 21  "John K.'s Funniest"

Two versions:

a  Nick Version

b  MTV Version
   (Note: It first aired during the March-April 1993 showings of 
    R&S on MTV.    It is practically the same as 21a except it 
    has a special cut for commercials.)


    Fake Dad
         (Written by John K. and Bob Camp.)

    Out West

    (C) 1993


Show # 22  "R&S Go Wild With The Animals!"

    The Great Outdoors

    Monkey See, Monkey Don't

    (C) 1993


Show # 23  "Makes Me Want To Puke! :)"

    The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball

    Mad Dog Hoek

    (C) 1993


Show # 24  "Dedicated To R&S Fans Everywhere!"

    Stimpy's Fan Club

    Bumper: Oath Of Servitude

    (Part Two Of Stimpy's Fan Club)

    (C) 1993 Spumco, Games Animations, MTV Networks


Show # 25

    Fake Dad

    The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball

    (C) 1993


Show # 26

    Ren Hoek, Ace Reporter: Mr. Horse Returns

    Visit Two Anthony (Two Parts)

    World Crisis With Mr. Horse (S-O-C-K-S:)

    (C) 1993


Show # 27

    Note: With the extra long length of this R&S episode, the intro
          or the credits are cut.  So far, the Special version cut
          the intro to "R&S", and the SNICK version cut the credits :(.

    Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen

    Powdered Toast With Vitamin "F" ("F" is for "Fart")
         (With Gary Owens as PTM, of course)

    Sugar Sod Pops

    (C) 1993


Show # 28  "Ren's Replaced!"

    Note: Yet another episode without the "Created By John K." title card.
          (for the the premiere showing of the episode so far)
          New compilation, old cartoons.

    Monkey See, Monkey Don't
         (First time Billy West replaced John K. as Ren in a whole
          episode)

    The Big Baby Scam
         (John K. plays Ren Hoek.)

    (C) 1993


Show # 29 "Outdoors With Hairballs"

    The Great Outdoors

    The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball

    (C) 1993


                                ------------
                                - SEASON 3 -
                                ------------

                       November 20, 1993 To Fall 1994


Show # 30 "Bob Camp Premieres"

    To Salve Or Salve Not

    A Yard Too Far

    (C) 1993  (This is the last show apprently to feature the "Created By
               John K. title card since he has a credit in the closing.)


Show # 31 "R&S Hit A Stride!"

    Circus Midgets

    No Pants Today

    (C) 1993 (No John K. title card in introduction.)


Show # 32 "R&S Light"

    Ren's Pecs

    An Abe Divided

    (C) 1993


                             ------------------
                             --   All  The   --
                             --  Shows Thru  --
                             --  2nd Season  --
                             ------------------

The Big Baby Scam                           Nurse Stimpy
Big House Blues                             Out West
The Big Shot! (Part 2 - Stimpy's Big Day)   Powdered Toast Man
Black Hole (CHACS)                          Ren's Toothache
The Boy Who Cried Rat!                      Robin Hoek (SSBL)
The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball        The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
Dog Show                                    Rubber Nipple Salesmen
Fake Dad                                    Space Madness (CHACS)
Fire Dogs                                   Stimpy's Big Day
The Great Outdoors                          Stimpy's Fan Club
Haunted House                               Stimpy's First Fart *
In The Army                                 Stimpy's Invention
The Littlest Giant (SSBL)                   Sven Hoek
Mad Dog Hoek                                Untamed World
Marooned (CHACS)                            Visit To Anthony
Monkey See, Monkey Don't


 * Also known as "Stimpy's First Trouser Cough," "Son of Stimpy," and
   "Have Yourself A Stinky Little Christmas."


                             ------------------
                             --  Shows Made  --
                             -- For Season 1 --
                             ------------------

(This is incomplete.  Please E-mail me the information to fill in the
 holes in the premiere dates!)

Some premiere months have been taken from _Cinfantastique_ magazine.

FYI: "Big House Blues" was created during the summer of 1990.

Titles                                                      Premiere Dates

Big House Blues (Pilot)                   Animation Festivals, Summer 1991
The Big Shot! (Part II to Stimpy's Big Day)                       08/11/91
Black Hole (CHACS)                                                02/23/92
The Boy Who Cried Rat!                                            08/25/91
Fire Dogs                                                         09/01/91
The Littlest Giant (SSBL)                                         09/01/91
Marooned (CHACS)                                                  12/??/91
Nurse Stimpy                                                      08/18/91
Robin Hoek (SSBL)                                                 08/18/91
Space Madness (CHACS)                                             08/25/91
Stimpy's Big Day                                                  08/11/91
Stimpy's Invention                                                02/23/92
Untamed World                                                     12/??/91


                             ------------------
                             --  Shows Made  --
                             -- For Season 2 --
                             ------------------

Titles are from "Film Threat," December 1992, #7 edition and were posted on 
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy by Ken Alexander (kalex@quip.eecs.umich.edu).

Note: There are slight changes to his original text.
      The Symbol @ = Unknown Fate (Will show up in third season)

   Titles                                                      Premiere Dates

   The Big Baby Scam                                                 12/12/92
   The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball                              04/03/93
   Dog Show   (Was nixed By Nick - Was scheduled for 09/12/92)       12/12/92
   Fake Dad                                                          02/27/93
   The Great Outdoors                                                03/27/93
   Haunted House                                                     11/21/92
   In The Army                                                       08/15/92
   Mad Dog Hoek                                                      11/21/92
 @ Man's Best Friend (Was scheduled for 08/15/92) **                 ??/??/??
   Monkey See, Monkey Don't                                          02/13/93
   Out West                                                          08/29/92
   Powdered Toast Man  (Full Version - MTV, Edited Version - Nick)   08/15/92
   Ren's Toothache                                                   08/22/92
   The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen       Official: 05/23/93  Nick: 08/14/93
   Rubber Nipple Salesmen                                            08/29/92
   Stimpy's Fan Club  (30 minutes)                                   04/24/93
   Stimpy's First Fart  **MTV World Premiere**                       01/13/93
    (30 mins. aka "Stimpy's First Trouser Cough" & "Son of Stimpy." In Prod.)
   Sven Hoek  (30 minutes)                                           11/07/92
 @ To Salve Or Salve Not                                             ??/??/??
 @ Untamed World Two  (30 minutes.  Subtitle: "Lair Of The Lummox")  ??/??/??
   Visit To Anthony                                                  05/08/93
 @ A Yard Too Far                                                    ??/??/??

** MBF Starring George Liquor (Nixed By Nick?)
   Nick has taken it off the play list until Games Productions (now
   Games Animations) has reanimated the "violent" parts.  See 
   _Cinfantastique_ magazine and the R&S FAQ for a total history
   of George Liquor.


                         ---------------------------
                         --  Shows In Production  --
                         ---------------------------


These are shows which fate has yet to be determined.  Titles are
from _Cinfantastique_ magazine, June 1993, and _Film Threat_ magazine,
December 1992.  They may show up in the third season or never.

This list was updated with information given by Billy West when he spoke
at Miami University on October 6, 1993. (In other words, I was there and
got him to talk about it!)  This list will have entries deleted as the shows
premiere.

() = Shows that are unnamed as of the publishing date

Name                                     Current Condition

The Big Switch                          Good Chance
The Cellulettes                         Good Chance
Cried Rat ][!                           Written - Probably Nixed
Hillbilly Ren                           Written - Unknown
(Jimmy The Belly Button Elf)            Very Good Chance
Man's Best Friend                       Good Chance If Reanimated Or Edited
Onward and Upward                       Written - Probably Nixed
Ren's Bad Habits                        Written - Probably Nixed
Untamed World Two                       Good Chance
(Wilbur Cobb, The King Of Cartoons)     Very Good Chance


                             ------------------
                             --  Shows Made  --
                             -- For Season 3 --
                             ------------------

See the notes in the previous section for credits and more information about 
new and premiered season 3 shows.

The Symbols:    *     Premiered Episode
                $     SNICK Repeated Episode
                %     Sunday Showing Repeated Episode
                #     MTV Repeated Episode
             (Blank)  New Episode Waiting To Be Aired (None at this time)
                @     Unknown Fate (Will show up in third season)

   Titles                                                      Premiere Dates

 * An Abe Divided                                                    12/18/93
 @ The Big Switch                                                    ??/??/??
 @ The Cellulettes                                                   ??/??/??
 @ Cried Rat ][!                                                     ??/??/??
 * Circus Midgets                                                    11/26/93
 @ Hillbilly Ren                                                     ??/??/??
 @ (Jimmy The Belly Button Elf)                                      ??/??/??
 @ Man's Best Friend                                                 ??/??/??
 * No Pants Today (aka Stimpy: That Dirty, Little Naked Boy)         11/26/93
 @ Onward and Upward                                                 ??/??/??
 @ Ren's Bad Habits                                                  ??/??/??
 * Ren's Pecs                                                        12/18/93
 * To Salve Or Salve Not (aka To Salve Or Not To Salve)              11/20/93
 @ Untamed World Two  (30 minutes.  Subtitle: "Lair Of The Lummox")  ??/??/??
 @ (Wilbur Cobb, The King Of Cartoons)                               ??/??/??
 * A Yard Too Far                                                    11/20/93


               ----------------------------------------------
               - Marathon Showings Of Ren And Stimpy In USA -
               ----------------------------------------------


1. Mega-Nicktoon Monday

   Date: 08/12/92
   Shows: All The First Season (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
   Air Times: All In One Afternoon (5:30pm to 8pm)

2. MTV's Marathon - "Ren At Ten"

   Date: 01/10/93 through 01/13/93
   Shows: Premiere Of "Son Of Stimpy"
          All First Season (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
          Second Season Up To Son Of Stimpy (12b, 13, 14b, 15, 16, 18, 19)
   Air Times: First Two Nights: 10pm to 12midnight
              Second Two Nights: 10:30pm to 12midnight
              (Can someone double check this for me?)

3. MTV's Unannounced Marathon

   Date: 03/29/93 through 04/02/93 and 04/05/93 through 04/09/93
   Shows: 7, 12b, 13, 14b, 15, 16, 18, 4, 21b, 19
   Air Times: Every Weeknight At 7pm EDT For Two Weeks

4. Nick-Mania Challenge

   Date: 04/24/93 and 04/25/93

   Shows: First Day: 3, 12b, 7, 13
          Second Day: 4, 2, 15, 14b

   Air Times: 2pm EDT to 4pm EDT

   Trivia Questions: (SPOILERS HO!)

      1. What was the mountain made up of in "Black Hole" ?
            (Leftover Stinky Socks - 1 point)

      2. What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, and rolls over
          your neighbor's dog?  (Log - 2 points)

      3. How many times does Ren bang his head on the counter
          in "Space Madness" ?  (Three Times - 3 points)

      4. Gritty Kitty Litter stays crunchy in what liquid?
          (Milk - 4 points)


5. Nick Mania: SNICK Mania

   Date: 05/08/93 and 05/09/93

   Shows: 5 and 6

   Air Times: 3pm EDT Both Days


6. Monday Nicktoonathon

    Date: September 14 [??], 1993

    Shows: Unknown -- did someone tape it? (I forgot to tape it! :( )

    Air Times: Various (??)


7. MTV's Marathon - "Ren Again"

   Date: 11/01/93 through 11/12/93
   Note: MTV played "Dog Show" for the first time in quite a while.
         Besides "Monkey See, Monkey Do," "Son Of Stimpy" was a victim
         of given air time (even though Space Madness and Marooned repeated
         twice.) :(
   Shows: (Some order of segments has been rearranged for MTV's
          strange form of commercial breaks.)

                                The Showings:

                    7:00pm EST       9:00pm EST     11:30pm EST
   11/01/93           # 3               # 6
   11/02/93           # 2               # 5
   11/03/93           # 12b             # 21b *
   11/04/93           # 4               # 14b **
   11/05/93           # 7              (None)         # 15 (No Spumco Logo)
   11/08/93           # 13              # 4
   11/09/93           # 18              # 16
   11/10/93           # 24              # 26
   11/11/93           # 27 ***          # 2
   11/12/93           # 29             (None)         # 24

     * The show was sped up (for an unknown reason).
    ** The original order was changed for MTV's different (weird:) commercial
       breaks.
   *** It was the original premiere packaged version with the "R&S Special"
       opening, but it didn't include the Sugar Sod Pops bumper.

   Air Times: 7:00pm EST/6:00pm CST and 9:00pm EST/8pm CST everynight.
              MTV plays R&S on Fridays at 11:30 instead of 9:30.


8. Thanksgiving Nicktoon Weekend

   Date: 11/26/93
   Times and Shows:

   12:30pm EST  # 3          4:30pm EST  # ??
    1:30pm EST  # 2          5:30pm EST  # ??
    2:30pm EST  # 7          6:30pm EST  # 28
    3:30pm EST  # 12b        7:30pm EST  # 31 (PREMIERE!)

?? = Shows I have yet to watch on my tape (but I have them!).


9. Nick' Merry Christmas Marathon Week

    Date: Friday December 17, 1993
    Time: 5:00pm to 7:00pm
    Shows: Unknown except for #12b.


                     ----------------------------------
                     - MuchMusic Marathon Information -
                     ----------------------------------

Note: This ran on August 14, 1993.

From Paul William Chudobiak (umchudo1@ccu.umanitoba.ca):

Much Music's Ren And Stimpy-athon Information
=============================================

This information comes from our weekly satellite guide (OnSat)

    One thing that I don't understand, is that one weekly guide
say that the Ren and Stimpy-athon is on Aug. 7th, and the next guide
says that it's on August 14th.  Both guides are from OnSat, maybe
the Ren and Stimpy-athon are on both Saturdays! (Joy!)
It's probably just a printing error, and it might just be on the 14th,
but keep your eyes peeled anyway this Saturday.

Here are the times for the various shows (All times are for the Eastern time
zones)

                                                           (Editor's Numbers)
12:00 p.m.    Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot                       3
12:30 p.m.    Robin Hoek/Nurse Stimpy                             6
11:55 p.m.    Space Madness/The Boy Who Cried Rat!                2
1:25 p.m.     Fire Dogs/The Littlest Giant                        5
1:50 p.m.     Marooned/Untamed World                              4
2:20 p.m.     Black Hole/Stimpy's Invention                       7
2:45 p.m.     In The Army/Powdered Toast Man                      8
3:15 p.m.     Ren's Toothache/Big House Blues                     9
3:40 p.m.     Out West/Rubber Nipple Salesmen                    10
4:10 p.m.     Sven Hoek and Three Shorts                         14 (a or b?)
4:35 p.m.     Haunted House/Mad Dog Hoek                         15
5:05 p.m.     Big Baby Scam/Dog Show                             16
5:30 p.m.     Son Of Stimpy                                      19
6:00 p.m.     AlMusic "Weird" Al takes over MuchMusic
              Similar to MTV's AlTV  (Good call Toastman!) 

The whole thing then repeats at 8:00 p.m. with AlMusic repeated at 2:00 a.m.

The guide for the 14th has the exact same show listing, so I think
the way it's posted is the way it's gonna be.  I'm just not sure if
it's on the 7th, or the 14th, or both.  I hope it's both!  =OP

    For those with satellite dishes, here's how to get MuchMusic.
MuchMusic is located on the Canadian Anik E2 satellite, transponder/
channel 6.  Anik E2 is located beside Spacenet 4.  Here is the location
with respect the other satellites...

G3  T301 (or T1)   G6  S4  E2  E1  M1 T303 (or T3)
                        ^^
                        || Right here!

    Now, because MuchMusic broadcasts in stereo, you'll have to change
the audio frequency (or subcarrier) to tune in the audio.  The frequencies
are..
    5.41 Left Channel                 6.17 Right Channel
    On some satellite recievers you can select the type of stereo,
if you can, make sure it's on Discrete Stereo.
    Also, MuchMusic has a mono audio frequency, it's 6.67.  I don't
know if it works, I am always listening to MuchMusic in stereo. =O)

    Well, that's it.  If anyone has any questions, either E-Mail me
or post it up on the newsgroup and I'll answer it there.

  -Paul Chudobiak         E-Mail: umchudo1@ccu.umanitoba.ca


                 ------------------------------------------
                 -- New Zealand Showings Of Ren & Stimpy --
                 --    With Other Miscellaneous Notes    --
                 ------------------------------------------

Note: This whole section has been written by Kerrin.  All dates for this 
section are in the form day/month/year.

Thank you, Kerrin, for writing this up!

FORWARD
-------

From Kerrin Rhys Jones <Kerrin.Jones@comp.vuw.ac.nz>:

Sorry I've taken a while to get back to you with this - I dug through some 
old issues of The Listener and discovered R&S have actually been lurking on 
our screens in little watched timeslots for a lot longer than anyone seems to 
realise.

I've written up all the details I have at the moment - I'd like to give you 
episode listings for some of the earlier stuff, but have been unable to find 
anyone with such a thing. I emailed the two NZers who you have included 
comments from in the current version of the FAQ, asking if either of them had 
any more details, but I haven't heard back from them (and it's been a 
while)...

So here you go... It's all I can come up with at the moment, really... Feel 
free to edit, chop, cut and paste as you see fit, include as much or as 
little in the FAQ as you like... I'll let you know if I find out anything 
further or if R&S return...

Spot you later, 
Kerrin.

===================================================================

THE REN AND STIMPY SHOW in New Zealand

The Ren and Stimpy Show gained widespread popularity when it screened for a 
while in a 6:00pm Saturday time-slot. It was quite well publicised - a 
full-page article in the 17/4/93 issue of The Listener (NZ TV magazine) did 
the usual "it's gross, it's disgusting, but it's popular" bit and gave the 
background on the Nickelodeon/Kricfalusi breakup.

This was the first time the show had been publicised widely, and the first 
time most viewers (including myself) discovered it. However, checking through 
old issues of The Listener, it appears that Ren and Stimpy had actually been 
on our screens for quite a while before gaining their widespread popularity...


It seems that R&S was first screened on WHAT NOW, a Saturday morning kids 
show. R&S was listed as running for 10 to 15 minutes on the following dates:

14/11/92  10:00-10:15am
21/11/92  10:00-10:10am
28/11/92  10:00-10:10am
05/12/92  10:05-10:15am
It seems that 05/12/92 was the last WHAT NOW for 1992.

The next week, Ren and Stimpy resurfaced in a 4:30-5:00pm Saturday timeslot,
where they ran on the following dates: 
12/12/92  4:30-5:00pm
19/12/92  4:30-5:00pm
26/12/92  4:30-5:00pm
02/01/93  4:30-5:00pm
09/01/93  4:30-5:00pm
16/01/93  4:30-5:00pm
23/01/93  4:30-5:00pm
30/01/93  4:30-5:00pm
06/02/93  4:30-5:00pm
I believe Show #16 ("The Big Baby Scam" and "Dog Show") and Show #14 
("Sven Hoek") were both shown in this run, among others.

WHAT NOW came back on 06/02/93, screening 8:00am-12:00pm on Saturdays.
Once again R&S was included in it, from 10:35-11:00am.
06/02/93  10:35-11:00am
13/02/93  10:35-11:00am
20/02/93  10:35-11:00am
27/02/93  10:35-11:00am
06/03/93  10:35-11:00am
13/03/93  10:35-11:00am

And then finally, Ren and Stimpy made it to a decent timeslot and got a bit 
of publicity. Here's the episode listing of R&S from their 6:00pm Saturday 
run. Episodes are titled as in the Ren and Stimpy Extra, with some comments 
on cuts where we know they've been made - there are bound to be many others.

17/04/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #3
24/04/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #6 (Missing PTM Bumper)
01/05/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #2
08/05/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #5
15/05/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #4
22/05/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #7
29/05/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #8
05/06/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #10 (Missing "The Hangin' Song" from Out West)
12/06/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #16
19/06/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #19
26/06/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #9
03/07/93  6:00-6:30pm   Show #12 (Haunted House ends with "...end it all")

Then with no warning or explanation, R&S disappeared from our screens to be 
replaced by DEEP WATER HAVEN, a new 26-part NZ drama series, (or at least 
what passes for drama around here...) Ren and Stimpy have not been sighted on 
our screens since.

An article "Censored!" on TV censorship in the 7/8/93 issue of The Listener 
talked about the cutting of various TV programs by TVNZ. R&S got the 
following mention, referring to the cutting of "Haunted House":

Like THE SIMPSONS, the shamelessly subversive REN AND STIMPY has felt the 
censor's knife for it's deliberate battering at the taste barrier. A cutting 
notice from June orders the following: Delete "I couldn't even scare a 
paranoid schizophrenic". Delete suicide scenes. Delete "There's only one 
thing left to do, I'm going to end it all", "Sweet Lord No" (Spike shown 
through head), "You can't do that ... Do this" (A bottle of poison handed 
over and swallowed, followed by writhing and death.)

=====================================================================


                 ------------------------------------------
                 -- Australian Showings Of Ren & Stimpy  --
                 --    With Other Miscellaneous Notes    --
                 ------------------------------------------

These airings are from Network Ten's Big Breakfast from Darren O'Shaughnessy
(darren@cs.anu.edu.au).  The first two weeks were Monday through Friday, and
now it is shown every Monday.  I edited the format slightly to agree with
date stamps and episode numbers to match my episode numbers.  This
information was accurate as of September 1, 1993.

** The times are Australian time. **

Date                Time    Num                   Notes
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

July 5, 1993        7:30am  # 3 (Series Premiere)
July 6, 1993        7:30am  # 6 
July 7, 1993        7:30am  # 2 
July 8, 1993        7:30am  # 5 
July 9, 1993        7:30am  # 4 
July 12, 1993       7:30am  # 7 
July 13, 1993       7:30am  # 8 
July 14, 1993       7:30am  # 9 
July 15, 1993       7:30am  # 10 
July 16, 1993       7:30am  # 14 (a or b?)

July 19, 1993       7:30am  # 15 
July 26, 1993       7:30am  # 16 

August 2, 1993      7:30am  # 5 
August 9, 1993      7:30am  # 3 
August 16, 1993     7:30am  # 6 
August 23, 1993     7:30am  # 2 
August 30, 1993     7:30am  # 4 

September 6, 1993   7:30am  # 7 
September 13, 1993  7:30am  # 8 
September 20, 1993  7:30am  # 9 
September 27, 1993  7:30am  # 10 

October 4, 1993     7:30am  # 14 (a or b?) (Moved from 7:30am to 7:00am)
October 11, 1993    7:30am  # 15 
October 18, 1993    7:30am  # 16 

                I haven't got a TV guide for next Monday yet (I'll have one
tomorrow), so the episode to be screened is anyone's guess. I fear R&S may be
temporarily suspended Down Under, but I live in hope.

                You Eediot! is getting airplay on JJJ, mainly thanks to
Maynard F# Crabbes. The album is only available on import here, however.

Editor's Note: Aussie Showings Have Been Temporarily Stopped.


                            --------------------
                            - Iceland Showings -
                            --------------------



                   --------------------------------------
                   -- SNICK Showings Of Ren And Stimpy --
                   --  With Other Miscellaneous Notes  --
                   --------------------------------------

Season 1: SNICK wasn't even thought up yet. :)
Season 2: Here are the shows:

Date                Time    Num                   Notes
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

August 15, 1992     9:00pm  # 8 (Season Premiere)
August 22, 1992     9:00pm  # 9 (Premiere - New!)
August 29, 1992     9:00pm  # 10 (Premiere - New!)

September 5, 1992   9:00pm  # 11 (Premiere - Replay Of Season 2 Cartoons)
September 12, 1992  9:00pm  # 4
September 19, 1992  9:00pm  # 5
September 26, 1992  9:00pm  # 12a (Premiere - Replay Of Season 2 Cartoons)

October 3, 1992     9:00pm  # 3
October 10, 1992    9:00pm  # 13 (Premiere - Replay Of Season 2 Cartoons)
October 17, 1992    9:00pm  # 6
October 24, 1992    9:00pm  # 2
October 31, 1992    9:00pm  NONE
              (There was a marathon of "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?)

November 7, 1992    9:00pm  # 14a (Season Premiere Take 2: 
                                   1st Non-Spumco Ending)
November 14, 1992   9:00pm  "New Log Products" "Rubber Nipple Salesmen"
              (Nick played the Kid's Choice Awards, so 1/2 show aired)
November 21, 1992   9:00pm  # 15  (Premiere)
November 28, 1992   9:00pm  # 14

December 5, 1992    9:00pm  # 12b
  (Note: December 6, 1992 at 11am: They played a second season show for
         the first time!  It was #13)
December 12, 1992   9:00pm  # 16 (George [with no Liquor] Premieres!)
December 19, 1992   9:00pm  # 15
December 26, 1992   9:00pm  # 14a (Premiere)


January 2, 1993     9:00pm  # 17 (Premiere)
January 9, 1993     9:00pm  # 16

  (Thurs. January 13, 1993 - MTV Premieres "Son Of Stimpy" at 11:30pm EST)

January 16, 1993    9:00pm  # 12b
January 23, 1993    9:00pm  # 15
January 30, 1993    9:00pm  # 14b

  (Thurs. February 4, 1993 - Ren And Stimpy make a cameo appearance
   on "The Simpsons."  For more detail, see the FAQ and guide.)

February 6, 1993    9:00pm  # 7
February 13, 1993   9:00pm  # 20 (Premiere)
February 20, 1993   9:00pm  # 16
February 27, 1993   9:00pm  # 21a (Premiere)

March 6, 1993       9:00pm  # 12b
March 13, 1993      9:00pm  # 14b
March 20, 1993      9:00pm  # 15
March 27, 1993      9:00pm  # 22 (Premiere)

(MTV played the five R&S shows this week 
 in order from "Black Hole" to "Mad Dog Hoek")

April 3, 1993       9:00pm  # 23 (Premiere)

(MTV played the rest of the second season this week
 except three cartoons, and shows #4 and #21b were
 used as replacements.  "Son Of Stimpy" Was Repeated
 For The First Time On U.S. TV On April 9, 1993.  On a
 Side Note, 21b premiered)

April 10, 1993      9:00pm  # 16  (Repeat)
April 17, 1993      9:00pm  # 21a (Repeat)
April 24, 1993      9:00pm  # 24 (Premiere)

May 1, 1993         9:00pm  # 25  (Repeat)
May 8, 1993         3:00pm  # 5   (Repeat At Special Time!)
May 8, 1993         9:00pm  # 26  (Premiere)
May 9, 1993         3:00pm  # 6   (Repeat At Special Time!)
May 15, 1993        9:00pm  # 14b (Repeat)
May 22, 1993        9:00pm  # 20  (Repeat)
May 23, 1993        PREMIERE!!
  SPECIAL SHOWING!  7:00pm  # 27  (An official SNICK showing)
May 29, 1993        9:00pm  # 26  (Repeat)

June 5, 1993        9:00pm  # 2  
June 12, 1993       9:00pm  # 21a 
June 19, 1993       9:00pm  # 24 
June 26, 1993       9:00pm  # 16 

July 3, 1993        9:00pm  # 22 or 29 (Which?)
 (Sunday July 4, 1993: First Sunday morning showing of "Stimpy's 
  Fan Club" (#24) and first time a new R&S from second season has
  been shown here for ages)
July 10, 1993       9:00pm  # 26 
July 17, 1993       9:00pm  # 15 
 (Sunday July 18, 1993: First Sunday showing of "Visit To Anthony.")
July 24, 1993       9:00pm  # 20 
July 31, 1993       9:00pm  # 12b 

August 7, 1993      9:00pm  # 21 
August 14, 1993     9:00pm  # 27 
August 21, 1993     9:00pm  # 14b 
August 28, 1993     9:00pm  # 13  

September 4, 1993   9:00pm  # 27 
September 11, 1993  9:00pm  # 15 
September 18, 1993  9:00pm  # 24 
September 25, 1993  9:00pm  # 12b 

October 2, 1993     9:00pm  # 28 (Premiere -- New compilation of old 'toons)
October 9, 1993     9:00pm  # 29 (Repeat !!)
October 16, 1993    9:00pm  # 26 (Repeat !!)
October 23, 1993    9:00pm  # 14b (Repeat !!)
October 30, 1993    9:00pm  # 15 (Repeat !! -- I called it! :) )

November 6, 1993    9:00pm  # 24 (Repeat !!)
November 13, 1993   9:00pm  # 13 (Repeat !!)


Season 3: (Assuming no everyday showings and SNICK keeps going with R&S.)

Date                Time    Num                   Notes
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

November 20, 1993   9:00pm  # 30
November 27, 1993   9:00pm  # 31

December 4, 1993    9:00pm  # 26
December 11, 1993   9:00pm  # 19b
December 18, 1993   9:00pm  # 32 (Next morning at 11am: 19b)
December 25, 1993   9:00pm  NONE (What?  No show! :( )


January 1, 1994     9:00pm  NONE  (Maybe Dec. 31st though)
January 8, 1994     9:00pm  # 
January 15, 1994    9:00pm  # 
January 22, 1994    9:00pm  # 
January 29, 1994    9:00pm  # 


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Archive-name: ren-n-stimpy/guide
Version: Sun Jan 16 12:44:44 EDT 1994
Written-by: Nick Sayer
Edited-by: Norman Sippel


                The Not-So-Official Ren & Stimpy Episode Guide

                            Written By: Nick Sayer
                    Cowritten and Edited By: Norman Sippel


This episode guide doesn't list all the episodes, rather all the components 
that seem to be arranged in random pairs to make a half-hour show. Though the 
component arrangements don't shift around, they aren't logically connected 
either, except for the connection between "Untamed World" and the 
"Crocostimpy" WWDTT, and "Stimpy's Big Day" and "The Big Shot".

This guide will be posted along with the other Ren And Stimpy documents onto 
the Internet every two weeks.  It also can be received by those who do not 
have UseNet access by sending electronic mail to 
ren-n-stimpy@aug3.augsburg.edu.  See the FAQ for more details about it.

    Copyright Acknowledgment: Before the Not-So-Official R&S Guide continues, 
I want to acknowledge the copyrights and trademarks of Nickelodeon, Viacom, 
and all the other companies which are mentioned in this document and the other 
two (Encyclopedia, FAQ). The purpose of the R&S documents (FAQ, Guide, 
Encyclopedia) are to inform people, and the documents are kept in my spare 
time and are kept for no profit.

    Site File Access: This document, if kept on a BBS or a FTP site, must be 
kept in a public access section and be available for free; otherwise, the 
site/BBS may not carry this document or the other two R&S documents.


Guest Appearences:

Brother From The Same Planet (An Episode From The Simpsons)
  There was a short sequence from "The Simpsons" where Bart and his big
  brother watches cable, and the audience watches R&S with him. Ren and
  Stimpy discuss table manners and Stimpy's cooking.

The Front (An Episode From The Simpsons)
  R&S's slide at the TV awards is lost when they show the category for TV
  cartoons.  (A Matt Groening commentary on R&S's production schedule :D :)


Product Commercials:

Frosted Mini-Wheats (Kellogg's)
  Opening sequence: A father and daughter on her eating habits.
  The cartoon: R&S are underwater.  Ren yells, "Stimpy, can't you see I'm
  drowning!" Stimpy, who's next to him, says, "I'll Save Ya!"  And then they
  scream. Then they realize they are in a keychain full of water, which is the
  advertisement is trying to get people to send away for with two UPC Codes
  (Proofs Of Purchase). The keychain has elements of SNICK in it.
  (I'm getting mine--does anyone have extra proofs they want to send to me? :)

Corn Pops (Kellogg's)
  Opening sequence: A old man and his grandson go fishing.
  The cartoon: R&S are screaming because something is falling on them--a pair
  of shorts! :)  Unfortunately, it's not PTM's manly shorts, but a pair of
  regular shorts with R&S prints on it.  Send two UPC Codes (Proofs Of
  Purchase) and $6.95 for each pair.



Music Videos:

Happy Happy Joy Joy
  Like the RCKY Theme video, it uses all the same 

The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Theme
  Using the same animation as in the episode, this is the current musical hit
  on the Canadian music station, MuchMusic. MuchMusic is the only one playing
  it currently.

Fire Dogs
  It is a compilation of the episode "Fire Dogs" and other clips, from Son Of
  Stimpy to Visit To Anthony. MTV is playing it currently.

Space Madness (Or is it another one??)
  No details yet, but has turned up on MTV according to rumor.


Season 1:

Long stuff: Each of these is about 7 to 8 minutes.

Big House Blues
  The characters are introduced, then run over and scraped up by the
  dog catcher.  They spend the night in the pound and Ren is rescued
  by a little girl the next morning (who mistakes him for a poodle
  after Stimpy coughed up a hairball on him).  Ren won't go, though,
  unless Stimpy comes too.

The Boy Who Cried "Rat!"
  After rummaging through a dumpster for some food, Ren has an idea
  how they can make a dishonest living ("WORK?! Have you lost your
  MIND?!").  Ren sneaks into a house and cuts into the wall.  Stimpy
  arrives the next morning bearing the title "Professional Mouse Catcher"
  and chases Ren (throwing himself into the role, complete with Mickey
  ears and sound effects ["Squeak! Squeak, I tell you! Squeak!"]) around
  the house.

Fire Dogs
  Our heroes are down to Stimpy's last grain of litter, so they have
  to find jobs.  They see a poster indicating positions open for
  fire dogs (dalmations only).  Ren grabs a can of "Dalmation Paint"
  ("What do you see, Stimpy?" "Ugly black spots." "Good! Now shut
  up and look stupid!") and they're hired.  They go on a call and
  become heroes.

Nurse Stimpy
  Ren gets sick and Stimpy has to nurse him back to health.  Stimpy gives
  him a complete examination and makes him take some "All Purpose Icky
  Tasting Medicine".  A few months later, Ren makes a miraculous recovery,
  but now Stimpy's sick!  As Ren says, "Now it's MY turn!!"

Stimpy's Big Day
The Big Shot (Part Two of Stimpy's Big Day)
  Stimpy enters a TV contest for Gritty Kitty Litter against Ren's advice.
  To Ren's surprise, Stimpy wins $47,000,000 & is driven off to Hollywood
  to guest star on the "Muddy Mudskipper Show".  Ren is jealous, but after
  a few weeks finds he's missing Stimpy (despite seeing him on every
  channel on the TV).  Some good cartoon spoofs (The Jetsons, Yogi Bear,
  and Popeye among others).

Stimpy's Invention
  Stimpy invents lots of silly things and has Ren try them out. Ren is
  not happy with these inventions, so Stimpy makes a "Happy Helmet"
  to make sure Ren is never unhappy again. The result is even more
  psychotic than "Space Madness." Includes the now-famous 
  "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song.

Untamed World
  Vicious and excellent spoof of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom".
  [Reports from Spumco state that this one was called "Nature Show"
  internally]

Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy:
  Black Hole
    Their space ship is sucked into a black hole. They wander around
    on a strange planet therein which has a mutating effect on them,
    discover the universe's repository for missing left socks,
    and miss the bus back to Jersey City. Could this be the end?

  Space Madness
    Our heroes are on a ridiculously long (36 year) space voyage.  Being
    stuck in a spaceship with Stimpy could drive just about anyone nuts,
    but Ren totally loses it.  He ends up assigning Stimpy to guard the
    'History Eraser Button' with strict orders not to press it.  Of course
    Stimpy's curiosity (not to mention a pushy announcer) gets the better
    of him. Could this be the end?

  Marooned
    Their spaceship is in trouble!  It crashes on an alien planet and the
    boys have to rough it.  More in the series of most excellent Star Trek
    swipes they started in "Space Madness" ("Interesting." "What is it?"
    "This thing [tricorder] makes some really cool noises!") They end
    up being eaten by alien plant life. Could _THIS_ be the end?

Stimpy's Storybook Land:
  Ren and Stimpy get ready for bed-time, but Stimpy can't go to sleep
  without a story. Ren 'suggests' that he read it himself, but since 
  Stimpy Can't Read, he has to make it up as he goes along.  In the
  meantime, Ren dreams the story Stimpy narrates, and gets the worse of
  it.

  Robin Hoek
    Ren as Robin Hood, Stimpy as (nearly) everyone else.

  The Littlest Giant
    Stimpy is the littlest giant in Hugevania.  The other big, mean giants
    constantly abuse him (including perhaps the rawest wedgie ever shown
    on television), so he runs away.  He happens upon Farmer Ren in
    Thumbsville, who is suffering from the drought hitting his town.
    Stimpy's tears fill the well and Ren agrees to do anything for his
    new, big friend.  Well, almost anything. 
    (Note: Hugevania has an umlaut over the 'u'.)


Short Stuff:
  In addition to two of the above 'long' pieces, an episode will typically
  contain two of these. They're about 30 seconds long:

  ad: High Fashion Log for Girls
    Log For Girls with clothes.

  ad: Little Brother
    More "Blammo" toys. Do something naughty and pull his
    string - "I did it. You're the best sister ever."

  ad: Log
    Includes an excellent spoof of the Slinky song.

  ad: Log For Girls
    A log with makeup and hair you can comb.

  ad: Powdered Toast
    A breakfast treat with a superhero spokesman.  (From Preemo)

  The Oath
    "Thousands of miles below the earth's crust," there is a secret
    lair where R&S hang out. While we're down there, Ren
    administers the Ren & Stimpy club's now famous oath.

  Stimpy's Breakfast Tip
    What do you do with a box of cereal with a prize at the bottom?

  Yak Shaving Day
    A funky holiday indeed.  (The holiday eve is called "Kilted Yak Eve.")

  Ask Dr. Stupid:
    Just like it sounds. There are two of these so far:
      Why School?
      One Hump or Two?

  What'll We Do Till Then?:
    Used to end the show. Ren is saying 'good-bye' to the audience
    and Stimpy is worried about what they'll do in the meantime.
    There are four of them:
      Chase Your Tail Until You're Dizzy
      Kitty Litter
      Magic Nose Goblins
      Play 'Horsey' With CrocoStimpy


Season 2:

Long stuff: Each of these is about 8 to 10 minutes.

In the Army
  Our boys are somehow drafted into the army. They go through
  induction and then meet their drill sergeant. They spend
  most of their time peeling things... Happy Happy Happy...
  Peel Peel Peel... Almost as psychotic in points as Space Madness.

Powdered Toast Man
  We had the briefest glimpse in the first season. Now we get a
  day in the life... He saves a kitty, the pope, R&S, the
  President, and the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, sort of.
  Guest stars Gary Owens as PTM and Frank Zappa as the Pope.

Ren's Toothache
  Ren learns about oral hygiene the hard way when all his teeth
  fall out and even the Tooth Beaver rejects his stinky orafice.
  All works out ok in the end though, thanks to Stimpy.

Out West
  Ren and Stimpy are desperate horse thieves in search of a hangin'
  at the hands of the stupidest sheriff in the west. Includes
  'The Hangin' Song'.

Rubber Nipple Salesmen
  Ren & Stimpy are, well, Rubber Nipple Salesmen. Stimpy invented
  them, of course, but he "can't sell anything! [He] can't even
  whiz by [him]self." The circus-midget hating fireman is back,
  of course, along with a strangely psychotic Mr. Horse, and
  Mr. & Mrs. Pipe, who get to experience the thousand-and-one
  uses of rubber nipples. Stimpy gets perhaps the most loaded line
  in the whole season.

  Editor's Note: The sequence with George Liquor was cut out.

Sven Hoek
  Ren has invited his cousin Sven to visit. Sven is even stupider than
  Stimpy, so Ren feels left out when Sven wants to spend all his time with
  Stimpy. When Ren leaves to go to work, Sven and Stimpy play around the
  house (including "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence!"). When Ren comes
  home and finds his stuff destroyed ("My opera records ... covered in
  bubble gum!"), he goes into the most psychotic rage of the season.
  (Note the games they look at while in the closet and that the man on the
  "Electric Fence" game looks like Clark Kent {also known as Superman.})

Haunted House
  Our boys visit a deserted house because "it's a good place to spend the
  next twelve minutes."  They try out the kitchen, the bathroom, and the
  bedroom, just like Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  A ghost, who happens to
  look and act like Elmer Fudd (from Looney Tunes), tries to scare them. Will
  he succeed in scaring Ren and Stimpy? There is a gratuitous shower scene
  where they try to recreate an Alfred Hitchcock tale.

Mad Dog Hoek
  Ever on the search for fame and fortune, Ren enters Stimpy into a tag
  team wrestling. Ren isn't worried about getting hurt ("The match is
  rigged.  We're the good guys."), but Stimpy is still nervous. Things
  change, however, when they see their opponents, the Lout Brothers who
  are six feet tall and have huge pectorial muscles.  Can Ren And Stimpy
  overcome their powerful opponents?  Or will they end up like street
  pizza? (Notice the announcer look like "Mean" Gene Okerland from WWF
  wrestling.)

The Big Baby Scam
  When Ren gets fed up with his rough life, he convinces Stimpy that the
  the easiest life in the world one of a baby's. Ren pays off twins (that
  look like two Baby Hermans from "Roger Rabbit."), and R&S take over. Soon
  after the babys leave for the race track, Mrs. Pipe comes in to see if they
  need a change.  Eventually, Mr. Pipe comes home (with his nipples from
  "Rubber Nipple Salesmen") and plays with his boys. Ren begins to be jealous
  because Stimpy is the perfect baby for the Pipes. Before the cartoon is
  over, Ren and Stimpy end up taking a bath with the Pipes!

Dog Show
  Mr. Horse judges an all-breed dog show which George Liquor has entered
  Ren & Stimpy. ("But I'm a cat," says Stimpy.) After they pass the
  prejudging part of the dog show (with George's fatherly help), they both
  are to be judged by the announcer from "Space Madness." Will Ren or Stimpy
  win the dog show? Will one of them become worthy of the name "Liquor" ?

Son Of Stimpy (aka "Stimpy's First Fart" or "Stimpy's First Trouser 
               Cough" or "Have Yourself A Stinky Little Christmas")
  While watching TV, Stimpy passes his first fart. After asking Ren what
  happened, Ren calls him an "eediot." Desperately, Stimpy goes searching for
  "Stinky" the fart in the house and the "Naked City." (We even get to see
  Stimpy talking to his "magic nose goblins" about his missing friend.) Will
  Stimpy find his prodigal son? Will Stimpy overcome his depression? (Stimpy
  must be depressed because he didn't want to watch his favorite shows, "Muddy
  Mudskipper" and "Commander Hoek & Cadet Stimpy.") And will Ren get over the
  smell of this show? :)

Monkey See, Monkey Don't
  Ren takes Stimpy to the zoo for the day! While they visit the elephants,
  Ren notices that people hand-feed the animals and starts getting jealous.
  So he and Stimpy to the zookeeper to join the zoo--as monkeys!  You'd never
  want to be a monkey after you see Ren eating a vermin and "Filthy" the
  monkey eating lice.  (First aired cartoon with Ren not being played by 
  John K.)

Fake Dad
  Ren joins the Fake Dad company and gets a 7-year-old, 700-pound convict
  (guilty of crimes against humanity) to babysit for the weekend. When the
  child gets into trouble, will Stimpy allow Ren to punish Kowalski? And will
  Ren survive the experience? And what is that on Kowalski's butt? (The cutest
  part is when R&S go on a picnic!)

The Great Outdoors
  Stimpy convinces Ren to take him on a weekend camping trip.  Stimpy has
  the best time, while Ren gets bitten by mosquitoes, burns up in a campfire,
  and gets Beaver Fever.  And Grandpa, from "The Big Baby Scam" and "Big House
  Blues," is back with his wife (who's from "Fire Dogs") to join in on their
  camping trip and wacky antics.

The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball
  While Stimpy takes a vacation, Ren is left all to himself. He goes looking
  for something to do when he finds one of Stimpy's hairballs. Ren throws a
  fit, but he soon changes after the price of hairballs goes up drastically.
  Stimpy becomes Ren's hairball slave, and soon he runs out of hairballs.
  Against all odds, he keeps trying so that Ren has his pectorial muscle
  transplants. (Some internetters say that that this is yet another episode
  with the allusion of the fall-out between Spumco and Nickelodeon.)

Stimpy's Fan Club
  It's another boring afternoon for R&S until the mailman arrives. He brings
  them mounds and mounds of letters for Stimpy addressed to "Hollywood,
  Yugoslavia." When Ren discovers he didn't get any fan mail, Stimpy calms
  Ren's sadness with making him president of his fan club. After reading
  several dozen letters, Ren loses his mind over his jealousy of Stimpy.
  That night in bed, Ren plans Stimpy's murder (ala William Shakespeare's
  "MacBeth"), and decides to do something worse than murder. In the end, Ren
  gets a fan letter and a surprise. Mr. Horse, Muddy, and several other
  regular characters make special appearences--a plethora of VCR Freeze Frame
  Fun Chances.

Visit To Anthony
  Ren And Stimpy visit their "biggest" fan, Anthony.  Nothing exciting
  happens to R&S except they getting pummeled, Stimpy continuously
  spits up hairballs onto Ren, and Anthony catches Ren using the john
  and Stimpy taking a bath.  Anthony's father wants R&S to take care of
  Anthony or they are in big trouble! With all the good material available,
  this cartoon doesn't make it for two reasons: blatant edit with a new
  scene where Ren is played by Billy West instead of John K. and the
  material isn't funny. (Another edit is where Father changes poses in
  the climax.)

The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen
  R&S always get their yak, and on the way, they're going to find out
  Canada's biggest natural resource!  (A longer description will be written
  when it has more airplay for fear of spoilers.)


Short Stuff:

  ad: Gritty Kitty Litter
    Gary Owens pitches the new and improved Gritty Kitty with a free prize
    and Stimpy mask in every box. It aired during "The Muddy Mudskipper Show."
    (Note: We get to hear the Muddy Mudskipper theme again!)

  ad: New Log products
    A gaggle of new Log products to oogle at. From Blammo.
    Batteries not included. (Narrated by Gary Owens, PTM himself!)

  ad: More New Log Products
    If you didn't get enough of Gary Owen's new Log products, there are a
    plethora of new action log sets from Blammo for that special birthday
    boy or girl!

  ad: Powdered Toast With Vitamin "F"
    Gary Owens reprises his role as PTM to save the lives and health of a
    couple of kids.  (Note: Part of the commercial uses clips from the
    full length PTM cartoon)

  ad: Sugar Frosted Milk
    Another breakfast treat. Four ounces of SFM and six ounces
    of cereal make a well-balanced breakfast.

  ad: Sugar Sod Pops
    A cereal which tastes like a freshly mowed lawn!

  Ask Dr. Stupid
    What have you bean?

  Oath Of Servitude
    Ren And Stimpy indoctrinate another member into their cult membership.
    (With swipes from their original "Oath" animation)

  Ren Hoek, Ace Reporter: "Mr. Horse Returns"
    Ren asks Private Horse about his involvement in the (Persian Gulf) war.

  What'll We Do Till Then?
    Blow Yourself Up Like A Balloon (Billy West plays Ren on here)

  World Crisis With Mr. Horse
    What does Mr. Horse think of the world's situation?

We have also seen reruns of much of the material of season one in the
second season to handle nixed cartoons and to play something onto SNICK.
Now Nickelodeon claims it has put all the cartoons back onto the schedule.
For your best bet, watch MuchMusic's version of R&S--they show the first-aired 
version of most Ren And Stimpys including repeated airings of "Son Of Stimpy," 
the only banned episode off of Nickelodeon.  Other airings of the episodes are 
erratic on MTV, but the scheduled times on Nickelodeon have been consistant.


Season 3: 

Premiered Shows:

An Abe Divided
  The worst R&S cartoon ever made.  R&S get recruited to guard our Civil
  War President, Abraham Lincoln.  After hearing a rumor of gold in Abe's
  head, Ren throws out all the visitors and convinces Stimpy to be his partner
  in crime.  R&S try desperately to open up Abe's head.

Circus Midgets
  Desperate for a ride, R&S will accept a hitchhike with anyone.
  Unfortunately for R&S, they are kidnapped by psychotic circus midgets
  and are in for a wild ride. The RCKY whale, Kowalski, and the Fire Chief
  made cameo appearences.

No Pants Today (or Stimpy: That Dirty, Little Naked Boy)
  Stimpy begins an irrational fear of being nude. Ren quickly loses his
  temper over the matter and throws Stimpy out of the house without clothes.
  The rumored sequence where the bully from "Visit To Anthony" lures Stimpy
  into a trap using a pair of pants did air. The RCKY bear, Mr. Horse, and
  the Suburbanites made cameo appearences, and the final climax scene was
  based on "Duck Twacy."

Ren's Pecs (Pectorial Muscles)
  When a new and experimental techonology for giving dogs big pectorial
  muscles, Ren talks Stimpy into helping him. Stimpy's buttfat is transplanted
  into Ren's shoulder area, and Ren becomes famous, moves to Hollywood, and
  forgets about Stimpy.  (Isn't this the reverse of Stimpy's Big Day?)
  Includes more references to Kirk Douglas.

To Salve Or Salve Note (aka To Salve Or Not To Salve) (Season 2 hold back)
  Stimpy is a sucker for anything. Ren has to keep his good friend from
  buying from a slick "Salve" salesman. (This is a reverse of "Rubber
  Nipple Salesmen.") The end scene where the salesman explains why "Salve"
  makes great toilet tissue paper did not allow for the explanation. Thank
  goodness, the other explanations why salve is good for George Washington,
  dirty dishes, unmanageable hair, and Christopher Columbus did air. :)

A Yard To Far (Season 2 show that was held back)
  Ren and Stimpy are engrossed with the plate of hog jowls sitting on the
  window in the neighboring yard.  Loosely based on Yogi Bear's "Pie Pirates,"
  Ren and Stimpy have one obstacle in their way to the pie: Mr. Pipe's baboon.
  The original monkey was supposed to be Filthy from "Monkey See, Monkey
  Don't." (The original snack on the plate was a "hair" pie.)


New Shows -- SUPER SPOILERS!!!!!!:

These are shows mentioned in the various magazines (Film Threat,
Cinfantastique, Wild Cartoon Kingdom) and by Billy West when I saw him
on October 6, 1993 at Miami University.

Names in () have no official title (truly new shows)
         [] were planned by John K. for Season 3
         ** were originally scheduled for Season 2

[The Big Switch]
  Ren and Stimpy switch places for a day. Stimpy becomes the psychotic
  asshole, and Ren becomes a blithering eediot.

[The Cellulettes]
  Stimpy becomes a member of an all girl group, The Celluettes. His
  superstardom lasts for a whole hour and includes such hits as "My
  Blue Chihuahua."

(Jimmy The Belly Button Elf)
  Stimpy gets so obsessed with his belly button that he falls into himself
  and meets Jimmy The Belly Button Elf (played by Gilbert Godfrey!).

*Man's Best Friend (Starring George Liquor)*
  Our heros are in a pet shop and are bought by George Liquor. George
  ends up being a real life Sergeant Slaughter and treats them rough.
  Will R&S survive? And where did the goldfish go to?  And when will it
  ever be aired on cable television? Has been sighted by _Film_Threat_
  and _Cinfantastique_ magazines, and it could be re-animated :(.
  Billy West (when he came to Miami University) said this is a real cartoon
  and with Nick paying $500,000 for it, it will be released eventually.

*Untamed World Two - The Lair Of The Lummox*
  Marlin Hoek and Jaque Stimpy goe in search of the elusive Lummox in this
  thirty-minute edition of "Untamed World." (Rumor has it that some of the
  grosser [aka better] gags have been cut.)

(Wilbur Cobb, The King Of Cartoons)
  Stimpy wants to become a cartoonist and begs Wilbur Cobb, The King Of
  Cartoons (a rotting hunk of meat and mushrooms), to judge his work.
  Wilbur is based partially on Walt Disney.


Rumored Cartoons (or Stimpy's Believe It Or Else):

The following are cartoons rumored about on and off the net.
Whether they are true or not is for you to decide.

(If you have seen or heard of one, please send the info. to me to add.)

Hollywood Hoek
  Ren, in this Pay Per View Event, spends an hour and a half to explain
  how he got into show business.  In the last half hour, it includes
  "Son Of Stimpy".  There has only been people from alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
  who has seen this, but there is no mention about in any national
  publications that I've read.

See the "R&S FAQ" and "R&S Encyclopedia" for other shows and information.


--
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            The Ren And Stimpy Show: Frequently Asked Questions

                           Written By: Nick Sayer
                   Cowritten and Edited By: Norman Sippel


Preface.  The Explanation Of The F.A.Q.

    An F.A.Q. (from now on represented without the dots) is a way to explain 
the topic of discussion (Ren And Stimpy) and help newbies and veterans avoid 
repetitive posts about a specific sub-topic (like "What was edited out of 
'Powdered Toast Man'?"). Before you post a question about R&S, you should 
read this document to see if your question has already been answered. 

    If you have corrections, additions, suggestions, comments, or hairballs, 
send them to Norman Sippel at ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu with $47 
million. There is no guarantee that posted items will make it to my 
attention. For it to work, you have to MAIL it. Thank You. (I will only be 
on the Internet on the weekends definitely for the summer, so I will answer 
any and all questions as soon as possible, usually on the weekends.)

    Nick Sayer will probably be happy to answer newbie questions. His 
electronic mail address is below in his signature.

    Dedications:  In remembrance of Frank Zappa, for his music and vocal 
talents (as the Pope for example), will surely be missed.  I also want to 
dedicate the January edition of the documents to the Space Ranger and his 
triumphant return to the Internet! Welcome back!!  Another special WELCOME 
BACK goes to Judex (Joel Schenkle), the bearer of good shows. :)  And thank 
you for reading this document and sending complimentary emails about it!

    This FAQ and the two other Ren And Stimpy documents will be posted every 
two weeks, thanks to the local document poster on the Internet.  Thank You 
Mr. Jonathan Kamens for helping me out and putting up with all the questions 
on form and posting these documents on the net!

    Copyright Acknowledgment: Before the FAQ continues, I want to 
acknowledge the copyrights and trademarks of Nickelodeon, Viacom, and all 
the other companies which are mentioned in this document and the other two 
(Encyclopedia, Guide). The purpose of the R&S documents (FAQ, Guide, 
Encyclopedia) are to inform people, and the documents are kept in my spare 
time and are kept for no profit.

    Site File Access: This document, if kept on a BBS or a FTP site, must be 
kept in a public access section and be available for free; otherwise, the 
site/BBS may not carry this document or the other two R&S documents.


Abbreviations:

BTW = By The Way
DYN = Did You Know/Did You Notice?
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
FYI = For Your Information

R&S = The Ren & Stimpy Show
Nick = Nickelodeon - the network that first aired R&S
MTV = Music Television - Nick's sister station

BHB = Big House Blues
ITA = In The Army
MSMD = Monkey See, Monkey Don't
PTM = Powdered Toast Man
TBWCR = The Boy Who Cried Rat!
SBD = Stimpy's Big Day

CHACS = Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy
SSBL = Stimpy's Storybook Land
WWDTT = What'll We Do Till Then?


:** Note **:  All times are Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time 
depending on what time of the year it is, so please make sure you are 
careful about scheduling your time for R&S shows.


Changes To FAQ Since Last Time.
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* Expanded airing information of Season 3.
* The bogusness of alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
* The answer to the question "What is on Kowalski's butt?".  Other answers.
* Statuses updated of times for showings around the world.
* Some info. about Billy West and his visit to Miami University.
* A New Section on John K.'s new shows!  John K.'s NBC peacock!
* R&S Cereal Offers!  More New Products Than You Can Shake Olive Loaf At!
* The Muddy Mudskipper Lyrics Controversy
* The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Theme Lyrics
* Information on the Lyrics of "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence."
* The list of snail mail addresses has been updated.

(If you are looking for info. about Season 3 shows or worldwide showing 
lists, check out the R&S Guide and Encyclopedia for details.)


Questions That Need Answers For The FAQ.
----------------------------------------
* What are the current times, places, and episodes for foreign R&S showings?
   (are the current ones correct?  what about City TV?)
* The R&S Video Games - Systems, Prices, General Info.
* What are the two current videos playing on MTV? Details are needed please.
* What is the exact commercial for the NBC Peacock by John K.?
* What company is producing the R&S cards?
* What company was producing the Nicktoon cards?
* Is there going to be a 1994 R&S calendar?
* More details on the mini-R&S dolls (what is Stimpy's T-Shirt?).
* The exact phrase Mr, Horse says in Spanish in "World Crisis" and
   its direct translation (if slightly different).
* Broadcasting Address of stations carrying R&S
* Rumor: Is Joe Pesci one of the circus midgets in "Circus Midgets"?


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Preface.  The Explanation Of The FAQ.  Abbreviations.  Changes.  Questions.
1.  Who or What is Ren And Stimpy?
2.  When and Where can I see Ren And Stimpy (Worldwide)?
3.  My site has two Ren And Stimpy newsgroups. What's the deal?
4.  How do I pronounce Ren's name?
5.  Important Real World Places, People, and Addresses
    5a. Who makes Ren And Stimpy?
    5b. Where can I send my mail about R&S?
6.  What's the deal with the character and shows with "George Liquor"?
7.  Commonly Asked Phrases, Places, And People
    7a. What are the words to ... ?
    7b. What is the meaning behind or origin of ... ?
8.  Is it "No sir, I _DON'T_ like it", or "No sir, I _DIDN'T_ like it"?
9.  Does anyone have a list of episodes?
10. What is the title of the cartoon that spoofs "Wild Kingdom"?
11. Does Nickelodeon censor Ren And Stimpy?
12. What about the music?
13. Where can I get R&S ... ? (Paraphernalia)
14. Is there a fan club?
15. What about the future of R&S?  (R&S Headline News - Summer 1993)
16. What about the comic book?
17. Where can I find archived information on R&S? (E-mail and FTP)
18. Has John K. (the creator of R&S) seen this FAQ
    or the other R&S documents?
19. What are John Kricfalusi's future projects? (NEW SECTION!)
20. Our Signatures (and Ren and Stimpy ASCII pictures)
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1. Who or What is Ren And Stimpy?

"The Ren & Stimpy Show" is one of four (see R&S Headline News) new cartoon 
shows (collectively known as "The Nicktoons") produced by Nickelodeon, a 
Cable TV channel in North America. The two main characters are an 
"asthma-hound" chihuahua named "Ren Hoek" (with an umlaut over the o), and a 
cat named "Stimpson J. Cat". The show's attraction is its shameless and 
gross physical humor, often consisting of nose-picking and farts (though 
there's more to it than that). It is suitable (and funny) for the whole 
family, though some have called it an acquired taste.


2. When and Where can I see R&S (Worldwide)?

A. United States

Currently, R&S can only be seen via cable TV or satellite. It airs on 
Nickelodeon (aka SNICK on Saturday nights) Saturday evening at 9 PM 
(Pacific/Eastern). It also airs Sunday mornings at 11 AM (Pacific/Eastern), 
though it appears that this time slot will continue with reruns. MTV is also 
airing the second season, apparently, but no hard information has reached 
this author. MTV showings are inferior to the showing on Nick, since they 
stick the MTV logo on the lower right corner and have more commercials. (By 
the way, SNICK has also started adding their own logos to each cartoon.) MTV 
also compresses the audio badly and doesn't start the show on time. 
Incidentally, MTV Networks, Inc., owns Nick. Apparently MTV is owned in 
large part by Viacom. On the marathon of January 1993, MTV didn't have the 
logo but edited the music of "Sven Hoek" and most show's order of cartoons.

By the way, during the second season of R&S and the fourth season of "The 
Simpsons," Nick gave permission to Gracie Films to use R&S during "A Brother 
From The Same Planet."  It was storyboarded or laid out (maybe both) by 
Chris Reccardi, one of the original people on R&S.  On April 15, another 
mention of R&S made it onto "The Simpsons"; the set-up was at the Emmys 
where the R&S slide was not ready :).

MTV has random airings of the show (see your local television book for times 
if any), and Nick had "Nick-Mania" weekend with 8 of the best Ren And 
Stimpys during the afternoon.  Nick-Mania happened on April 24 and 25, 1993. 
Nick Mania for the weekend of May 8 and 9 has "SNICK Mania" so
that R&S will be played two times, once for each SNICK.  No more mass 
airings have been planned, but R&S were participants in the Slime Time 
Sweepstakes of both 1992 and 1993 editions.

SEASON 3 BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 20, 1993, according to Billy West when he came 
to Miami University on October 6, 1993.  More details about his speech are 
in a post I made which is looking for a ftp site.  MTV is playing "Fire 
Dogs" and another video of R&S in their rotation currently.

"Son Of Stimpy" was aired (with a minor scene cut) on Nickelodeon twice 
during the Holiday season.  Oh Joy!


B. Canada

From Paul Engler (engler@cpsc.ucalgary.ca):

Thanks for all the info you gave me yesterday.  However, after reading the 
R&S FAQ I noticed that it is lacking the broadcast times in Canada. Up here 
the show airs at 8:30 EST, and 16:30 EST every Thursday, and again at 12:30 
EST Friday, on Much Music.  (I'm sure this channel is available off of 
satellite although I can't remember where. It should be in any of the many 
monthly satellite guides.) The interesting thing about this is that they are 
still broadcasting all the episodes, including PTM which ran last Thursday, 
March 6.

From ecurrent@zooid.guild.org:

Don't forget that it's shown in Canada on MuchMusic (basically our version 
of MTV) on Thursdays at 12:30 PM (and since Much programs in blocks that are 
repeated several times a day, it is also repeated at 8:30 PM, and 4:30 AM & 
8:30 AM on Friday).  Much started airing R&S in September, 1992, and there 
was much happiness and rejoicing amongst those of us who had been surviving 
for months on bootlegged videos smuggled across the border. :-)  They first 
aired all of the first season episodes in the same order as their original 
airings on Nick.  They were then shown a second time, in the same order, and 
then during the third "loop" of first season episodes (sometime in January, 
1993), they began airing the second season, once again in the same order as 
the original Nick showings.  As of the end of February, 1993, they had aired 
all of the second season shows except for "Fake Dad" and "Monkey See, Monkey 
Don't" and they have started repeating the second season from the beginning 
once again.

It's also worth noting that Much always airs episodes in the same form as 
their *original* Nick airings, so edits that appear in later Nick airings 
(i.e. the cuts to "PTM", etc.) are not reflected in the Much airings. Much 
also aired "Son of Stimpy", which was only aired on MTV in the US, not on 
Nick.

From Trevor Paul Bugera (umbuger2@ccu.umanitoba.ca):

On MUCHMUSIC's news show they had a little clip that Much was going to cut 
R&S from the schedule after thursday, but in August (around the 7-9th) they 
are going to have what they called all 13 episodes back to back.  Tis a 
shame because it is my only source of R&S.  I'll have to tape them.

Editor's Note: The marathon was aired August 14, 1993, followed by Weird Al 
Television.  MuchMusic's original versions of R&S may be replaced with 
edited ones if they return.  City TV has rights to air R&S in Canada now, 
but when it starts is still a mystery.  A video of "The Royal Canadian 
Kilted Yaksmen Theme" is being broadcasted, and according to rumor, it has 
charted #30 on the MuchMusic top songs of the week recently.

From Jack Lee (cjlee@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca):

In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, R&S is being shown on CITY-TV Channel 57 on
Wednesdays @ 8pm.  Two episodes at a time!

From Adam Frampton (frampton@access.digex.net):

The Canadian government is going on the Internet, starting November 5. 
Some nice little places to flame-- er send constructive critism are:

Canadian Brodcasting Commision: utgpu!plan9!chyk!<cbc@utcc.utoronto.ca
 (is this the place that banned RnS??)
C TV (did they air RnS?): utgpu!plan9!chyk!<ctv@utcc.utoronto.ca

There are several other channels.. but no MuchMusic. See the EFFector 
newsletter for a complete listing (issue 6.02 I believe)

C. United Kingdom

As of September 1, 1993, Nickelodeon is broadcasting on some cable systems 
in the United Kingdom (what and which cable systems?). Nick has opted not to 
show R&S in the UK, but instead, they sold the rights to BBC2.  Details of 
this deal are sketchy, but will be added here as soon as I get them.

** UK R&S Fans: Please send e-mail of the official UK times of
                R&S so it can be added to the FAQ!

From Edwin Yau (ey@unix.brighton.ac.uk):
>Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu) writes:
>I was wondering...isn't EuroNick playing R&S?  Wouldn't BBC2 overlap or
>some junk?. :)

As far as I can tell from satellite listings and so on (and unless any UK
satellite viewer can prove me wrong), EuroNick hasn't been showing R&S at 
all! Somehow the BBC managed to get a hold of it first!  I guess it's their 
answer for not getting "The Simpsons" for non-satellite viewers.  At present 
R&S will most likely be scheduled for an evening (6pm) air-time on Def-II, 
either on Tuesday or Friday.

D. New Zealand

From Mark Weatherhead (ZOOL175@csc.canterbury.ac.nz):

At the moment R&S is being aired on Channel 2 at 6:00pm on Saturdays. They 
are currently showing (again) mostly episodes from the first series, we have 
hardly seen any of the second series.

Unfortunately, R&S seems to attract a lot of attention from the sort of 
people who believe that they "know best" what people should and shouldn't be 
watching, so probably the program will be re-scheduled at a different 
time--again.

From Paul Q. (physajh@otago.ac.nz):

Ren & Stimpy in NEW ZEALAND has gone from obscurity to dementia. Not only is 
it now prime time T.V. (yes, yes I knew it was on WHAT NOW but I'm usually 
still unconscious at 0800 hours Saturday, and Yes, Yes I saw SOME episodes 
at 4.30pm but I usually still have a headache then too!!)

Anyway in NEW ZEALAND our major national T.V. and Radio Magazine stated in 
an entire one page article the following facts.

Editor's Note: NZ showings are on the rocks as well as Canadian showings.  
Keep looking in your TV book for times and channels. Listings for NZ shows 
have been provided by Kerrin Jones (Kerrin.Jones@comp.vuw.ac.nz) in the R&S 
Encyclopedia.  Kerrin has a temporary lapse in Internet service and hopes to 
be back on soon; until then, a friend will e-mail the list for Kerrin.

E. Australia

From Darren O'Shaughnessy (darren@cs.anu.edu.au):

The Ren & Stimpy show is being shown in Australia on Network Ten's "The Big 
Breakfast". It runs from about 7:30 - 8:00, Monday to Friday, although the 
time does vary. No cuts appear to have been made, and the episodes seem to 
be in the right order, without omissions (so far). The first episode was
screened 5/7/93 (7/5/93 to you yanks).

From Gerald C. Chick (g.chick@trl.oz.au):

Ren & Stimpy has been showing since 5 July 1993 (or maybe earlier, but I
think that was the first episode), daily at approximately 7:30 AM on the
TEN Network's Big Breakfast Show. If advertisements for NERF-pellet machine 
pistols (with imitation Borg) and "Tinkle Tots" make you want to chunder, 
set your video.

Editor's Note: Listings for this have been provided by Darren O'Shaughnessy 
(darren@cs.anu.edu.au) in the R&S Encyclopedia.

From Zik Saleeba (zik@zikzak.apana.org.au):
>freako@suburbia.apana.org.au (damian caynes) writes:

>Here in oz we get ren n stimpy at a ridiculous timeslot, like 7:30am on
>monday... this is damn awkward and i've only caught one episode, tho i was
>hooked instantly. I was half asleep and they were goin off like Itchy &
>Scratchy on illegal substances, and it was preeeeeeeety strange...

And what's worse they're moving it to 7am starting tomorrow! It's
being edged out to make space for "The Adventures of T Rex" - Jurassic
Park has a lot to answer for :-( Imagine the horror at hauling
yourself out of bed at 7:30am only to catch a last few tantalising
seconds of Ren'n'Stimpy followed by some trashy dinosaur `toon.
Eucccch!

From Darren O'Shaughnessy (Darren.OShaughnessy@cs.anu.edu.au):
>From: Norman G. Sippel (ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu):
> 
> Darren,
> 
> I can wait till this weekend to upload the new FAQ, so I'll wait for your 
> update tomorrow (if you would please include new shows).  Can you give me
> more on this "Maynard F#" and "JJJ" ?  What are they?  
> 

    The TV guide says that Ren & Stimpy's timeslot (7 a.m. Monday) has been
taken by some monstrosity called "Piggsburgh Pigs". I don't know when, if 
ever, we'll see more episodes :( Lucky I've got them all on tape to watch at 
my leisure.

    Maynard F# Crabbes is a mad DJ on the national alternative radio
network JJJ. He liberally intersperses so-called normal music with stuff 
like ABBA, Weird Al Yankovic, and now Ren & Stimpy, and has a penchant for 
Hawaiian shirts, flares, and rectangular specs. Do you really want to know 
more? 8*}

Editor's Note: Send them mail that you want R&S back!  Check out the 
address' section of the FAQ!

F. Iceland

From Jon Ingi Ingimundarson (jii@rhi.hi.is):

Our state-owned television RUV started broadcasting the first season
shows two weeks ago.  Currently they've shown show #3 and show #6 
as listed in the Ren and Stimpy FAQ.  It airs Wednesday at 6:30pm.
The listing in the papers goes something like this:

"Ren and Stimpy:   A cartoon show about the dog Ren and the cat
                   Stimpy."  

The tv-station has apparently bought 6 episodes.

They were shown on our state-owned televsion station RUV (Rikisutvarpid-
Sjonvarp).  RUV broadcasts between ca. 18:00-23:30 weekdays and 12:00-
1:00 weekends.  And show around 5-10 US shows each week (this week
it's 4).  Why RandS were chosen is a mystery to me.

Although they were shown at a very bad time (18:30) they got an ok 
publicity and luckily weren't dragged into the whole Beavis+Butthead,
The Program stupidity.

The shows were shown complete, without (as usual) commercials and in  
Stereo. (Editor's Note: Maybe I should move to get uncut episodes? :)

It is not certain that season 2 will be shown here since tv-stations
often buy shows only for one season and then move onto the next show.

Editor's Note: Jon keeps a listing of episodes for Iceland in the R&S 
encyclopedia. If you like it, e-mail him your compliments!

G. Other Nations, Countries, and Uncharted Regions Of Space

Dozens of other countries have or will be getting R&S.  Please e-mail the 
times, places, and other relevant information if you want your country 
(especially United Kingdom) added to this section.  (And no, home video 
airings don't count :)

One person e-mailed me asking "Can I do an airing list?"  I told them to 
please make it clear and consise, use my numbering scheme (confusion is 
minimized by using standardization between continents), and if they want me 
to add it to the R&S Encyclopedia, please follow a nice format (use mine as 
an example if you wish).

All countries are appreciated!! John K. will soon get to see this section, 
so please, let him know you are watching!!

Note To Country Episode Keepers: Please e-mail your new lists when they are 
ready, and please continue using the R&S Encyclopedia numbering system. Good 
job on your work and thank you for your continuing support!


3. My site seems to get two R&S newsgroups. What's the deal?

At the time a newsgroup for R&S was being discussed, the original idea was 
for the alt.fan group. Many (including Nick Sayer) counter-proposed that it 
should be under alt.tv. When it came time to create the groups, both 
newsgroups went out. It is the poster's opinion that since it is a TV show, 
it belongs in alt.tv. The alt.tv group is not called 'ren-and-stimpy' 
because that would be too long for certain (broken) news programs and 
operating systems. 'ren-&-stimpy' is inappropriate because it contains a 
non-alphanumeric character other than '- or _'.

Many sites, like the editor's, have both newsgroups' postings going into one 
newsgroup, so duplicate postings will be prevalent at times.

Currently, UseNet considers alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy bogus, but people are 
still using it. They are trying to stop using it, but it doesn't seem too 
successful.  If you know about the current situation about the "bogusness" 
of alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy, please e-mail me. Recently, I received an e-mail 
expressing the bogusness of it and trying to get me to convert to alt.tv 
when I posted there the other day.

*:NOTE:* As an added bonus, keep tabs on rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.tv 
for R&S news because some people do NOT get the R&S newsgroups.  Also, 
rec.music.dementia will have lists of the Dr. Demento show's Funny Five 
which sometimes features the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" and "Don't Whiz On The 
Electric Fence" songs!


4. How do I pronounce Ren's name?

The name is apparently Dutch [*], and thus an English pronunciation will 
only be approximate. It ends up as "Hork" (rhymes with "pork"). They play 
with this in the show and intentionally mispronounce it "HO-ack" or "HO-ehk" 
from time to time. His first name rhymes with "pen," of course.

[*] From what we know about Ren's cousin Sven, he is Danish.
    It seems like both Ren and Sven are a mixture of different European
    cultures.


5a. Who makes R&S?

The creative force behind R&S is John Kricfalusi. He is also Ren's voice. 
John K.'s last name is pronounced "KRIS-fah-loo-see". He is 36 and from 
Ottawa.

John K is "stunned" that so many adults watch R&S. (See #18 for the scoop 
about his reaction to this FAQ)

From ebh@mink.att.com:
He [John K] was a major creative force (under the [Ralph] Bakshi umbrella) 
behind the New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, and he was also involved with The 
Jetsons.

Stimpy's voice is Billy West. Billy West is also the voice of "Doug," one of 
the other Nicktoons. West used to work at WBCN in Boston, which is famous 
for shock-radio. He is also "Announcer," "Sven," "Ren," and "Flies (from 
Ren's Toothache)" according to _Film_Threat_ (and what I know). (I have a 
file about his background I have posted. E-mail me for it or if you have an 
FTP site I can put it on please.)

When John K. left R&S, Billy West is doing Ren on an interim basis until a 
new person could be found.  He debuted on "What'll We Do Till Then?" with 
Stimpy blowing himself up like a balloon.  Vanessa Coffey, the producer for 
all the Nicktoons, has announced that they are looking through talent 
agencies for a replacement.

Billy West is scheduled to come to Miami University of Ohio in early 
October.  More details will be posted when I get them (and yes, Miami is 
where I go to college).

Second season credits list "The Spumco Players" or "The Players", presumably 
the voice artists. They include (from "In The Army / Powdered Toast Man"): 
Harris Peet, Cheryl Chase, Michael Pataki, Bob Camp, Vincent Waller, John 
K., Jim Smith, Henry Porch, Charlie Birssette and Billy West. Many of these 
are people with other jobs within Spumco.

So far there have been two acknowledged guest stars: Gary Owens as Powdered 
Toast Man, and Frank Zappa as The Pope (both in "Powdered Toast Man").  Gary 
Owens has also appeared in several bumpers as the part of the announcer.

Three unannounced guest stars have appeared on R&S.  In "Stimpy's Fan Club," 
Soleil Moon Frye (of "Punky Brewster" fame) was one of the fans. In "Visit 
To Anthony", Randy Quaid guest stars, and Anthony plays himself.

The creative organization is called "Spumco". The company motto is "The 
Danes call it quality." ("Spumco" has also been reportedly an acronym which 
has long been forgotten.) See #7b for details.

The boy whose picture is shown with the motto is Jimmy, the hapless boy - 
the company mascot (From lazlo@triton.unm.edu). It's said that he is John 
K.'s oldest creation for T.V. and his "best" character (_Cinfantastique_).

After John K. was fired, there was a split.  A "puppet" company called 
"Games Productions" (a.k.a. "Stabco" and "Milkmen") makes and creates Ren 
And Stimpy. John K. is on his own with Spumco making "George Liquor" and "He 
Hog" for this fall. Games Productions is very tightly controlled by Nick, so 
their scripts don't seem to be half as funny as John K.'s where he was wild, 
wacky, and funny.

Billy West ended up getting the job of Ren (for Season 2 though), and Ron 
Hughart is now directing some of the shows. Ron H. works within the 
organization as a Timing Director. Recently, Games Productions changed its 
name to Games Animations. What this exactly means for R&S is yet to be seen.


5b. Where can I send my mail about R&S?

****************************************************************************
If the Tiny Toons fans can write in and get results, why not us?! :)  Please 
write into Nickelodeon!  Tell them whether you like seeing weeks of reruns, 
the quality of material decreasing, or any other gripes or compliments about 
R&S!  Your letter does count if we all do our part in sending them in!!!!  
****************************************************************************
John K. responded to my letter, so let Spumco know you exist! :)  OH JOY!!
****************************************************************************
*:NOTE:* Avoid using standardized letters--they look bad because Nick would 
think only a few people are writing in instead of hundreds and are usually 
thrown away.  Be original :).
****************************************************************************

From eediot@bloated.sack.usa:

Ren Hoek And Stimpson J. Cat
1004 John K.'s Creations Memorial Blvd.
Hollywood, Yugoslavia, Europe 55555  (I couldn't help myself:)

From zuckerma@aludra.usc.edu:

Spumco International (that's how it's listed in the Greater LA phone book)
5625 Melrose Avenue (Editor's Note: Second Floor, according to Jenny Lerew)
Hollywood, CA  90038
(Home of John Kricfalusi and the other starving artists:)


It's located a few blocks west of the Paramount Studios lot.

Other important addresses from Joel Schenkle (donnell@polyp.micro.umn.edu):

President Of Viacom:                 Nickelodeon:

Sumner Redstone                      Nickelodeon Headquarters
98 Baldpate Hill Road                1515 Broadway, 21st Fl.
Newton, Mass. 02160                  New York City, N.Y. 10036
 (a big shot)                 (home of Geraldine Laybourne, Pres. of Nick)

MuchMusic: (Any other foreign addresses of R&S stations?)
(From djcl@io.org and Toastman P. Bugera [umbuger2@ccu.umanitoba.ca])

MuchMusic
299 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5V 2Z5
 (Canadian source of R&S)

**
From Alojz Kiseli (9045387u@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au):

Well, the address for Channel 10 in Adelaide (where I live) is
125 Strangeways Tce.
Nth Adelaide  S.A. 5006
Phone no: (08) 239 1010

I've already given them a call, they don't seem to know much about it.
Is it sheer ignorance? I doubt it....

Try ask the guys on the newsgroups to lobby channel 10 in their state,
that way if we get enough support, something might actually happen.

Fingers crossed...
**
In _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_, they want copies of letters people are sending 
into Nickelodeon.  If you want to let them have a copy (which they may 
reprint and let Nick publicly know you don't like the situation) or whether 
you approve/disprove their publicity of R&S, here's their address:

Wild Cartoon Kingdom
9171 Wilshire Blvd., #300
Beverly Hills, California 90210
 (pro John K. media)

If you send letters to bring back the funniness and wackiness into Ren and 
Stimpy or something similar, please treat these people with respect.  Is 
there a public address for Games Productions/Animations?

**** Write In!  John Switzer (from alt.fan.ren-n-stimpy) wrote in and got 
into _Ren_And_Stimpy_Exposed_ magazine! (And thanks for submitting our 1992 
presidential slogans, John!) Tell them you want the real R&S--no substitutes!

And comments, suggestions, additions, deletions, and/or corrections should 
be sent to ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu.  See the preface and #17 for more 
details.


6. What's the deal with the character and shows with "George Liquor" ?

Nick has had a struggle with the character "George Liquor." He is a 
"typical" macho man (who shares hobbies with "Earl Pitts, American," if you 
have heard his funny commentaries created by Gary Burbank on 700 WLW in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, but without the beer [for now]) who likes to treat R&S 
like they're in the army. He likes guns (as shown in _Film_Threat_) and 
wants to win at everything. He is your average plain egotistical guy who 
treats everyone rough especially Mr. Horse and The Judge in "Dog Show."

Nick shudders at this character because he is so "adult." His cartoons are 
probably the ones which John K. got himself into trouble. We see a glimpse 
of him in "The Boy Who Cried Rat!" as the man who runs R&S out of the trash 
cans; he also appears in "Robin Hoek" as the sheriff. The second season 
basically revolves around him.  He was the one who sent R&S to the army (and 
gave Ren the $20 which he in turn gave to the Sergeant), dog show (and gave 
Ren the barbed treatment), and many other places (including in "In The Army" 
where R&S have a picture of him on the wall between their beds).  He treats 
them with little respect and kindness, so when Ren revolts against George, 
he throws a fit. In "Man's Best Friend," there is a scene where Ren hits 
George over the head with a oar for 3 minutes and in slow motion once (which 
will be cut out of the final version, by the way) for a total of over twenty 
hits.

This type of violence wasn't taken lightly by Nick; they banned "Dog Show" 
and "Man's Best Friend."  In _R&S_Exposed_ magazine, they totally ignored 
the character completely.  When George was first presented, someone in Nick 
thought his last name was "lick her"; Nick still didn't like the idea of a 
character named after a chemical depressant.  The jury is still out on the 
future of his cartoons and his character. The official word is that George 
Liquor was given back to John K. (because of Nick's so-called ruined image) 
and will be appearing in future Spumco projects. Currently, there is a deal 
in the works for George to appear in his own show for FOX or another network.

George Liquor is played by Michael Pataki.  He has appeared in many movies 
and series, including the most recent appearances as the voice of "The Cow" 
on "The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse" and "Sewer King" on "Batman: The 
Animated Series."  He's been on several "Star Trek" shows and movies, both 
new and old.

June 1993: "Man's Best Friend" is being re-animated according to 
_Cinfantastique_ magazine, June 1993, so George is going soft for Nick.  
John K. is going to bring back George in a show with Jimmy The Hapless Boy 
in a similar format and attitudes as R&S in the fall.

BTW, he's my favorite character on R&S besides R&S and PTM :).

July 1993: I want to mention that Nick shudders at George with the same 
shudders as Ren.  They don't like Ren mad or upset because they think it 
will scare the kids.  Bologna.

October 1993: Billy West expressed that Nick is going to have "Man's Best 
Friend" re-animated. Those joiks! :(

December 1993: George, according to _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_ issue 2, was 
handed back to John K. from Nick conditionally.  For example, he can't be a 
child molester or a mass murderer.  (John K. was quoted to say something to 
the effect, "How many people does he need to kill to make him a mass 
murderer?" :)


7a. What are the words to...

   ... the 'Log' song?

   "What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs
    rolls over your neighbor's dog?
    What's great for a snack and fits on your back?
    It's Log, Log, Log!

    It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
    It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
    Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log!
    Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"

    ... the words to Stimpy's insane ravings in "Mad Dog Hoek"?

    From _Cinfantastique_ magazine, June 1993, p. 46:

    "I like Darren, he is my friend! I like you AND him--he
    likes me and I like him!! He likes you, I HOOOOPE! I LIKE
    HIS AUTOGRAPH, IT IS A NICE PICTURE!!!!! HE IS NIIIIICCEE!!!"

    ... the jingle for "Sugar Sod Pops"?

    "If you like grass, if you like dirt,
     eat Sugar Sod Pops, it can't hurt!"

    ... the Oath?

    "I do hereby promise only to watch the Ren & Stimpy show,
    to make under-leg noises during the good scenes,
    to wear unwashed lederhosen every single day of
    the rest of my life."

    At least one poster claims 'under-leg' is underling,
    but the consensus is for the former. Under-leg noises
    being farts, of course. (Hardly an episode goes by
    that someone doesn't cut one). Underlings are people
    working under a boss.  So the former makes more sense.

    By the way, Under-leg is the proper spelling, not "underleg,"
    according to the R&S calendar. (Also appeared in the R&S Comics)

     ... the words to the "New Fan Initiation" Oath Of Servitude?

    (Bring $1 million in small change before reciting:)

    I, (Insert Full Name Here), human, promise to watch the R&S Show
    until my eyeballs implode, even if it goes into 10 years of reruns!
    (And?!) I promise to memorize whole episodes and recite the lines
    shamelessly in unwelcome situations. (And? And? Oh Yeah!) I promise
    to wear unwashed lederhosen every single day of the rest of my life!

    (That's It!  You're in our secret club!)

    ... Nurse Stimpy's oath?

    "I do solemnly swear by the sacred bedpan to fix the patient,
    and ease his wretched suffering, even until all hope is lost."

    ... The Muddy Mudskipper theme song?

    "Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all?
    Who can skip in the mud with the greatest of ease?
    What kind of wonderful guy?

    Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees? [*]
    Who's got segmented eyes?

    It's Muddy Mudskipper, it's Muddy Mudskipper
    It's the Muddy Mudskipper show!"

    [*] According to _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_ (a Film Threat publication),
    they claim the line should be "Who can skip in the mud without breaking
    his knees."  Which is correct?

    ... Stimpy's "Gritty Kitty" poem?

    "Gritty Kitty ain't so pretty, but it's really thick
    It fills my cat box oh so snug, it always does the trick
    I like to rub it on my toes and squish and squish and squish
    It ne'er offends my tender nose, like a smelly fish
    Its texture is a joy to me, it's just as smooth as silk
    It makes my little whiskers twitch, it stays crunchy even in milk
    I may not be the president, I may not be the pope
    But as long as I have Gritty Kitty, I shall never mope."

    ... The "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song?

    "Hello, boys and girls. This is your old pal, Stinky Wizzleteats. [*]
    This is a song about a whale. No! This is a song about being happy!
    That's right! It's the Happy Happy Joy Joy song!

    [chorus]
    Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
    Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
    Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
    Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!

    I don't think you're happy enough! That's right! I'll teach you to
    be happy! I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs! Now, boys and
    girls, let's try it again!

    [chorus]

    If'n you aint the grandaddy of all liars! The little critters of
    nature... They don't know that they're ugly! That's very funny, a
    fly marrying a bumblebee! I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't
    believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!

    [chorus without last line]
    Happy Happy Happy Happy
    Happy Happy Happy Happy
    Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!"

    * Stinky's last name debate is over.  The calendar of R&S and
    the flood of fall 1992 articles about our twisted twosome
    (including U.S.A. Today newspaper) has supported "Wizzleteats."

    ... Ren's speech just before going to sleep in "In The Army?"

    "Good night, Stimpy. Now all I need is eight hours of
    uninterrupted sleep."

    ... Ren's speech after the peeling-H-bombs scene in "In The Army"?

    "Psst. Hey Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper
    of the cheese. And you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he
    knows it. That's why he's gonna kill us. So we have to beat it.
    Yeah. Before he lets loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry,
    little missy! I'll save you!"

    ... The Hangin' Song in "Out West"?

    "OOOOhhh, Lord loves a hangin', that's why he give us necks
    It tightens up our vocal chords, and loosens up our pecs.
    So if you are a horse thief and guilty to the bone,
    Go ahead and blame a friend and you won't hang alone!

    It may be hard to swaller, but you'll be three feet taller,
    And find new ways to entertain your friends.
    You say you are a villian, but can't abide by killin',
    Go ahead and steal yourself a horse.

    Two three eleven or five seven [take it, boys].
    I'm a pickin' and I'm a swingin'!
    I'm ignorant, and I'm ugly!
    That you are, boys.

    OOOOhhh, The Lord loves a hangin', and so do we by heck!
    So go and get a lasso and decorate your neck!
    Oh we is awful ignorant and uglier than sin,
    so go ahead and cut us down... And hang us all again!

    Hangin', that is. Swing a spell.
    (Ya'll bring the kids next time, ya hear?)" [*]

    [*] This line was edited out at the last minute.  This line came
    from the article from _Film_Threat_ magazine.

    ... the words to the "Royal Canadian Yaksmen Anthem"?

    Follow the bouncing Ren as you sing!  (Karaoke Time:)

    "Our country reeks of trees,
     Our yaks are very large,
     And they smell like rotting beef carcasses.
     And we have to clean up after them
     And our saddle sores are the best.
     We proudly wear women's clothing
     And searing sand blows up our skirts.
     And the buzzards, they soar overhead,
     And poisonous snakes will devour us whole,
     Our bones will bleach in the sun.
     And we will probably go to /hell/ [*],
     And that is our great reward,
     For being The-uh Ro-yal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen!"
     (Repeat As Necessary)

[*] Hell is never said but is bleeped out all the time and is crossed out in 
the Karaoke section.  (And yes, Karaoke is spelled correctly!:)

    ... Ren's crazy speech in "Space Madness"?

    "...I'll just lie back and think pleasant thoughts.
    Chicken pot pie... Chocolate covered RAIsins...
    EEGlazed Hammmmm... They think I'm crazy... But I
    know better... It is not I who am crazy... It is
    I who am MAD!... Didn't you hear 'em? Didn't you
    see the crowds?!! Oh my beloved ice cream bar...
    How I love to lick your creamy center... eeyaaarghruch...
    eeyaarghrunch... eeyaarghrunch... 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... WE'RE NOT
    HITCHHIKING ANYMORE... WE'RE RIDING...

    (Stimpy: "Stop it. You're talking crazy")

    Oh no... I know what you want... You coveteth my ice
    cream bar!

    (Stimpy: "Come on now")

    No you don't! You can't take it from me now!
    I've had this ice cream bar since I was a child...
    People... Always trying to take it from me... Why don't they
    leave me ALONE?!!!

    (Stimpy: "Easy now...")

    Back off man!!!... Don't make me use this... One
    step closer, I'm warning ya... Don't make me use it!
    Now you've done it! You... forced me to use it!!!...

    ... the words to Stimpy's Ode To Ren commercial?

    "What is a friend?
    A friend misses you when you are away, for even for a short while,
    A friend is always there to try your latest inventions,
    and to protect you from yourself, and only a true friend would scratch
    your back, pluck your eyebrows, do your nails, and brush your teeth
    all out of the goodness of his heart. Ren is my best pal.
    [Announcer: R&S - an ode to friendship.]"

    ... the words to the song about the board game in "Sven Hoek" ?

    "Don't whiz on the electric fence!" (TV Show Version)

    Someone timed a test print of the segment of this song and
    reported to the group that 3-4 lines of song is missing. The song has
    turned up on the R&S CD "You Eediot" in its full glory.

     ... the words Sven repeats in "Sven Hoek" ?

    From: David R. Zinkin (zinkin@eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu)

    I just checked my tape of "Sven Hoek" to confirm the quote. It's
    "Daaaah, he is Ole, you are Sven. He is Ole, you are Sven."
    Sven says it twice, once after Sven tells him to "say something
    intelligent" and once after Stimpy says "Daaah, hello, superior
    creature!"

    Editor's Note: Sven says this a total of four times and holds up
    his hat everytime he says it.

    ... Mr. Horse's Spanish response in "World Crisis"?

    Ren claims it translates to "No sir, he doesn't like it," but
    Mike Loux discovered a hidden joke.

    From Mike Loux (mloux@rm42.ucc.uconn.edu):

    "Las cucarachas entran, pero no pueden salir."
    (The cockroaches enter, but they can't leave)


7b. What is the meaning behind or origin of...

    [ Much of the items that seem like obscure or trivial humor are in
    fact non sequiturs. There's no meaning. They're just there for the
    hell of it. ]

    ... Hwarfing?

    The action of Stimpy coughing up a hairball (usually on Ren).
    (This should end the debate on its spelling.)

    ... Vitamin "F" in "Powdered Toast With Vitamin 'F'"?

    "F" is for "Fart." (No big surprise:)

    ... "Raymond Spum" or "Spum"?

    Raymond Spum is a joke and a made-up alias for John Kricfalusi. Anytime
    he didn't like a cartoon he worked on or was in protest about it, he
    used this fictitious name. John K. also used it in the first season
    credits. All the stories about him are fiction; what do you think R&S
    is? :)

    Blaine Erickson (erickson@uhunix.uhcc.hawii.edu) has posted to the
    group adding that "spum" is not a real Danish word, and that the
    Danish word for quality is "kvalitet".

    John K. has claimed that "spum" is a brand name of a product in
    Denmark.

    ... "George Liquor"?

    In _Film_Threat_ magazine, John K. said that he saw a sign in the late
    seventies with the words "George Liquor". He was so crazy over the name
    (and the fact that someone forgot to put in the possessive) that he went
    and drew the picture. (The sign was for a business selling alcohol,
    obviously.)  By the way, his cousin's name is Corn Liquor and was going
    to appear in a future episode called "Hillbilly Hoek" (_Cinfantastique_
    magazine). (This episode will probably not be produced unfortunately.)

    See the George Liquor section for more details.

    ... "Stinky Wizzleteats"?

    According to _Cinfantastique_ magazine, it came from "The Littlest
    Giant" when Bob Camp talked about Ren's Cow's "Wizzled Teats".
    John K. loved it so much, he used it as a name.

    ... The Crocostimpy Bus? [ "Untamed World" ]

    Non sequitur. For the original joke according to _Cinfantastique_
    magazine, the Crocostimpy was going to say "What's The Big Sleep, Ren?"
    (a reference to Big House Blues quote by Stimpy) and hop onto the bus.
    A bunch of lady Crocostimpies were going to follow the bus on foot
    and yell "He's dead, you idoit!  Don't you know what dead is?"
    Now you know the rest of the story.

    ... "We're not hitchhiking anymore! We're riding!" [ "Space Madness" ]

    From jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
    This is apparently from the movie "Centurion." The line was
    delivered by Kirk Douglas (see below).

    From Jon Bondurant (gowan@sugar.NeoSoft.COM):

    This is actually wrong. I've seen the movie several times and
    it's actually _Champion_. Kirk Douglas plays a loner who boxes one night
    to get out of debt and later decides to take it up as a profession. At 
    one point, he goes off the deep end and becomes very self-serving and
    full of himself. He tries to convince his brother, Connie, that it's
    all for the best. (paraphrased) "C'mon, Connie..we're in the big time,
    we've made it. We're not hitchhiking any more, we're riding!"
    It's actually a pretty good movie.

    ... The face that rises and sets over Hollywood during "Stimpy's Big
    Day?"

    From ebh@mink.att.com:
    The face is apparently Kirk Douglas. According to John K.,
    Kirk Douglas was the [partial?] inspiration for Ren.

    ... The various narrations in the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song?

    "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs"
    This apparently paraphrases an old saying. There are many film and
    TV uses of this phrase. It means (roughly) to teach someone
    what they already know. Furthermore, "to suck eggs" is apparently
    a euphemism for nosing into other people's business.

    From zeus@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu:
    "The little critters of nature -- They don't know that they're ugly."
    This is a line from the film "Summer Magic" starring Berl Ives and
    Hayley Mills.

    ... Ren's various insane ravings?

    So far Ren has been portrayed as being outright insane in
    at least two cartoons (his general level of sanity is
    as questionable as any cartoon character's, of course,
    but we're talking serious psychosis here): "In The Army"
    after he's done peeling H-bombs, and in "Space Madness".
    During both of these intervals Ren gives speeches that
    are as nutty as a fruitcake. Talking about running from
    marmosets, boiled football leather, things like that.
    As far as the net knows (at the moment), these are simply things
    that the writer(s) thought were silly enough for a raving looney
    to think sensible.

    ... the man playing the accordian in "Sven Hoek" ?

    This is the first live action character on the show.
    From the many pictures I have seen in the different pictures,
    it looks like Bob Camp. It appears to be a "throw together" opening;
    according to _Cinfantastique_, it was put together at the last second.

    ... Husband and Wife from "The Boy Who Cried Rat!" and several others?

    John Kricfalusi is said to be a big fan of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs and
    Connie of the SubGenius culture. They are an incarnation of a married
    couple of the 1950s and the like. Otherwise known as "Mr. and Mrs.
    Pipe" or the '50s suburbanites.


    (If you want any other quotes or segments explained or included with
     explanations, please e-mail me.)


8. Is it "No sir, I _DON'T_ like it", or "No sir, I _DIDN'T_
   like it"?

Both. "Don't" is heard in "Stimpy's Big Day/The Big Shot," and "didn't" is 
heard in "Fire Dogs," and "Marooned." In Season II we have a new variation 
in "Out West:" "WELL sir, I don't like it." Another variation is in "Rubber 
Nipple Salesmen:" "WEll sir, I don't think I have a use for rubber nipples!"

By the way, Billy West is now doing Mr. Horse.  Games Production plans to 
use Mr. Horse as a remembrance to John K., not as a weapon against him.

Mr. Horse has appeared as a cameo on several cartoons but has starred in two 
bumpers.  Yes sir, those appearances were Emmy material! :)

FYI: He is on the picture in Anthony's bedroom in "Visit To Anthony" and on 
Ren's wall (behind Stimpy and the flensing machine) in "Nurse Stimpy."


9. Does anyone have a list of episodes?

It is posted at the same time as this FAQ list. A more complete breakdown of 
showings and background is also posted at the same time called "The Ren And 
Stimpy Encyclopedia."  See #16 for more information about archived 
information.


10. What is the title of the one that spoofs "Wild Kingdom"?

This is a point of controversy. The titles read "A Cartoon / Written by Jim 
Smith & John K. / Storyboards by Jim Smith / Directed by John K. / Untamed 
World". 

Some believe it is titled simply "Untamed World" under the theory that the 
first thing you see doesn't have to be the title. It would have been awkward 
to put the credits after "Untamed World" because of how the action goes. It 
would have been similarly awkward to start off with "Written by". "A 
Cartoon" was thus simply used to intro the credits.

Some believe that since "A Cartoon" is capitalized and appears by itself 
that it must be a title, and call it "A Cartoon" or "A Cartoon: Untamed 
World".

Official word from Spumco has reached the author (from 
jeffy@athena.mit.edu) that Spumco folk internally referred to it as 
"Nature Show".

In one of the new cartoons, a sequel named "Untamed World 2: Lair Of The 
Lummox" may prove the name to be "Untamed World."  Keep your VCRs ready, 
folks, because they are getting close to airing this one soon.

The R&S Comics use the title "Untamed World" for their aquatic adventure 
(with Mr. Sea Horse:).


11. Does Nickelodeon censor R&S?

The opening titles contain scenes from "Big House Blues" and point to the 
possibility that Nickelodeon has cut scenes from the show.  In particular, 
Nick's rendering of BHB does NOT show the scene where Ren is 'drinking from 
the porcelain bus.'  Additionally, although Nick originally showed the 
entire "Magic Nose Goblins" ending, they have since then started doing a 
quick fade as the scene panned over the 'field of green.'  There are other 
places in the series where editing may have taken place. In particular, in 
"Untamed World", there is a blackout, then a wipe to the next scene.  
Nowhere else does this take place.

From jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
There were a few incidences in "Big House Blues."  In one scene, the 
dogcatcher asks R&S if they like to have fun; R&S agree. "Well go ahead, 
have fun!" [then, in the missing footage, the dogcatcher turns his back, and 
says in a feminine voice, "See if I care."] [If you freeze frame it, you can 
see the dogcatcher turn around and put his hands on his hips in a rather 
feminine stance. Just a brief glance.] Also, during the sleep sequence, Ren 
ends up kissing Stimpy, then wakes up, screams, says something about having 
to "clean himself," and goes to toilet, drinking out of it (not vomiting 
into it). Or maybe it's eating, who can say.

From ja1r+@andrew.cmu.edu:
Like that other Jeff said, Ren dreams he's having a romantic encounter and 
ends up kissing Stimpy, at which point he instantly wakes up wide-eyed and 
dashes over to the PHENOMENALLY rusty and filthy prison toilet, takes a 
loooong drink to wash his mouth out (!), glares back and Stimpy and shouts, 
"HAVE YOU *NO* SENSE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE???"

Editor's Note: I have finally seen unedited BHB at a local animation 
festival. Most people have forgotten about Stimpy's "sleeper" eyes, and at 
the end of the credits, there is a skull and crossbones.  I have also read 
that John K. said that Ren was dreaming of a female chihuahua.

Furthermore, several cartoons have been nixed by Nick including "Man's Best 
Friend (starring George Liquor)" and "Dog Show" because they are too 
"adult." The list seems to continue to grow. "Powdered Toast Man," besides 
it political punch at the end, has caused Catholicism to condemn it because 
of its portrayal of the Pope. "Out West" uses the word "Lord" and "hangin'" 
in the same sentence, which makes Nick weary.

On "Sven Hoek," I have seen a test print. Nick edited the nose goblins down 
and took away the Sven's line "I finally get a good look at them!" They took 
out the sequence where Sven and Stimpy play circus in the closet (and Stimpy 
pretends to be a sword swallower who has a bad accident). They also edited 
out where Ren looks into the camera and says "And I'm going to gouge your 
eyes out!  Yea, that's what I'm gonna do!"

On a side note, Nick edited the new WWDTT. It aired "eat olive loaf" and 
when it should be "eat olive loaf till you puke!"  And on MTV's airing of 
"Sven Hoek" certain pieces of music were changed for unknown reasons.

Some other cuts are mentioned below in the questions, but their is one
final stop in our journey of edits and lost footage. In "Haunted House,"
George Liquor was supposed to be the bloody head fairy, not a knock-off
of "Doug." (_Cinfantastique_ magazine)  On "PTM", the "Pope" was changed
to "The Funny Little Man With A Pointy Hat," and PTM's closing joke with
the Constitution and Bill of Rights was edited out all together.  "Fake
Dad" was edited down from a half-hour to a regular 11 minute cartoon
according to _Cinfantastique_.  "Visit To Anthony" was changed because
Billy West played Ren for one scene only, and its quality is not very good.

Here are some circumstances I have a questions about:

     1. What is on Kowalski's butt in "Fake Dad" ?
     2. Is it true that Sven and Stimpy had a dinner
        ala Lady and the Tramp in "Sven Hoek" ?
     3. What happened to Stimpy teaching Ren how to rub
        two squirrels together in "The Great Outdoors" ?
     4. Why did Bob Camp change the soundtrack in "Sven Hoek" ?
     5. Will Nick release R&S uncut on VHS?  LaserDisc?
     6. Why and what did they cut out of in "Rubber Nipple Salesmen"
        with George Liquor?
     7. Why did "The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball" end so stupidly?
     8. What were the original lyrics to the song in "Sven Hoek" ?
     9. What will they edit in "Man's Best Friend" ?
    10. Is "Hollywood Hoek" a real episode or a dream?
    11. Why does "Untamed World" have a unfocused camara during the chase?
    12. What (and why) is missing from "Visit To Anthony" that was so bad
        that part of it was reanimated with Billy West doing Ren?
        (The scene is the one where Ren bulges his eyes out--the cut to
        the scene looks funny)
    13. When will the next new third season show air?!
    14. Why is there a cut in animation during the last part of Father's
        meeting with R&S in "Visit To Anthony" ?
    15. What was cut out of "Fake Dad"?
    16. What is in "Untamed World 2" that frightens Nick?
    17. Why did Nick cut out the "policeman" scen in "Son of Stimpy"?

(1.) Billy West told me this: whatever you believe it is.

(5.) VHS videos are out--check out the product section of the document.
Laser Discs are currently unavailable.

(6.) After reading _Cinfantastique_ magazine, I finally found out what 
happened in "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" with R&S. Ren knocks on the door, and 
George pops out with the oar (a reference to Man's Best Friend), beats them 
up, takes them inside, and scales them. Then George cleans them and throws 
their parts into the sink, and they say "I think this is going to be a hard 
sell."

(8.) The complete words are on the R&S CD. Check out the product section of 
this FAQ.

(9.) Another edit mentioned in _Cinfantastique_ magazine was "Man's Best 
Friend". Nick will air it only after the violent parts are reanimated 
(including the oar hitting scene, the greatest scene in R&S history).


12. What about the music?

Apart from a few selections, there is not a single piece of original music 
in the whole show. Instead, R&S quotes extensively from the classical 
repertoire, as well as 50's style TV themes and takes. In the second season, 
Raymond Scott's works including "Powerhouse" and "Toy Trumpet" have made it 
onto the show. (Carl Stalling, the famous Warner Brothers musical composer 
and director, used his pieces quite frequently.) Space prohibits a complete 
listing of music here.

For some reason, "Sven Hoek" has two versions of background music for 
reasons unknown. One version has aired consistently on Nick, and the other 
on MTV. MTV's version has the Raymond Scott and "Death March of a 
Marionette" pieces missing.

John K. is the voice of Stinky Wizzleteats, according to _Cinfantastique_ 
magazine, of the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song.

From Jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
John K apparently wrote "The Muddy Mudskipper Show" theme, and the [words to 
the (?)] "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song.

From jondr@sco.com:
Chris Reccardi wrote the [music to the (?)] HHJJ song. He has done work for 
Tiny Toon Adventures, among other things.

Editor's Note: The "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song has made it big.  It has hit 
several charts on different programs (like Dr. Demento, see 
rec.music.dementia) and radio stations.  It also appears in "Rubber Nipple 
Salesmen" and "Sven Hoek" as a single instrument solo.  It has recently 
appeared in "Haunted House" when Stimpy sings it in the shower.

From otg@csi.compuserve.com:
The closing theme is not an original composition. It's a version of the 
Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) classic blues "Killing Floor". No doubt. In 
fact, it's VERY similar to the arrangement on the Howlin' Wolf Chess Box.

Editor's Note: Official word is that Howlin' Wolf's song is NOT the closing 
theme, but it may sound like it.

Plans for "Der Screamin' Lederhosen" and their R&S record have been 
scrapped. The musical group plays the opening and closing music of R&S, 
which was created in a jam session. Members of the group include Chris 
Reccardi (bass), Scott Huml (drums), and Jim Smith (guitar).  Only Jim Smith 
works at Spumco now, with the other two at Stabco; Der Screamin' 
Lederhosen's has broken up (according to John K. himself in a letter I 
received).

Two new R&S CDs are coming out--check out the product section of this FAQ.


13. Where can I get R&S... ?

    ... animation cels?

    Some are going to be auctioned off in December 1992. 
    Rumor has it that the cell from Big House Blues went for the most
    at a price (I believe) $7500. (Details are sketchy about this auction.)

    If you want one and don't have a lot of money, enter the contest that
    _Ren_And_Stimpy_Exposed!_ magazine is running for us loyal fans; the
    cel is from "The Boy Who Cried Rat!" where R&S are in front of the
    house looking for a plan.  Unfortunately, it's over, and I didn't
    win :(.

    From David Loshin (loshin@think.com):

    As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have seen production animation
    cels offered for sale by a place called 

    American Royal Are Corp.
    473 Old Country Road
    Westbury, NY 11590

    The price was $495.00, and they have cels from shows from the first
    season (at least; perhaps more). The phone number is 1-800-888-9449.

    ... board games?

    I just got this for Christmas (so I don't know the price).  You can get
    it at Toys R Us (that's what bag it came in and was confirmed).

    R&S: THE LOG CEREAL GAME

    Each player gets a comic strip (four strips printed on both sides, eight
    episodes) and picks pieces from the big box of cereal. If its your own
    piece you need to complete the puzzle, say a R&S phrase and put it down
    onto your strip.  If you don't say the phrase, you lose the piece. If
    you pick someone else's piece, they have to say a phrase before getting
    it. If a LOG piece is picked, follow the directions. There is a History
    Eraser button strip, and if completed, the game never took place!

    Overall, a good concept. My only gripes are as follows. "Space Madness"
    and "Stimpy's Invention" are printed on the same mat. All the pieces
    are cardboard!  I wish there were some plastic pieces. There is no
    hangin' scene in the "Out West" strip! =O( =O(

    Contents of game: Log cereal pieces, Log action pieces, comic strip
    pieces, R&S sticker, History Eraser Button strip, and 4 comic strips.

    Rating: Buy it when it comes to an Odd/Big Lots near you!

    ... books?

    _Pat_The_Stimpy_ (A Nitty Gritty Touchy Smelly Book)
    (I've seen pictures of this book)

    Basically, it is "sense"-full (as apposed to Stimpy's senseless:)
    book.  An undying tribute to Ren And Stimpy and the 1980's fad
    of puffy and scratch 'n sniff stickers.  Touch Stimpy, smell the
    mountain of stinky socks, and more to sense.

    From Richard Goldstein (richardg@cheesewiz.EBay.Sun.COM):

    Nick is marketing the heck out of R&S, but this was truly hysterical.
    It is illustrated by Chris Reccardi. The book ain't cheap ($9.95), but
    I got it as a gift. It was found in a plain old bookstore.
    ISBN # 0-448-40199-1.

    ... bookmarks?

    A flat plastic Stimpy or Ren can save your place in your book. Found it
    at Cartoon Corner.  Each bookmark has tire treads over it because the
    box cover for it has a truck chasing after R&S.

    ... calendars?

    "Advance Comics Catalog" reports that a 18 month calendar for
    1993 and 2nd half 1992 will be available in August from Andrews
    & McMeel. It'll cost $8.95 and will be in full color (from
    michaelb@sol.cse.fau.edu)

    Editor's Note: I have one which is a 12 month from the same company.

    There is a 1994 calendar from the same people.  BUYER BEWARE!  My first
    calendar had 9 months, and its replacement had 14-15 months (duplicate
    months).  Apparently, their machine is broken. =O( The calendar features
    season 2 shows like "Sven Hoek" and "Son of Stimpy."

    ... card games?

    From John Nolin (john@porta.b24a.ingr.com):

    Just saw it at WE B Toys last night.

    The card game resembles Go fish in that you try to collect the most
    pairs of like cards.  Some of the cards include:

    Yak                              Powdered Toastman
    Bloated Sack of Protoplasm       Mr. Horse

    The back of the box said that you could "pick" any pair of cards from
    your opponent if you had the "Magic Nose Goblin" card.

    Looks sorta neat, but had a $7 price tag for a single deck of cards.

    ... cereal box offers?

    Kellogg's offers (USA only for now):
        Frosted Mini-Wheats:  2 UPC Codes (Proofs Of Purchase) for a SNICK
                              water-filled keychain.
        Corn Pops:            2 UPC Codes (Proofs Of Purchase) and $6.95
                              for a pair of R&S Shorts.
        Rice Krispies Treats: 2 UPC Codes (Proofs Of Purchase) for 2 R&S
                              Posters.

    ... coffee cups?

    A company called "Custom Screenprinting" makes them (from
    bub@vuse.vanderbilt.edu).

    ... colorforms?

    From Franklin C Malemud (fmalemud@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu):

    Hey I just returned from the store Cartoon Corner in the Columbus City
    Center, and now have in my possession....Ren & Stimpy Colorforms.
    The scenerio board is the Space Madness cockpit, and you have a
    veritable plethora of objects to manipulate including a toothbrush, a
    glazed ham, Ren in the water shap that floats, Stimpy, Stimpy sans head,
    Ren, Ren sans head, etc...it is quite enjoyable and was only 6 bucks, so
    recommend it to all y'all. I think the Cartoon Corner is a nat'l chain,
    so you may want to look it up in u'r yellow pages and give em a call.

    ... comic books?

    See Also #16 and #17 for more information)

    Marvel Comics have released the first issue in late October 1992.

    Future updates about the comics will be going into its own document.
    E-mail Fred Ochs at ochs@cs.wmich.edu for your copy of it when it was
    ready to be published! (Coming soon to an ftp site near you:)

    ... dolls and action figures?

    Nick has a deal with Mattel to make Ren and Stimpy dolls. According
    to _Previews_ magazine, there will be four dolls. One set of two
    (one Ren and one Stimpy) will each say six phrases from the show.
    (Stimpy's string to talk will be a hairball on his mouth.) The other
    set will make flatulating sounds.  The "Farting" dolls cost about $15
    and the "Talking" dolls cost $35 or so.  Mattel is also producing
    action figures: Cmdr. Hoek and Cadet Stimpy, Army R&S, and plain ol'
    R&S.  Deluxe R&S figures are a "bathtub" Ren and a "catbox" Stimpy.

    Dakin also has a deal with Nick and has produced two plush toys. They
    are available at stores like "Cartoon Corner" and "Spencer Gifts."
    Prices run from $14.99 to $35 apiece. For Christmas 1993, Dakin redid
    the R&S Dolls: Stimpy is now dressed in Santa clothes, and Ren is now
    dressed in Reindeer antlers and bells. (They are about the same price as
    the original dolls.)

    At Cartoon Corner, mini-dolls of our duo have turned up.  Ren is wearing
    a "Powdered Toast Man" T-Shirt, and Stimpy has on a "Gritty Kitty"
    T-shirt on. 

    ... GIFs?

    Check Adam Frampton's R&S FTP list.  He posts it bi-weekly on
    alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy.  (See #17)  BTW, the official ftp site for the
    R&S documents is aug3.augsburg.edu.  (See FTP information)

    ... key chains?

    Cubed Ren and Stimpy bodies which you can mix and match.

    ... moving stickers?

    Cracker Jacks is holding a advertising gimmick with Nick putting
    these beauties in their boxes. Make Stimpy hwarf onto Ren by changing
    your viewpoint. Cracker Jacks are at a grocery store near you.

    ... pillows?

    From Kevin Bell (finjkb@finaid.indstate.edu):

    I was down at the local Spencer's yesterday and saw something new in the
    R&S line: Pillows!  It's a huge pillow retailing for $19.95 in the 3-D
    shape of your favorite cartoon character's face! I personally prefer the
    Stimpy over Ren. Ren just doesn't translate as well.

    Editor's Note: "He's talking to pillows, kids!" -- Stimpy Pillow, SBD

    ... postcards?

    They have turned up in novelty stores like Spencer Gifts.
    Thirty-two postcards for $5.99. (At last look locally, they dropped
    in price to a little over $3.)

    ... posters and shirts?

    They've now spread to most any mall T-shirt store.

    ... sounds?

    See Also #17 about the FTP site guide and above question about "GIFS?".

    From rogue@cellar.org:
    ab20 was closed back in May (1992).  The entire archives have 
    been shuttled to wuarchive.wustl.edu and nic.funet.fi.  The Ren 
    & Stimpy sounds are part of the Amiga archives.  (wuarchive has done
    some shuffling of the ab20 files, and no longer has a mirror of the
    old site.  The sounds may have been moved to another directory.)

    From bkariger@aunix.fullerton.edu:
    We can rightly claim to be the first to have contributed digital
    samplings of Ren & Stimpy audio to INet and several other networks.
    (Well, OK, we are 98% sure of it; and we would like to know of any
    other uploads, both earlier and later.) They originally appeared in
    the Info-Mac archives. (The Info-Mac archives are available (by using
    FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on
    sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in
    /info-mac/help.) They are in the /info-mac/sound directory:

    ... video games? (In the order of being released)

    Nintendo Gameboy: "Space Madness"
      Cadet Stimpy is trying to save Cmdr. Hoek! Stimpy can shoot hairballs
      and collect Powdered Toast.

    Super Nintendo: "You Veediots!"
      Help R&S get through 4 episodes including TBWCR and ITA.

    Sega Genesis: "Stimpy's Invention"
      Play Ren or Stimpy! Stimpy's Mutato Machine has transformed
      their neighborhood into a dangerous place.  Can R&S stop it?
      One or two players; one player games have the other character running
      behind them (like Sonic 2) and can use him to solve puzzles.

    ... videos and CDs?

    Previous announcements that "Big House Blues" was available on
    "Tournee of Animation" tapes were in error.

    I finally got the info, according to roscoe@csd4.csd.uwm.edu:
     (Note: I had to compress the original post for brevity.)

    VIDEOS ($14.98 each)
         Classics Vol. I - Stimpy's Invention, Untamed World,
                           Space Madness, Breakfast Tips, Log,
                           and Goodbye.

         Stupidest Stories Vol. I - Stimpy's Big Day/Big Shot,
                                    Robin Hoek, and 2 Dr. Stupid bits.

         Stinkiest Stories Vol. I - Nurse Stimpy, Ren's Toothache,
                                    Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball,
                                    and 2 PTM segments. (Ed: Corrected Info)

         Have Yourself A Stinky Little Christmas - Son Of Stimpy makes it
                                                   to video with two new
                                                   Christmas videos!

    CDs ($13.98 each)
         Crock O' Christmas CD - 6 Christmas songs, 4 original compositions,
                                 and a story featuring Ren as "Ebeneezer
                                 Scrooge" and Stimpy as "Nat King Cole."
                                 (Sure to be unforgettable:)

         You Eediot! - Ren and Stimpy are music biz wannabes: Stimpy wants
                       to spread happiness and joy, while Ren wants to make
                       a million dollars.  6 favorite Ren And Stimpy songs,
                       4 new compositions, and a story.

    Some other things mentioned in the post that are coming soon:
       R&S trading cards (not Nicktoon trading cards) - (Pyramid brand??)
       R&S will be in Comics Interview #122 (Interview with Bill Wray)

    From Chris Bray (cbray@uafhp.uark.edu):
    > Kurt Philip White (u9360212@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au) writes:

    > Did anyone hear the radio interview that Ren and Stimpy did in 
    > Australia on the 31st October? it was aired on JJJ on Sunday Afternoon
    > Fever, and consisted of Maynard asking what sounded like pre-recorded
    > R&S a few questions, and in between played a couple of songs off "You
    > Idiot" (sp?).

    This is from a promo CD called "Little Eediot". I found a copy in a
    local used CD store...It's actually 2 CD's...The first being the 12
    minute interview with spaces for the DJ's voice...(34 tracks) and the
    2nd CD being 3 songs from You Eediot...

    ... water squirters?

    At Cartoon Corner, they had R&S's which you could fill up with water.
    When you squeeze their body, water comes out of their mouths. (Stimpy
    looks like he's going to hwarf. One can put green Nick Gak in Stimpy
    to make him look like he's hwarfing:)

    ... further information?

    _Ren_and_Stimpy_Exposed!_ is entire magazine devoted to our favorite
    heroes (Fall/Winter 1992).  It had a mailbag where the newsgroup,
    alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy, did get a mention!

    There is a new spread about R&S on a magazine called _Cinfantastique_.
    It's supposed to rival _Film_Threat's_ spread in the amount of
    information. Look for it at Walden Books ($5.50). It carries through the
    story _R&S_Exposed_ and _Film_Threat_ began and includes edits of our
    favorite cartoon.

    Go to the library and check out Reader's Guide To Periodicals.
    There are a whole slew of R&S articles from the year of 1991, 1992,
    and 1993. (Newspapers had many articles too.)

    _Film_Threat_ magazine has a 18 page article in its December 1992
    issue (number 7). A reprint (basically it is) of the R&S story is
    in a magazine called _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_. It has even more pictures,
    info., George Liquor, and the connection between John K. and Batman: The
    Animated Series. _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_ came out with a second edition
    featuring Batman TAS Movie and Jimmy the "Hapless" Boy.  WCKs are must
    buys!

    From Jason Price (Jason.Price@launchpad.unc.edu):

    I just got back on this news group and I dunno if anyonez seen this...

    I was walking thru the mall and happened to walk into Walden books to
    look for a AMiga mag and there it was.....In the thousands of mags IT
    stood out like a sore thumb...... " Wild Cartoon Kingdom" by RIP
    Magazine.. I got the last copy of it in the store and the guy told me
    that it was sent to them out of thin air. If you ever wanted to know
    anything about Ren & Stimpy this mag has it.. What Nick thinks about
    R&S, pics of John K, the whole cartoon cast, A full episode guide, SOME
    of the BEST !! pics from your fave episodes. I mean the mag cost 3.95
    but it was worth it. It also has a BIG section on BATMAN and a nother
    full episode guide and real cool pics. DEFINITELY a collectors ITEM.. I
    have to go see if they have any more..... The sad thing is that we had a
    thunderstorm and my windows were up...YES... my mag got wet..;-( ..
    gotta like those water marks.NOT!! I just thought I'd throw it in...
    LOOK FOR IT, ASK FOR IT.

    From Joel Schenkle (donnell@mantaray.micro.umn.edu):

    Actually, it is put out by the fine folks at "Film Threat". I think they
    are doing this to avoid reissuing the R&S issue of FT, their most
    popular issue, and already a collectors item.

    ... watches?

    From Synthia Petroka (sap@lucid.com):

    I just picked up two different Ren & Stimpy watches at the local Toys R
    Us in San Jose.  They were originally marked at $6.99 but were on sale
    at $3.98. They are digital watches, and one has a flip cover with a
    moving animation sequence of our heros bumping butts from the Happy
    Happy Joy Joy song.

    For you locals, I was at the store on Capitol at McKee and I found them
    amongst the other cartoon digital watches near the electronics section.
    They also had some Log Cereal Games.

    ... "Frontier Log," "Powdered Toast," "Gritty Kitty Litter," etc?

    "You sick little monkey!"
    "Don't you know cartoons will ruin your MIND?!"
            -- Ren, "Stimpy's Big Day"

    ... other products for the drooling fanboy in each of us?

    Stay tuned.


14. Is there a fan club?

Well, this document was created for the fan club on alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy. :)

From jeffy@athena.mit.edu:
Hahaha! It never occured to me, until I was looking at a just-finished copy 
of X Magazine #10 ("Big Ren & Stimpy Blow-Out" issue, plug plug) to post the 
address of the Almost-Official Ren and Stimpy Fan Club. So:

 Ren & Stimpy Fan Club
 2930 Jacob St.
 Hamtramck, MI 48212


15. What about the future of R&S?  (R&S Headline News)

Nutshell:
  We have completed the shows for Season 2.
  Nick is probably saving "Untamed World 2" and "Man's Best Friend"
   for Season 3 (they know that it's the last of the John K. material).


Gory Details:

Dateline
Premiere Date to April 1993:

The future of R&S is very murky at the moment. Rumors are flying of John K's 
dismissal for submitting inappropriate material and being behind schedule. 
The rights to the characters are owned by Nick, so it's conceivable that R&S 
could go on under new management. All of this is way up in the air as this 
goes to print.

John K. has been removed as head of R&S, and Spumco has lost the rights to 
produce R&S.  Bob Camp, one of John's partners at Spumco, will head a new 
studio.  The name of the company, who is still working on R&S, and other 
facts are all still up in the air as the public is concerned.

Nick announced in late fall 1992 that new Ren And Stimpys will be playing 
starting on November 7, 1992 and play new ones bi-weekly.  Nick is also 
looking for a replacement for Ren (and probably Mr. Horse) because John K. 
has decided to quit doing the voice. (Billy West is doing the interim Ren, 
as mentioned above.  Although its more like Ren and Peter Lorre combined, 
it's just not John K. But I am biased on this point, though.)

According to a recent poster, John K. now believes that R&S are "dead."  He 
may correct in the sense that some of their best material is now banned 
including the disputed "Out West" cartoon.  Nick has six shows left to air
but will hold out as long as possible to keep them fresh; it looks like 
re-run mania until February, a ratings month.

It looks like Ren And Stimpy cult fans are in for a bumpy ride.  Nick has 
ordered 65 (sixty-five) episodes for Season 3, which means the creativity 
will go down for sure (if they don't it will be a surprise).  The remaining 
Season 2 shows have episodes when Ren is played by Billy West.  "Monkey See, 
Monkey Don't" and "Fake Dad" were the only two new R&S from February 
sweeps--not to mention an edited Powdered Toast Man reappeared with the 
title of the "pope" changed to "the funny little man with the pointy hat."  
On the other end of the spectrum, John K. is now working on two shows for 
the fall: "He Hog" (a superatomic pig) and a variety show hosted by George 
Liquor ("Hello!  I'm George Liquor, American!").

"Out West," BTW, did make a come back unedited in February sweeps.  I 
believe Nick wanted to save their newest song until the "HHJJ" song died 
down in popularity.

"The Great Outdoors" and "The Cat Who Laid The Golden Hairball" have 
premiered.  Nick is premiering the rest of the cartoons by single airings.  
MTV is showing R&S at erratic times; keep an eye on your local listings.

April 24, 1993 Update: "Stimpy's Fan Club" airs, and Nick-Mania is showing 
eight shows of our favorite duo.  Oh Joy Of Joy!

May 8, 1993: Other new shows have aired and unaired episodes have been in 
limbo.  They have been covered in the guide and encyclopedia.  John K. is 
planning to bring back the show in a similar format an attitudes with George 
Liquor (Ren-type personality) and Jimmy The Hapless Boy (Stimpy-type dufus) 
in a television show, according to _Cinfantastique_ magazine. Nick Mania has 
SNICK Mania so that R&S gets played two more times than usual--Oh Joy! 
"Visit To Anthony" has been aired.

May 23, 1993: "Kilted Yaksmen" premieres!  Big hoopla about it along with 
gigantic flying skirted crocostimpies. :-)

Summer 1993: Due to my co-op assignment, I haven't been able to keep a month 
to month journal on R&S, but many things have happened.  _Film_Threat_ has 
re-released their article on R&S in a magazine called _RIP_ (or something 
similar), but details are currently sketchy.  R&S Comics have been selling 
like hotcakes; I know of five places that sell it out consistently in my 
area alone!  Currently, the comic book is up to #10 (I'm looking for #5); 
first editions are hard to find, so Marvel Comics has released the first 
four issues of R&S is a package re-release; other re-releases may be 
evident!  (IMHO, I really liked the artwork in the first story of #9 because 
the artist captured the look, feel, and backgrounds of the show.)  See the 
section on the comic book for more details about the R&S Comic book.

I've been reading a lot of different newsgroups about video games and 
animation this summer, and I have discovered something.  The R&S video game 
on GameBoy is a cool game (according to our beloved Judex:), and there are 
continual posts about R&S on rec.arts.animation.  So make sure you check out 
both!  (Look for R&S references in other topics too)

Now onto the show, Ren And Stimpy.  A desert of reruns has plagued the fans 
of the show, but we've almost made it to the next season!  Season 3 should 
start August 28, but what Games Animations, the new company, will produce on 
its own has yet to be seen.  Rumors of a 65 shows for season 3 are still 
flying and may be true; "Rocko" (as advertised on Slime Time sweepstakes) 
will premiere as a new Nicktoon.  Will Rocko take over R&S's spot on Sunday? 
 How long can trusted Cadet Stimpy and fans hold out?  How long before John 
K. wishes he pushed the history eraser button on creating R&S??? :)

(BTW, see the R&S Encyclopedia for more month by month commentary)

October 1993: New shows are coming November 20, 1993!!!

December 1993: Three shows have premiered and have flopped (except NO Pants 
Today). :(  "Untamed World 2" has been edited to death according to WCK 2's
"Nick Boners" section; it may never show up uncut.


16. What about the comic book?

(Check out the R&S Comics guide coming soon!)

The comic book is produced by Marvel Comics.  It is currently up to issue 
ten.  My friend Jamal can explain the going's on with it better than I can.  
(Thanks Jamal for the info!)

From Jamal Hannah (jamal@silver.lcs.mit.edu):

I also recently talked to an animation-student friend of mine on the phone 
who knows the main artist of the Ren & Stimpy comic pretty well.  (Mike 
Kazaleh is the main artist.. he's also known for his work on his own comic: 
"Captain Jack", from Fantagraphics Books, as well as some stories in the 
comic "Critters", also from Fantagraphics Books.  More recently Mike has 
done work on "The Mighty Mutimals." ...  All of these comics would be in the 
back-issue's section of a comic store.  They are worth looking up, because 
Mike Kazaleh has an art style and a zany type of humor of his own that is 
quite enjoyable.   Mike has also done animation work for Ralph Bakshi-he 
designed  "The Cow" in "The Adventures of Mighty Mouse"  (as well as 
animated sequences with him)...  in fact, if you really want more Ren & 
Stimpy info from Mike himself, you can try writing to him through Marvel 
comics or Fantagraphics Books  (Editor's Note: what are their address?)

Supposedly, John K. didn't like Mike Kazaleh's work in the Ren & Stimpy 
comic, but that's most likely because Mike puts alot more of "himself" into 
the work than John K..  (I'm sure John is rather cynical about most of what 
is going on with his characters at this point.. to think that if he had just 
kept the rights to the characters and gotten a loan, and released the 
cartoons on local access cable stations, or somethign simmilar, he may have 
made less money at first, but would have kept complete creative control of 
his creations and storylines!)


17. Where can I find archived information on R&S?

The official spot for R&S information stored at aug3.augsburg.edu via ftp 
(This is anonymous ftp.).  To get the FAQ and other documents through 
e-mail: send an electronic mail message to ren-n-stimpy@aug3.augsburg.edu 
and it will autoreply.  With each new updated FAQ, I will be sending a 
message telling the people who asked for it to resend to the listserver if 
they want the updated version.

I have written a supplemental guide to Nick Sayer's 
Not-So-Official-Episode-Guide called "The Ren and Stimpy Encyclopedia."  It 
contains miscellaneous info. which the other guide doesn't cover, including 
the components of shows, SNICK airings, and titles of scripts that are in 
production.  It is under the filename called "ren-n-stimpy.encyclopedia".  
(It was called "The Ren And Stimpy Extra" previously.)

FTP Sites For Ren And Stimpy are what you are searching?  Then try Adam 
Frampton at frampton@access.digex.com for a list of them!  (Look for his 
periodic postings on alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy.)


18. Has John K. seen this FAQ or the other R&S documents?

RUMOR: According to "Lobo" at Auggie BBS (aug3.augsburg.edu), he has shown 
it to John K., and he flipped out. He said we did a "good job." More details 
as they come.  (BTW, Lobo is a good friend of mine)

December 1993: I am sending a copy of the January documents to John K, which 
he requested.  Hopefully, we'll get some comment on our newsgroup. =O)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's an article of interest from Jenny, our connection to John K.:

In article <C8BCqL.2Fv@news.cis.umn.edu> donnell@manowar.micro.umn.edu
(BogusMan) tries to hide his true, evil intentions with:

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------

In article <1993Jun06.174803.8107@quake.sylmar.ca.us> 
Jenny.Lerew%bbs@quake.sylm
>
>
>After a year or so of browsing the posts here,  I am still regularly
>amazed at the amount of information "Judex" seems to be able
>to tap into...what's the deal, guy? Are you a bartender at Small's?
>Do you have a bug on Spumco's phone?  Quite a mystery...even John K.
>--while perusing some posts I printed out for him--expressed surprise
>ala "How does this guy know all this stuff?".
>
>BTW, I enjoy reading his opinions/updates, which are(as well as I can
>remember) consistently accurate. Funny too. Just curious!
>
>

I read. And remember what I read. Just the way I am.
Tell John Hello, and give him my best wishes. Can't wait for his next
project, whatever it may be!
Pax
                             --Judex--
PS: I started watching the show from day one, that helps a lot too.
------------------------End of Article------------------------------

  Be afraid, be very afraid. All is not what it seems. Since the end
of the cold war, and the break-up of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw
Pact, many espionage units of those groups have been left out in the
cold, so to speak. A lot of them, with no more military masters to
report to, have turned capitilist with a vengence and are now into
industrial and commercial espionage.
  One such spy cell is working in the United States, camouflaged as
edu types at various institutes of higher learning. This cell is working
for the fledgling Russian Animation Technocrat (RAT) and is in the
process of stealing all information on the US cartoon industry technology.
Once this information and technology is in the hands of RAT, RAT will
be able to produce cartoons at one tenth of the US cost and will corner
the world toon market, world domination still being a Russian goal.
  I am only sure of two of the three members of this spy cell, and will
most likely loose my life for revealing this information, but here goes:

Judex and Norman are spies! And I have my doubts about Adam too!

The Space "See what happens when you don't take your medication" Ranger
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just wanted to say that Jenny is our spy!  Judex and I just read a lot! :)
 (Editor's Note: I love getting the final word:)


19. What are John Kricfalusi's future projects?

The following are from different sources, with several of them corroborating 
each other.  I acknowledge the newsgroup, the magazines, and Billy West.


The NBC Peacock

An apparent move to finance future projects, John K. has designed a 
commercial for NBC.  It has a peacock pulling off a plunger and displaying 
its plummage.

From Jon C Austin (ja2592@gamera.acs.appstate.edu):
>David Price (dprice@convex.com) writes:

>I just spotted something the other night.  Several times I have seen
>that NBC runs a 10-15 second cartoon at the top of the hour which
>parodies their old peacock logo.  The cartoon peacock at first has no
>tail.  Then he takes a deep breath and strains really hard.  The tail
>pops out in rainbow colors - the end.  They also play the old peacock
>logo music from the 1960's.

>Why am I mentioning this?  Because the other night I noticed that for
>a few seconds at the beginning, the familiar "John K." signature
>appears in the corner of the screen.  The peacock has that "John K."
>look.

>SO, does this mean that John K. has some working relationship with NBC
>now?  Hmmmm.  Maybe there is a new series in the works.

NBC this season contracted with a number of graphic artists to make
variation on the NBC peacock. You see different ones at different times
throughout the broadcast schedule : the morphing peacock. the 
peacock collage, and yes, the John K. peacock. He was contracted 
by NBC to make one: the one that David describes above. 

These do not show at the same time every day. But I have noticed
the John K. peacock has run at 8PM EST the last two Thursday nights.

From Mike Cohen (isis@netcom.com):

I remember a great quote from John K in that piece that had me ROTFL. He 
said something like "I always dreamt of animating a bird that blows 
something wonderful & colorful out of its butt".


"He Hog The Atomic Pig"

From Ron O'Dell (keeper@cats.ucsc.edu):

Excerpts from what appeared in last weekend's "USA Weekend":

Ren & Stimpy's creator John Kricfalusi, ousted by Nickelodeon last
year, makes his cartoon comeback with `He Hog the Atomic Pig'.
The swine's power: supersensitive taste buds.  He fights crime with
his sidekick, Half-life, a decaying molecule.  Look for the powerful
porker on cable or video next year.


"The Ripping Friends"

Here's a quote from _Wild_Cartoon_Kingdom_ from John K. about the show:

"It's about the world's most manly men, who win their battles through sheer, 
raw manliness and willpower. They don't have superpowers, but they have the 
suits. They think superheroes are wimps because they have to cheat to win 
their battles--how manly are you if you have a superpower? You could beat 
the crap out of anyone! That's not very manly. A manly guy will take the 
pain along with the victory. It's got to hurt to win--that's 
_The_Ripping_Friends_."


No Official Title Yet: "George Liquor's Variety Show"

No real info yet, but it might have George paired up with Jimmy The Hapless 
Boy doing R&S-type humor.


"Brik Blastoff Of The Outback"

From Paul Martin Barry (pmbarry@acs.ucalgary.ca):

The December issue of Film Threat has some more info and a couple pictures
of "He-Hog the Atomic Pig", along with a shelved project John K. was
working on "Brik Blastoff of the Outback".  Brik Blastoff seems to be
along the same lines as "The Killing Friends", although he revamped it to
include some nudity for a pitch to the Playboy Channel.  Playboy
apparently "just didn't get the humor."

He-Hog is being independently financed, with some funds coming from the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (CBC)  It is slated to appear in
early 1994 on the CBC, with an appearence in the US soon after possibly
on either USA Network, or the cartoon channel (ugh).

Editor's Note: BTW, it's the Cartoon Network, not the cartoon channel, and 
the "Killing Friends" should be the "Ripping Friends."


20. Our .SIGs and ASCII Pictures

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|           -/ / _\  _\         |   cartoon pictures in the FAQ, please
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|   ----/         \_/____/      |   Mr. Horse ASCII picture created
|  ----/            \           |   by Warwick Burrows
|     /              \          |   (warwickb@stallion.oz.au)
|  "No Sir. I didn't like it!"  |
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Powdered Toast Man From: Anthony J Pierre (pierre@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu)

If you want to use Stimpy in a signature within four lines, use the smiley 
face of =O).  It is a smiley I created which represents Stimpy.


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   /# /_\_   |  "The FAQ Is Over.  See You Next Time!"  |       |\_|/__/|
  |  |/o\o\  |      "What'll Do Till My Next FAQ?"      |      / / \/ \  \
  |  \\_/_/  |   "You Could Clean Your Belly Button"    |     /__|O||O|__ \
 / |_   |    | "You Could Eat Olive Loaf Till You Puke" |    |/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
|  ||\_ ~|   |   "I Know...Read alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy!"   |    | | (____) | ||
|  ||| \/    |                                          |    \/\___/\__/  //
|  |||_      |          Norman "Stimpy" Sippel          |    (_/         ||
 \//  |      |   Alias   "Shawn"   "Killer Kadoogen"    |     |          ||
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  ||_  \     |    Thought To Be Emailed At    ._________|      \        //_/
  \_|  o|    | ngsippel@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu |  HAPPY  |       \______//
  /\___/     | ngsippel@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu |  HAPPY  |     __ || __||
 /  ||||__   | ngsippel@komodo.ham.muohio.edu | JOY JOY |    (____(____)
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