Animator John Kricfalusi, or John K., was born the day before my identical twin sister and I were born. One day total.
I suppose John K’s characters Ren and Stimpy are the sort you either hate or love. But I fell in the middle. Although I liked the show, I wasn’t absolutely wild-crazy for it, as many were. I could say I was too old to get into Ren and Stimpy’s scatological anarchy — but, like I said, John K. is one day older than me.
So with those comments out of the way, if you don’t already know about John K’s blog, go there now! I won’t rave about Ren and Stimpy, but I’ll rave about John K.’s blog. The man’s heart is so absolutely in the right place. Anybody who labors over a discussion of color theory in Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear cartoons from the late 50’s is AOK!
That’s IT! Powdered Toast Man! My favorite episode(s) are still the ones where Stimpy wins a trip to Hollywood to star in a “Muddy Mudskipper” cartoon. To this day, I STILL sing the Mudskipper theme song to that show, with words changed to fit whatever is going on. When Stimpy gets to Hollywood, he goes bling whle Ren slowly goes insane from loneliness back home. Too many funny parts to explain, maybe it’s on Youtube!
Powdered Toast Man! One thing I liked about Ren and Stimpy was that everybody was either seething with rage they kept bottled up, or blissfully ignorant.
Tom and I were two “adults” who thought “Ren and Stimpy” were funny. I forget the name of this super-hero, was it Toaster Man? Can’t remember.