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Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

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A documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.
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Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood
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2020
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And he could hear better to the parameters of a cartoon universe, you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:26
And he could hear better to the parameters of a cartoon univ...
Well, guess what the mailman brought you today... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:12
Well, guess what the mailman brought you today...
You know, I called John, "Stop hitting Stimpy." - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
You know, I called John, "Stop hitting Stimpy."
That was the core of the show is that Ren slapped him around. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
That was the core of the show is that Ren slapped him around...
Love. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
Love.
I would always have scenes where you'd feel sorry for Ren, even though, he's the asshole. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
I would always have scenes where you'd feel sorry for R...
Oh, Stimpy. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
Oh, Stimpy.
I didn't set out to do "heart", in fact I was... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
I didn't set out to do "heart", in fact I was...
I think any great story brings out some emotional component. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
I think any great story brings out some emotional component.
Ren & Stimpy's particularly, was funny and emotional. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
Ren & Stimpy's particularly, was funny and emotiona...
It was emotionally compelling usually because of Stimpy. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
It was emotionally compelling usually because of Stimpy.
There, there Ren. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
There, there Ren.
No matter how much he was abused or treated badly, Stimpy loved Ren. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
No matter how much he was abused or treated badly, Stimpy lo...
They're just as real and... and as fucked up and as messed up as normal people - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:14
They're just as real and... and as fucked up and as mes...
Pal. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:19
Pal.
You stupid. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:14
You stupid.
Well, I'm not gonna say that I identify with... with an idiot, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
Well, I'm not gonna say that I identify with... with an...
John is clearly Ren. And Stimpy was Lynne. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
John is clearly Ren. And Stimpy was Lynne.
Never angry, just always heart first, feeling first. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
Never angry, just always heart first, feeling first.
For me, in the beginning of Ren & Stimpy was a mom-and-pop shop. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
For me, in the beginning of Ren & Stimpy was a mom-and-p...
It was John and Lynne and, you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:11
It was John and Lynne and, you know,
And she could draw just as well as he could. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
And she could draw just as well as he could.
While I was at Sheridan College, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
While I was at Sheridan College,
So, I chose Merlin the magician from The Sword in the Stone, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
So, I chose Merlin the magician from The Sword in the Stone,
There was this really cute girl and I saw her put her drawings down - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:12
There was this really cute girl and I saw her put her drawin...
And I think I kind of fell in love with her right there. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
And I think I kind of fell in love with her right there.
In 1979, I moved to California, to L.A. I was missing Lynne. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
In 1979, I moved to California, to L.A. I was missing Lynne.
I said, "Why don't you come down, man?" - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
I said, "Why don't you come down, man?"
I hope I don't go to jail for this. Luckily, I'm a citizen now. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
I hope I don't go to jail for this. Luckily, I'm a...
I pictured it to be completely different like Beach Boys, the beach - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:12
I pictured it to be completely different like Beach Boys, th...
I had trouble trying to get my style into the business. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
I had trouble trying to get my style into the business.
You know, when they looked at my stuff, they liked it but they said, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
You know, when they looked at my stuff, they liked it but th...
We both went to Sheridan College and I met John there and the union had gone on strike, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
We both went to Sheridan College and I met John there and th...
We didn't have any money, so we had to rent one place. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
We didn't have any money, so we had to rent one place.
It was a bachelor apartment, there was no bedroom, it was one room. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
It was a bachelor apartment, there was no bedroom, it was on...
It's 112 degrees out in Los Angeles, you know how it is here, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
It's 112 degrees out in Los Angeles, you know how it is...
You know, sometimes we'd stay up all night just killing roaches. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
You know, sometimes we'd stay up all night just killing...
John had bought all these roach traps - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
John had bought all these roach traps
I was like, "Oh, my God, it's crazy." - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
I was like, "Oh, my God, it's crazy."
I think John liked big pickles, too, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
I think John liked big pickles, too,
Whenever I met somebody in the business who I thought was really good, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
Whenever I met somebody in the business who I thought was re...
There's not a lot of these, you know, super specific people - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:11
There's not a lot of these, you know, super specific pe...
But whenever I found somebody like that, I would totally latch on to the person. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
But whenever I found somebody like that, I would totally lat...
We'd listen to music on John's record player and watch cartoons - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
We'd listen to music on John's record player and w...
I've had people say to me I can draw in any style, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
I've had people say to me I can draw in any style,
We had the audacity to call ourselves big shots - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:22
We had the audacity to call ourselves big shots
They were like if we... if we sort of set the tone how we want it to be, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
They were like if we... if we sort of set the tone how we wa...
That's a trip. That's a lot of... that's a lot of hubris, a lot of, um... a lot of balls. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
That's a trip. That's a lot of... that's a lo...
And, you know, at some point I realized we need our own studio - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
And, you know, at some point I realized we need our own stud...
And I think Bob came up with the term Spumco. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
And I think Bob came up with the term Spumco.
The Spumco offices were kind of gross, these weird little dank rooms. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
The Spumco offices were kind of gross, these weird little da...
The best way I can describe that studio was it was a shithole. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
The best way I can describe that studio was it was a shithol...
Spumco was this horrible old building that had been supposedly a brothel for... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
Spumco was this horrible old building that had been supposed...
For Paramount and it was like covered in ugly white tile, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
For Paramount and it was like covered in ugly white tile,
We all were like, you know, having a good time waiting for somebody to kick the door - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
We all were like, you know, having a good time waiting for s...
We all were being the bad boys, you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
We all were being the bad boys, you know,
It was John, Bob, Vincent. Vincent is just like Mr. Cool Calm. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
It was John, Bob, Vincent. Vincent is just like Mr. Cool Cal...
And then Bob's intensity, so Bob has the intensity between John and Vincent - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
And then Bob's intensity, so Bob has the intensity betw...
If an alien spaceship landed - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
If an alien spaceship landed
I think the excitement was like, "Oh, we really get to do this. How do we do it?", you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
I think the excitement was like, "Oh, we really get to ...
Lynne was the heart, you know, and John was the brains - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
Lynne was the heart, you know, and John was the brains
Spumco was probably the greatest collection - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:14
Spumco was probably the greatest collection
It just stunned me like how good everyone was. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
It just stunned me like how good everyone was.
I mean, Jim Smith was the best draftsman that I have ever met probably in my life, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
I mean, Jim Smith was the best draftsman that I have ever me...
He's an extraordinary artist. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
He's an extraordinary artist.
I walk in and there's Bill Wray painting these paintings - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
I walk in and there's Bill Wray painting these painting...
This was a cartoon and these were the backgrounds - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
This was a cartoon and these were the backgrounds
We would use sponges to do dot pattern effects. These are makeup sponges. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
We would use sponges to do dot pattern effects. These are ma...
And when you're trying to get, uh, a transition of dark to light, you press it on there. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
And when you're trying to get, uh, a transition of dark...
I've said for many years and I believe this, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
I've said for many years and I believe this,
He started doing abstract splashes of color to heighten the emotion - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
He started doing abstract splashes of color to heighten the ...
John knows what he wants, you know, and he knows what works - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
John knows what he wants, you know, and he knows what works
He certainly made me a better artist, better color stylist for sure. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
He certainly made me a better artist, better color stylist f...
John's got a ton of charisma and his magic - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:13
John's got a ton of charisma and his magic
If anything could be called genius, that's, you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
If anything could be called genius, that's, you know,
It's rare to find people who can tap them and put them on paper. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
It's rare to find people who can tap them and put them ...
A lot of the stuff was just based on our emotional experiences - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:10
A lot of the stuff was just based on our emotional experienc...
When I was growing up, my mother was a Jehovah's Witness, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
When I was growing up, my mother was a Jehovah's Witnes...
And you never know what's gonna open that door. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
And you never know what's gonna open that door.
The Nipple Salesman episode, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:08
The Nipple Salesman episode,
But I'll tell you what though... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:16
But I'll tell you what though...
Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks! - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!
You know, John, there would always be something - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
You know, John, there would always be something
Their process was to bombard me with the most intense stuff - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
Their process was to bombard me with the most intense stuff
There is a very powerful supercharged vacuum cleaner and... and he says it can... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
There is a very powerful supercharged vacuum cleaner and... ...
This vacuum cleaner can suck a monkey through 40 feet of garden hose. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
This vacuum cleaner can suck a monkey through 40 feet of gar...
It can suck a monkey through 30 feet of garden hose. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:13
It can suck a monkey through 30 feet of garden hose.
He'd show it to me and he'd go, "Dan, look what we got away with," - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
He'd show it to me and he'd go, "Dan, look wh...
They just didn't catch it, you know, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
They just didn't catch it, you know,
And we were like, "Look, it's in the storyboard." - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:11
And we were like, "Look, it's in the storyboard.&q...
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A documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.

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Director: Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood
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Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
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Released: 14 Aug 2020
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