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Script-driven shows were like anathema to us and to John
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Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

Script-driven shows were likeanathema to us and to John

Script-driven shows were like
anathema to us and to John

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Script-driven shows were like anathema to us and to John.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:57:52
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

A documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.
He wanted... He felt like cartoonists were funnier than writers. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
He wanted... He felt like cartoonists were funnier than writ...
And to a degree, he was right. I mean, for this show he was right. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
And to a degree, he was right. I mean, for this show he was ...
He felt like it was important for him to convey to me my uselessness. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
He felt like it was important for him to convey to me my use...
Now you're telling me I'm just... I'm nothing?" - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
Now you're telling me I'm just... I'm nothing...
It's just like you try to write a music score without knowing how to read music, without... - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
It's just like you try to write a music score without k...
Or never playing an instrument and try to describe it in words. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
Or never playing an instrument and try to describe it in wor...
John's legacy is that he reset the clock on animation, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:12
John's legacy is that he reset the clock on animation,
There's a lot of, "Oh, this part of the drawing is working. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:04
There's a lot of, "Oh, this part of the drawing is...
I'm keeping these eyes but they're too big, - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:09
I'm keeping these eyes but they're too big,
So now you've got like three or four or five different elements - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:11
So now you've got like three or four or five different ...
Over all these, you know, levels of paste and liquid paper. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
Over all these, you know, levels of paste and liquid paper.
At our storyboard and say, "That's a mess." - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:07
At our storyboard and say, "That's a mess."
The one episode that I really still think about today is Toothache. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:06
The one episode that I really still think about today is Too...
So, there is this Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles, world famous. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
So, there is this Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles, world fam...
He came up with the whole idea of Ren's toothache with the... the nerve endings - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:18
He came up with the whole idea of Ren's toothache with ...
And there's this giant black guy behind them, turns around and goes, "Hey, hey, hey. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
And there's this giant black guy behind them, turns aro...
I don't know what you guys are talking about. It's just disgusting." - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:14
I don't know what you guys are talking about. It's...
The genius of Ren & Stimpy was how far it went in being outrageous. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
The genius of Ren & Stimpy was how far it went in being ...
It was the fact that, uh, an outrageous show could also have so much heart. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
It was the fact that, uh, an outrageous show could also have...
And with that heart, you know, you suddenly had shows that had a balance to it. - Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story 00:05
And with that heart, you know, you suddenly had shows that h...