What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over your neighbours dog?
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Because kids love gross-out humor? Lmao
Nearly every 4-10 y.o. I’ve known in my lifetime had “fart,” “poop,” “butt,” and “booger” as their top most said words of the day. The remainder was yammering about their favorite TV shows and books/toys. And bugs. And rocks.
I met Bob Camp once in Atlantic city. He told me very many strange things about his life as an animator but when I told him that those close-ups haunt me in my dreams he simply laughed and said "Yeah! We call 'em Gross-Ups! It was our favorite thing to make!"
The gross up close up. It's one of my favorite techniques.
EDIT: In fact I saw great use of it in a new cartoon pilot that I quite enjoyed: Gnome Show
Except that's absolutely not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies
https://wiseoldowl.net/12-tv-censorship-rules-from-1950s-that-seem-ridiculous-now/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority
Anyone that thinks that society has gone soft and media can't really be free doesn't remember what it was actually like before.
None of those overlapped with Ren and Stimpy. All of those were for the parents of the kids watching cartoons on Saturday mornings, the sole exception being the Satanic Panic from the 80s (which involved the duplicate article you posted about D&D).
Ren and Stimpy was allowed because the people who would cry foul were too cheap for basic cable and didn't know it existed.
The 90’s were a special time that we didn’t fully appreciate until they were gone.
One my greatest dilemmas is how much I love Ren and Stimpy's first seasons but I absolutely despise John Kricfalusi. I can't even downplay his hand on the show, the humour comes straight out of his sick mind and I love it.
Maybe we should arrest guys like him and, instead of putting them in jail and letting them rot there doing nothing, force them to make cartoons. There may be some untapped potential there.
I didn't know about Kricfalusi. Damn.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kricfalusi
See "sexual abuse allegations".
SPACE ……… MADNESS!
You have obviously not watched the brain rot videos kids watch today. Ren and Stimpy is like reading a dictionary in comparison.
Yeah, no kids or adults ever like this sort of thing. It definitely isn't mainstream and wildly popular.

It was ok lol. My dad was the one to put me on Ren and Stimpy. It gave me a huge love and appreciation for cartoons and animation in general.
Ren: "You know Stimpy. Your wealth of ignorance astounds me."
Stimpy: "Well they don't call me stupid for nothin' "
Wow. Ren and Stimpy in the wild. My namesake.
aaannddd you know what else im gonna do?
Im gonna hit ya....
....aaaanddd youre gonna fall down....
Lol. 90s cartoons were something else.
It was on SNICK on Saturday night
It was on cable TV, not everyone had this at the time it aired
Also it was part of Snick. Saturday night Nick. It wasn't a morning cartoon
"They" made the right decision. Without Ren and Stimpy there would not have been a successful SpongeBob SquarePants. Also, a booger collection under an end table? Genius!
I think it aired at 9pm on Saturdays, though?
Yeah, it wasn't a Saturday morning cartoon. It was on MTV in the evenings.
That was the reboot. The original aired on Nickelodeon, but a more "adult" version was made for MTV after the initial got canceled.
Idk I always thought these hyper detailed stills were pretty funny
I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!
I told you i'd shoot, but you never believed me....whyyyy didn't you believe me
By far I think the most extreme part that I probable wouldn't wantnkids watching is either the ghost suicide episode or the one where Ren verbally tells Stimpy and his own cousin how he's gonna basically kill them.
Otherwise, it was a weird and at times grossout show that I wouldn't mind letting a kid watch, creator aside.
Even more striking is when you look into the creation of Ren and Stimpy and how he kept his job and is still enjoying a free life.
and this isn't even the most disgusting scene. I grew up watching this and I am ok (no I am not help me)
We are ok because we don't pee on electric fences.
Ah. The good ol days when "cartoons are for kids". I think South Park finally shattered that illusion.
You should see the shit they watch now.
And what do you want to drink, Kowalski?
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