From: bmacdona@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Out West, Log Accessories, and Rubber Nipple Salesmen
Date: 30 Aug 92 05:08:24 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.


   Tonights lineup: 8/29

   OUT WEST
   Log Accessories
   RUBBER NIPPLE SALESMEN


  OUT WEST: Fair.  Although the two townsfolk were drawn out a bit (no pun
  intended) at the beginning.  There just wasn't really ENOUGH in this episode
  to call it a success.  Standouts:
          The attempted theft of Mr. Horse
          One of the townsfolk's wife. (Ranks up there w/ Firedogs lady)
          Ren's "Boot polishing" line (Saddle sores would have been GREAT)
          The video to "The Lord Loves a Hangin'"

   The winner of the "I CAN'T BELIEVE NICK LET THEM GO THIS FAR" award
   of the night went to that blurry green splotch on the hay conveniently
   placed under Mr. Horse's nether regions (plus some fly buzzing sound
   effects).  Gives me nightmares of cleaning up after a street parade.

    The funniest thing in the entire episode was the cartoon video to
   "The Lord Loves a Hangin"... yet ANOTHER musical classic to be archived
  with "Log" and "Happy Happy Joy Joy".

(   NOTE: Transcription of "The Lord Loves a Hangin'" would be appreciated.
         ...YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. )

  Log Accessories: Well, THIS was one subtle way of Spumco saying, "OK, OK,
   were gonna end this Log thing...but we'll end it right." And that they
  did.  Basically your Log commercial except extended to boast about ALL the
  wonderful log accessories that came out over those bold years, such as
  "Puppet Show Log", "Invisible Log", "New Log Undies", "Frontier Log",
  "Anatomically Correct Log" (my personal fave), and "Log of the Future".
  For the time it took to put this together, it was a damn good way to
   end the log-acy.  One of the better shorts.

 RUBBER NIPPLE SALESMEN: to put it shortly, a DAMN FINE SOLID episode,
  reminiscent of the better episodes of LAST season.  No standouts here,
  all pretty much driving humor all the way.  Just the pointlessness of
  rubber nipples is what made this episode SHINE.

  There are also enough new lines for all you fans to nitch from this episode.

  Includes cameo appearances from The Fireman, Mr. Horse (again!),
   The Firedogs Walrus, and the Boy Who Cried Rat couple. Sorry guys but
  the husband didn't fart this time (and he DIDN'T COME BACK to give a
  bigger fart either.)

   If there was any time I would say "I think the Mr. Horse line has been
  pretty much run into the ground", it was this show.  At least they could
  have kept it the same, but instead they altered the line for the situation
  which didn't really work out as well.  But it WAS fun seeing Mr. Horse
  play a criminally insane househusband.

  For those who complained about the lack of slapstick in the new episodes,
  this one brought it back.  Especially Ren being crushed by The Fireman's
  shovel.

  Though I thought the ending was the most puzzling.  After entertaining
  the couple with ALL those wonderful uses for rubber nipples, R&S get
  kicked out and then shoved onto a couple of bulls, who then take off
  into the wilderness with our heroes flapping violently on top. Perhaps
  a play on a stereotypical ending of a western?  Odd.  But GREAT!


  (Note: Once again a transcription of the words for "The Lord Loves a
  Hangin'" would be most appreciated)

                                                             K!z!K