From: kalex@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Ken Alexander)
Subject: Re: R&S in FILM THREAT!!
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 06:33:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.090940.1281@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu> ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.012821.18234@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>, gc3@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (George Cifrancis) writes:
>> Hey folks! Grab the latest issue of the magazine FILM THREAT!  Ren and
>> Stimpy are on the cover and inside is an EXCELLENT 18 page article inside
>> with a big John K. Interview, Bob Camp interview, Billy West Interview
>> a nice list of all the epsisodes that are (or rather were) to to come out
>> for the upcoming season with summaries.
>
>Is it available on the newstand?  If not, can you at least post the upcoming
>episodes list, please?!  I wouldn't mind reading the interviews either.

I found my copy of it at Tower Records.  It is FILM THREAT issue #7, 
Dec. 1992 (December already??).  The cover has Ren grabbing Stimpy
and screaming at him.  The article, "Celling Out: The Man Behind 'The
Ren & Stimpy Show' has a Mind for Mayhem - Even if TV Doesn't" is 
18 pages of absolutely required reading for any true R&S fan.

Just to make sure that everyone is properly desirous of acquiring this 
magazine, here are a few juicy excerpts (without permission):

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"Nickelodeon is run by women," says the bearded, luberjacklike Kricfalusi.
"Even the men there are women." ... "Spumco is a manly studio," he says,
"so you've got a very feminine network and a very masculine studio.
The hardest things for us to sell are things that men, or even boys, think 
are funny.  You know, like boogers and farts.  Everything that boys really
like - meat jokes, cheese jokes - and women don't."

Many early sketches of R&S.

Explanation of why John K. thinks Disney cartoons are insipid.

Details of how John K. and Ralph Bakshi got together for Mighty Mouse.

Newspaper article about how kids were discovered rolling a log over a 
dead dog while singing the 'Log' song.

Monster episode guide, including unfinished episodes, and including 
mentions of what was taken out of the episodes that we have seen.

Page about 'Screamin' Lederhosen', the R&S band, including complete
lyrics for "Lord Loves a Hangin'" and "Happy Happy Joy Joy."

"There are two kinds of cartoons - the kind we are doing and the kind that 
sucks," Camp says with humility.  Spumco stud/writer Vincent Waller clarifies: 
"Cartoons today suck because everybody is so concerned with being politically
correct; they will not break any rules.  They won't show a kid anything he
will be slightly interested in.  Everything has to have morals, has to 
tell you right from wrong, and they don't entertain you along the way."

"Everybody's ugly in real life," Krisfalusi says.  "You just have to look
close.  Look inside anybody's nose.  Look in - uh, who's the big actress
today? - look inside her nose and then think about porkin' her."

Full page article about Billy West.

2/3 panel about John K's Kirk Douglas fixation.
"Kirk's the only actor I've ever seen who can act with his back.  They'll
have a shot of him from behind, and you'll see muscles twitching."

An explanation of the origin of "George Liquor."

Full page about John K's new project, "The Ripping Friends", the world's
most manly men.

A centerfold picture of Stimpy about to blow a hairball on Ren.

"The purpose of Ren is to be the best asshole who ever lived," says 
Krisfalusi, who is not unlike the annoying chihuahua.

"Homosexuals write me letters," says Krisfalusi.  "They love the
show.  They're always asking me, 'Are R&S gay?' ... I like to keep
them guessing."

John K.:  "Animation is a dead art form.  It's been dead for 40 years.
We're trying to build it up again from scratch."

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The episode quide has brief summaries of episodes that we've seen
(including things that were removed from them), and summaries of 
upcoming episodes that we may or may not see.  The magazine is much
more detailed, but since someone requested it, here are one-line
summaries of their second-season descriptions, in their order:

MAN'S BEST FRIEND - George Liquor buys R&S at a pet shop and disciplines them.
POWDERED TOAST MAN - (aired)
REN'S TOOTHACHE - (aired)
IN THE ARMY - (aired)
SVEN HOEK - Ren discovers that his cousin is less than intellectual.
DOG SHOW - George Liquor enters R&S in a dog show judged by Mr. Horse.
RUBBER NIPPLE SALESMEN - (aired)
OUT WEST - (aired)
FAKE DAD - Ren takes care of a 7-yr-old orphan, who is also a 700-lb convict.
KILTED YAKSMEN - R&S go on a mission for the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen.
MAD DOG HOEK - R&S get into professional wrestling.
HAUNTED HOUSE - R&S terrorize a ghost.  Includes the return of the Yak.
VISIT TO ANTHONY - R&S visit the author of a fan letter.
STIMPY'S FIRST FART - (30 mins) Stimpy is obsessed with finding his fart.
CAT THAT LAID THE GOLDEN HAIRBALL - The price of hairballs skyrockets.
THE BIG BABY SCAM - R&S swap places with some babies in order to get pampered.
TO SALVE OR SALVE NOT - Stimpy is a sucker for a salve salesman.
A YARD TOO FAR - R&S try to acquire a certain steaming plate of hog jowls.
STIMPY'S FAN CLUB - Ren goes berzerk when Stimpy gets all the fan mail.
UNTAMED WORLD 2 - Lair of the Lummox.
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DON'T - R&S masquerade as monkeys.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS - R&S go camping, rubbing squirrels together to start fires.

Note that the above is 22 episodes.  I don't know what that means.
I believe that "Man's Best Friend" and "Dog Show" were the two George Liquor
episodes that were nixed by Nick.

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