From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Haunted and Maddog
Date: 23 Nov 92 00:05:54 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona

In article <By53Lp.6zq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> app45293@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (ZUSS) writes:
>Both episodes:  entertaining, twisted, funny.  OK

Mad Dog Hoek is an absolute classic.

You guys must never have seen the many times Bugs Bunny
ended up in a boxing/wrestling ring, nor do you show any
recognition of what a brilliant send-up of professional
wrestling this is.

>	Notice that Ren had very few lines.  The voice was unquestionably
>John K's.

As it says in the credits at the end.

The credits at the beginning, however, included a major
plug for some shmoe for something called "B. G. Color
Design."  Yep, someone got a lead credit for making brown,
splotchy masks with occasional geometric shading, and John
K. got stuck at the end with the Yoh Kim-Bong and the
rest of the yoyos at Bon-Art...

>	In Haunted House, the rendering of R&S looked very second rate.
>Someone termed it "cuter," but I think it was a sign of less care being
>put into the artwork.  The effort to distort their body shapes and add
>ugly details wasn't applied.

Same drawing as in Rubber Nipple Salesmen; whoever drew the
finished storyboards didn't learn Ren's outline from a John
K. design.  His eyes are too big and his snout is too
short.  That makes him "cuter."  Stimpy was a bit smooth
and fat; not lumpy enough.  Oh, well.  He can stick dimes
to his index finger with MY ear-wax, anytime.

>	In Mad Dog, all the characters seemed to be incompletely colored.
>Since when was ren gray?  With the announcer and the wrestlers it didn't
>seem so out of place, but we know that Ren is a sickly yellow color.
>Is this another sign of corners being cut to rush this stuff on the air?

He was wearing a LEOTARD, bloody-head-breath.

>	The ending to Mad Dog didn't seem that mysterious to me.  Stimpy
>is just displaying his infinite stupidity.  He's imitating the mean wrestling
>talk, but saying the wrong things.

What, do you go narcoleptic during the crucial points of
the plot?

"I WANT TO SAY THE LOUD FUNNY WORDS," says Stimpy, and
joins right in with his own take on the meaning of it all.
Remember, he thinks it's fun and playing and friendly; he
doesn't get the con-angle that it's supposed to look
violent and super-realistic.

This scene is my favorite part of the episode.  Stimpy's
insanity transferred right out of the teevee and into me.
I was whooping and screaming with maniacal laughter right
through the closing credits.

I just wish the announcer could have been a tad more like
Vince McMahon...I'd have mailed my liver to Spumco...

My next-to-favorite part of the whole episode is the
butt-pliers scene; it comes complete with farts.

>	My roommate immediately declared the Haunted House ending to be
>racist.  I didn't bother to ask him why...I knew he wouldn't be able to
>explain.  However, I expect that several bright netters will post the
>same nonsense.

The ending of Haunted House is probably just another
opportunity for Spumco to let another of its employees add
a voice to a cartoon.  I don't doubt the guy who did it
also helped with and/or drove the storyboard (considering
the audio is recorded BEFORE the animation is done, it's a
high probability).

After a second, you can also notice that RnS have the
same bewildered, surprised looks on their faces that
you have on yours.  Cracked me up completely.

				--Blair
				  "I WATN TO MAKE THE
				   BIG 'LETTER WORDZ!!!!"
				   -BIFF