HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mcgrew@dropout.rutgers.edu (Charles Mcgrew)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: Dete und Taxen, und VH1?
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:38:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	cupples@IASTATE.EDU (Robert L) writes:
	I believe the commercial states that Death and Taxes day on
	Comedy Central starts at 7:00 am eventhough it went by pretty
	fast on the screen.... In our area VH1 plays for about 4 hours
	in the morning and then cuts in the middle of a video to
	comedy central during a program already in progress.  Is this
	nation wide or just in my area?  A friend and I are arguing
	whether that cable company or comedy central does this.  We
	want to know if we can catch comedy central at 7am that day.
	
... this cheesy scheme of "double channeling" (ooo, sounds like
something new-age, eh?) is used by a number of cable companies.  I
have no idea why they do it, except maybe to 'test market' channels -
to see if people like one or the other.  (I've been burned by this
myself, a double-channel setup for one of a public-TV station
clobbered a Prisoner Marathon; replacing it with Home Shopping Network
- argh!)

   Anyway, its not a CC thing, its your local cable company being
stupid.  (Now why doesn't that surprise you? :-) 

   The Death'n'Taxes theme of shows does start at 7am, the day mostly
being filled with selected episodes of 'Sgt. Bilko', 'The Jack Benny
Program', 'That Girl' (all on taxes), 'Rhoda', 'Phillis', 'McHale's
Navy' and 'SCTV' (death).  In addition, at 8am they're showing "Topper
Returns" (the movie - with Joan Blondell), and at 5pm MST3K's "The
Corpse Vanishes".  The good news for you is that you'll be able to see
the MST3000 episode...

   BTW, the D&T theme will end with a repeat of the absolutely awful
"State of the Union" thing they did in January.  (The CC folks seem
to be convinced that the show was funny, which is wasn't...)

Hope this helps,

Charles
From: beasley@bestsd.sdsu.edu (Bev Beasley)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Hidden Words
Keywords: Huh??
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:51:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

Hi.  I was wondering if someone could send via email where I
can locate those hidden words.  I have seen "splat" and "go"  
Thank you in advance-
bev (beasley@bestsd.sdsu.edu)
From: kev@fred.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin Eckert)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: please send/post FAQ
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:23:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: agate.rv350INNjq9
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: fred.berkeley.edu


	Happy Happy, Joy Joy, I have found the R&S newsgroup!!!
Could someone please post or e-mail me the FAQ pertaining to R&S?
I plowed through about 150 postings without finding it.  Thanks in
advance ...

"OOOOHHH NO.  I Know What You Want!!  You Coveted My Ice 
Cream Bar!!!"  -R. Hoek
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Subject: Re: Official Episode Names (was Re: Questions for Spumco)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 18:13:31 GMT
Organization: Living in a satellite fantasy, waiting for the night to end.

jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:

>> How come I have never seen Big House Blues?
>
> How about this theory - Nick doesn't own Big House Blues, because 
> Kricfalusi made it and circulated it on the animation circuit before 
> Nick bought the concept.

Nope.  BHB was made with Nickelodeon money and Nickelodeon owns it just
like they own everything else about the show.

Based on a discussion with Bob Camp, I assume that Nick doesn't show BHB
anymore because they don't want to show it uncut and Spumco doesn't want
it shown unless it's reasonably intact.  It will almost certainly show up
on video eventually.

--
Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)

"We bailed early.  Something came down.  Somebody died."
From: donny@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (donald.yerger)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Space Cabbage
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:19:16 GMT
Organization: AT&T


Disclaimer: The opinions in this article are my own and you can`t have
them.  These opinions do not represent the opinions of any organization,
any group of individuals, or any other individual besides myself.  Ofcourse,
I may let anyone have these opinions if they pay me enough.

	One Sunday afternoon, after watching the R&S marrooned episode,
I was eating corned beef and cabbage in my faaavorite *Irish* restaurant.
Suddenly, I was overwhelmed with joy.  I had discovered why Stimpy's
voice was unusual in the "space cabbage" scene.  The reason is this...

	It's not Stimpy's voice, it's the Space Cabbage talking!
Its not that unusual considering R&S humor.  The voice did sound
kind of muffled, like it was coming from under the serving tray 
cover.

*****************************************************************************
*            * REN: Whats for dinner?                                       * 
* DR.        * CARNIVOROUS CABBAGE: Space Cabbage!                          *
* Don Stupid * REN: Is eet steenky?                                         *
*            * CARNIVOROUS CABBAGE: Just how you like iiiit!                *
*****************************************************************************
From: arandia@acsu.buffalo.edu (Joel D. Arandia)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: martinizing your shorts.
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:31:16 GMT
Organization: UB

dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:

>In article <92095.153419IO10902@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, IO10902@MAINE (tim jones) writes:
>>what is martinizing?

>That's when you get Ray Walston to do your laundry.

All I know is that it only takes an hour.

				Joel "I'm the cat" Hoek
From: bpschust@eos.ncsu.edu (BRETT PATRICK SCHUSTER)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Kable Kut due to R$S
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:43:10 GMT
Reply-To: bpschust@eos.ncsu.edu (BRETT PATRICK SCHUSTER)
Organization: Project Ren & Stimpy For Pres.

>Saturday, I was being a dutiful daddy and taking my 9yr old
>daughter to be picked up for a math/science activity at the
>school. I was reading a  magazine, cooling my heels in the
>old Honda when my daughter says "Julie's mom and dad got the
>cable taken out because they don't approve of Ren & Stimpy. I
>pulled myself up to my most pedantic level and queried this be-
>havior. I mentioned that parents in my day thought that BULL-
>WINKLE was too risque. (Not mine tho , we watched it as we would
>watch Ernie Kovacs). These parents do not like booger refs.
>  Also (at band practice last night) I heard of a new NICK
>short called INSIDEOUT MAN where sommeone is turned inside out
>and does his bit with his guts on the outside. Any one seen
>this?

I SAY WE FLAY JULIE'S MOM AND DAD!
do they disapprove of Tom & Jerry ......NO......
how about the Simpsons w/ Ichy & Scrachy  ......NO.....
so why Ren & Stimpy........

My therery....is 

Her PARENTS ARE DERANGED AND SICK!

Thank You.
I had to get that off my chest.
_____________________________________________________________________________
|
|   These opinions are not accepted by the majority......
|
|        BUT IF THEY WERE, THEY WOULD BE DAMN GOOD ONES!
|
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From: jb91+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jason John Brown)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: MTV?????
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:01:56 GMT
Organization: Junior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


     It's pretty clear that MTV has decided to replace R&S with liquid
television at 11:30 pm on Sundays. Sad, Sad.....Despair, Despair.  Does
anyone know if MTV plans to air R&S any other time?  Thanks in advance.
From: toddb@termnet.chi.il.us (Todd Bogenrief)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: R&S TShirts
Date: 10 Apr 92 06:13:32 GMT
Organization: Temple of Pong BBS

Yup... also... if you live out in the Burbs, check out Fox valley.. I forget
what the name of the store is, but its a video store that sells shirts, and
they have a few R&S shirts there.. if you could tell me where The Alley is in
Chicago, I wanna go. 

<-- Time Lord Ren -->
From: ghosty@terapin.com (Noah Hanna)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: for anyone that cares
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:56:42 PST
Organization: Not an Organization

Matthew Sweet the guy that sings "girlfriend" has an autographed guitar from
some guy in the R-n-S staff with an official drawing of Ren in the happy
helmet on his guitar. Don't ask me why I posted this it helps me...RELAX!!!...
  __     .  .
 /_-host (/\)riter
From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Toons/Drugs?/History
Date: 11 Apr 92 10:29:04 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz


In article <1992Apr9.235101.14284@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM> jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods) writes:
>Remember that that show was about pollution, and that MM was holding
>The Last Flower which crumbled as he smelled it, just like all the others
>had.

I thought the "famous scene" in MM was some odor floating in the air, MM gets
a "pile" of it in his hand, and sniffs it up, and it so happened the odor was
colored white.

You know, all this is pretty funny, because plenty of those old Warner Bros.
cartoons had so many references to alcohol and tobacco.  Heck, even the
pristine Walt Disney Corporation made Dumbo, which has a major scene, musical
and all, about being drunk enough to hallucinate!!  That movie could probably
never get made today with that scene.  I guess we're regressing . . .
* s i g h *
  __
 (_
 __)teve
From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: martinizing your shorts.
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:39:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: darkstar.32473
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz


Heh . . . ok, I guess you east-coasters might not get that one.  Out here on
this coast (if not over there too?), there is a dry-cleaning chain called
"One-Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners" or something like that.  Anyway, the word
"Martinizing" is the most prominent (and cheesy/puzzling) thing on their signs.
It has become kind of a culture-wide in-joke (like men never asking directions
or plane food being awful . . . you know, the stuff all comedians have done at
one time or another).

Another mystery solved . . . :)
  __
 (_
 __)teve
From: bullroar@west.darkside.com (Mark Kraft)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Dirty R&S Gossip !!!
Date: 11 Apr 92 00:29:56 GMT
Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM

I have just heard from my friend in LA. This friend, who wants to be 
anonymous, has worked for the Simsons on  a few episodes, and is 
currently trying to get more animation work down there, possibly in 
R&S... After nagging her for some cels, I asked her what the situation is 
down there... The Simsons shakeup at Klasky-Schupo (sp?) has sidetracked 
her desire to get more work and a full-time position, and she is 
interested in working at Spumco, but she has heard a lot about the place 
and isn't so sure... apparently John K. is not a very good manager, and 
is such a perfectionist that he has been putting TONS of pressure upon 
his currently small and overworked staff. He is a stickler that the 
artists be impeccably accurate in sticking to his style and also seems to 
be having trouble letting go a little bit on the reins, since his 
creation is growing too big for one person to control effectively. He was 
apparently a major source of an employee's mental breakdown and is 
"riding their asses" to the point that there have been a good deal of 
grumbling behind his back from disgruntled employees..  And despite his 
large need for animators, he has been slow in hiring, and has been very  
selective.  He has also apparently been biased against Simsons animators, 
discrediting their animating skill. On a lighter note, he was spotted in 
a club/bar in LA trying to pick up on women by drawing pictures of Ren %
and Stimpy on coctail napkins, etc.. He apparently crashed and burned.
More sordid details as they come in!
From: rm5a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Regan Merante)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: It may be catching
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:58:30 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Here's a little 'Didja Know'!

While passing through Baton Rouge, I was listening to WTGE (Tiger 100,
I'm not sure of those call letters) .

It seems that they have "creatively acquired" the RnS Theme as a music
bed for their traffic report.

The public Sector?!? Top 40?!?

Maybe something good?
Maybe something bad?

That's all for this report.


Stimpson J. Adams.

R&S in 92... (A candidate that inhales!)
From: barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: martinizing your shorts.
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:26:38 GMT
Organization: AT&T


In article <92095.153419IO10902@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO10902@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (tim jones) writes:
>what is martinizing?

What is Martinizing?!?  You might as well ask where you were before you
were conceived, or where you go after you die, or if Elvis is really dead.
Martinizing is one of the great mysteries of the universe that not even
Albert Einstein was able to figure out (and he had an IQ approaching 400
billion).
From: sll28@cc.usu.edu (LORNA_PAYNE)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Questions for Spumco and bumperstickers
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:11:18 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <fJ9Mj0U@quack.sac.ca.us>, mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) writes:
> Well, there are some arguments going on that will only be solved
> by divine intervention. Thus, there are three questions that
> I would like to ask a Spumco employee:
> 
[first two questions deleted 'cause I don't know the answers]
 
> 3. What are the words of the first stanza of the "Log" song?
>
	LOG rolls down stairs,
	Alone or in pairs.
	Rolls over your neighbor's dog.
	What sits on your back,
	Is great for a snack?

	It's LOG, LOG, LOG!

	LOG, LOG--it's big;  it's heavy;  it's wood:
	LOG, LOG--it's better than bad:  it's good!

	Everyone wants a LOG.
	You're going to love a LOG.
	Come on and get it:  LOG.
  
> I am simply posting these in the hope that a Spumco employee or someone
> close to Spumco can post A U T H O R A T I V E answers.
>
Well, I'm neither of the above, but I do love my LOG! 

       ---------------------------------------------------------
               Lorna Payne
               Certified Math Geek and Grammarian
       ---------------------------------------------------------
         You are not Morg.  You are not Eymorg.  What are you?
       ---------------------------------------------------------
From: hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Official Episode Names (was Re: Questions for Spumco)
Date: 10 Apr 1992 21:41:32 GMT
Organization: Lockheed ESC, Houston

In article <22636@dog.ee.lbl.gov> lebed@csa1.lbl.gov writes:
[munch]
>	It may be that Nick is withholding BHB in order to preserve its rarity
>for some commercial benefit (e.g. "Tonight only, the episode that started it
>all!  See thrilling headgear!  Brought to you, at enormous profit to Nick, by
>Pepsi and Lockheed.")
           ^^^^^^^^
As a Lockheed employee, I would be _proud_ if my company would sponsor a
showing of BHB (which I have never seen).  I'm sure that many viewers of R&S
need a C-130 transport, an SR-71 recon plane, or a F-117 Stealth Fighter!
I _know_ that Ren needs his own Trident or Polaris missile!!!! and what would
Stimpy do without his own UHF unjammable, radiation hardened communication
satellite? (I know - eat olive loaf until he pukes? Chase his tail until he
is dizzy?)  It's just the thing for getting epsiodes of "Commander Hoek and
Cadet Stimpy".....

-- 
| Edmund Hack - Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. - Houston, TX
| hack@aio.jsc.nasa.gov    SpokesPersonp(Me,or(NASA,LESC)) = NIL
| "See the constellation ride across the sky.  No cigar, no lady on
| his arm. Just a guy made of dots and lines." - They Might Be Giants
From: aranta@milton.u.washington.edu (Aaron Ranta)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: least favorite episode
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:13:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <57411@cup.portal.com> FisKer@cup.portal.com (Scott M Martin) writes:
>
>"The Littlest Giant" is, IMO, the least funny episode. Fortunately,
>it did pick up about 1/2 way through, or it'd be a waste of our
>heroes talents.
>

'least funny' is relative (since all the episodes are hillarious) but in
defense of 'The Littlest Giant', it does have one of the better and far
more versatile ( ie: can be used in many fashions in normal day-to-day
conversation ) lines ( actually pair of lines that go together... ))
those being...

	Bigger Giant #1 "Why, he's barely huge."
	Bigger Giant #2 "He's merley enormous."

You will find that these two phrases or variations thereof can come in quite
handy.


-- 
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| "Why, he's barely huge."           |           Aaron M. Ranta                |
| "He's merely enormous."            |    (aaron@kaf.iphc.washington.edu)      |
|      - R&S ('The Littlest Giant')  |     Lord and Master of EVERYTHING       |
From: bullroar@west.darkside.com (Mark Kraft)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: dirty laundry numero dos...
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:34:32 GMT
Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM

For those that have asked?? Yes, the people that John K. seems to be 
prejudice against are the LA cel makers for the Simpsons, and while I 
admit that R&S are far superior and require higher standards for their
assorted hair balls and nostril hairs, he seems to have shown a LOT of 
prejudice against the Simpsons in general. The Simpsons aren't the most 
demanding work, but the artists are generally very good at what they do.
It is a behemoth of animation and they have lots of very talented people 
there... They would have to adapt their skills so that they could depict 
things more grotesque than buttcracks and baldspots, but judging from 
what I have seen/heard, they would do well and have very good portfolios.
It seems to be a personal thing against the Simpsons and Groening's 
style. ( i.e. The Simp(listic)sons... )  Oh well, at least Groening has 
enough delegation skills that his Life In Hell strips are no longer Jeff
and Akbar staring at each other... 
Xref: sparky alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy:1313 alt.flame:6525
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Toons/Drugs?/History
Date: 11 Apr 92 03:15:17 GMT
Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: University of Arizona

[follow-ups to alt.flame]

In article <1992Apr9.235101.14284@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM>, jfw@jfwhome (John F. Woods) writes:
>I suppose the one thing that annoys me more than the irrational fervor of
>the anti-drug crusaders is the idea that anyone who comes up with any idea
>even SLIGHTLY bizarre must, necessarily, have gotten their inspiration from
>Imagination-In-A-Drum, usually voiced by people who aren't even creative ON
>drugs, though they probably hallucinate that they are.

Could we please not pollute alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy with soap-box moralizing?
I do NOT read this group to read back-and-forth flames about whether or
not there are drug references in R&S.

Here is some free advice:
1. Sturgeon said that 90% of everything is crap.  I would say that 99.9% of
   all "debates" I've seen on usenet are crap consisting of personal insults,
   baseless claims, and posturings.

2. True-Believer diatribes from either side rarely if ever convince anyone
   but the easily convinced (who are then re-convinced the next time the
   topic comes up).

3. A corollary to #2: the same arguments come around again, with the same
   personal insults, baseless claimes and posturings trotted out in their
   defense.  The result being that the annoyance level of these "debates"
   increases with each iteration.

Now, I try to ignore these, I really do.  My news reader has an excellent
kill facility, and believe me, I use it.  Perhaps its naieve of me, but I
really wish there was a news group I could read and not have to be bothered
with this sort of rubbish; where I could count on reading nothing but
witty, informative and entertaining conversation about a shared interest.

Oh, well.

Dave "editing my kill file /again/" Schaumann
From: ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: No Cable For Parents - Crappy Adult Shows (Re: Kable Kut due to R$S)
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:23:56 GMT
Organization: Miami University, Hamilton campus

In article <1992Apr8.024310.7481@ncsu.edu>, bpschust@eos.ncsu.edu (BRETT PATRICK SCHUSTER) writes:
>>Saturday, I was being a dutiful daddy and taking my 9yr old
>>daughter to be picked up for a math/science activity at the
>>school. I was reading a  magazine, cooling my heels in the
>>old Honda when my daughter says "Julie's mom and dad got the
>>cable taken out because they don't approve of Ren & Stimpy. I
>>pulled myself up to my most pedantic level and queried this be-
>>havior. I mentioned that parents in my day thought that BULL-
>>WINKLE was too risque. (Not mine tho , we watched it as we would
>>watch Ernie Kovacs). These parents do not like booger refs.
>>  Also (at band practice last night) I heard of a new NICK
>>short called INSIDEOUT MAN where sommeone is turned inside out
>>and does his bit with his guts on the outside. Any one seen
>>this?
> 
> I SAY WE FLAY JULIE'S MOM AND DAD!
> do they disapprove of Tom & Jerry ......NO......
> how about the Simpsons w/ Ichy & Scrachy  ......NO.....
> so why Ren & Stimpy........
> 
> My therery....is 
> 
> Her PARENTS ARE DERANGED AND SICK!
> 
> Thank You.
> I had to get that off my chest.
> _____________________________________________________________________________
> |
> |   These opinions are not accepted by the majority......
> |
> |        BUT IF THEY WERE, THEY WOULD BE DAMN GOOD ONES!
> |
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


No!!  Her parents are aliens!  And when she leaves to go to school, they
shed their human skins and breathe dryer lint!!! :-)

Actually, parents should talk about themselves first.  Most of all, R&S
is less violent and bloody than most TV shows.  Most shows show sex, drugs,
lies, and other sins.  At least R&S is make believe!  (No, their puppets! :) )

BTW, I believe in Ren And Stimpy.


Norman "Muddy" Stimpy
ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.eu
From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Draft Ren and Stimpy in '92!!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:19:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.x=zjs1k.jrs
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Apr15.160138.18031@eff.org> peterco@eff.org (Peter A. Cohen) writes:
>I'm sickened to death of my choices for President will be this year.  Who
>else thinks we should draft Ren and Stimpy for the Oval Office?
>

"Back off man, I'm voting for Ren and Stimpy in '92"
"Give Ren and Stimpy the power to push the button!"
And my favorite slogan is: 
"We take from the rich and give to the criminally insane!"

-- 
John Switzer-Hoek          | "You hear it, you see it, 
(note yuppy hyphenation)   | you want to turn away, but 
74076.1250@Compuserve.com  | you CAN'T! It's Ren and Stimpy!"
jrs@netcom.com             | Happy, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Joy!