HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sg@monsoon.com (Sunil Gupta)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
Subject: Re: New Quayle Quote List
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 12:26:15 EDT
Organization: Monsoon Software, Inc.

phd85@seq1.keele.ac.uk (D.H. Holden) writes:

> From article <1992Oct7.230837.7732@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, by goldsman@cc.gate
> > 
>      Isn't this a little scary??!

A little? Maybe now you can understand the nervous laughter that has
kept us from soiling our jeans for the last 4 years.

Sunil Gupta
Monsoon Software, Inc.
sg@monsoon.com

From: kingsley@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kingsley Morse)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:24:24 GMT
Subject: Re: Please Help
Organization: HP Western Response Center
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle

Oops! My apologies for posting my previous "Please Help" survey to this
group. It was an honest mistake and won't happen again.

Kingsley
From: monica@wave.cis.ufl.edu (Monica Sweat)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: WANTED: Ren and/or Stimpy Ascii Art...
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:57:37 GMT
Reply-To: monica@wave.cis.ufl.edu (Monica Sweat)
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Florida CIS dept.

Hi everyone,

I have one simple ascii drawing of Stimpy... but would love to have more.

Anyone out there have some they are willing to share?

Thanks,
monica

<monica@cis.ufl.edu>




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From: doctor8@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Clay Evans)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Re: VOTE UPDATE
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:36:56 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

> UPDATE
> 
> Attention Ren & Stimpy Fans!!!!,
> 
> The vote is on!
> As you may or may not know, I am taking votes from YOU, the fans of Ren and
> Stimpy, on which was the best episode of Ren and Stimpy! If you have not
> voted, please do so! We have a tight race, and the more votes I get, the bett
> chances there are of us having a clear winner.  So email me those votes!
> 
> and now, the early polls
> 
> 1) Stimpy's Invention
> 2) Space Madness
> 2) Rubber Nipple Salesmen
> 3) Nurse Stimpy
> 

I hereby cast my vote for Space Madness! But wait.... no.. NO! *I* know 
what YOU all want.... ***YOU*** coveteth my ICE-CREAM BAR! You can't take 
it from me now.... I've had this ice-cream bar since... since I was a 
*child*!

Sincerely,
Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs.),
a refugee from alt.fan.monty-python
PS:I have never kissed John Kricfalusi
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
From: 126580828@cats.ucis.vill.edu (!GENTILE, JOSEPH)
Subject: VOTE
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: Villanova University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:03:00 GMT

Get ready guys,

Now is your chance do do your civil duty and vote!
I am taking votes on which is the best Ren and Stimpy episode!
All you have to do is email me your vote and it will be counted!
Polls close on Oct. 25. Final results will be posted on Oct 26.

And Now the EARLY EARLY polls

1) Rubber Nipple salesman
2) Space Madness

A mere vote seperates our top two vote getters! 

Also getting votes- The Boy Who Cried Rat, Nurse Stimpy, and Stimpy's Invention

Isn't this exciting?

"I can hardly contain myself!"

Don't get shut out of the polls....VOTE!

What else can I say?

Joe"Chaos"Gentile
The Matador of M83

================================================================================

"Now swallow every little drop! Isn't it tasty?" - Nurse Stimpson J. Cat

================================================================================
From: popec@freeside.com (PopeC)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Subgenius
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 20:05:43 CDT
Organization: Rivendell BBS / Hou, TX. / +1 713 941 2236

I recently heard a tape from KNON, Dallas. It was a "Subgenius Hour Of 
Slack" radio program from Ivan stang and the Church Of The Subgenius.
There was a Ren And Stimpy Hour Of Slack Radio ID.   Now we know.
The Subgeniuses have infiltrated Nickelodeon.
Ren and Stimpy and "Bob".  It's perfect.

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From: rocker@csa.bu.edu (The Long Haired One)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy,alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Billy West Phone Call to WMFX
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:54:18 GMT
Followup-To: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Organization: Boston University
In-reply-to: paul@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM's message of 9 Oct 92 15:06:05 GMT

>>>>> On 9 Oct 92 15:06:05 GMT,
	 paul@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM (Paul Fidler) said:

|> 10-9-92
|> Well, on my drive drive to work this morning, I got to hear Billy West live
|> on the local "FOX" affiliate station (WMFX, Columbia, S.C., "Classic Rock"
|> format).  DJ Benji Norton, who is a big fan of R&S, who always ends his
|> morning show with the audio from the "What'll we do 'til then.......Play
|> with your pet croco-stimpy", got Billy to call him on the air.

I thought it use to be great to hear Billy West 5 days a week, when he was a
regular on WBCN(104.1) in Boston on the Mishagots(sp?) game show with the
morning DJs. He use to do all sorta of impersonation, along with the 
Larry Fine, an arnold swatztie, Prof Porkman(porky pig immitation), and others.

One of the funniest things I heard was Billy West's rap-ish version of 
Bob Dylan's "Subterrainian Homesick Blues". I'm glad everyone gets to enjoy
Billy West these days. Happy Happy, Joy Joy.

-Rocker
From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Re: Episode Log
Date: 13 Oct 1992 13:58:05 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


WBRANDT@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Buffalo Bill) writes:

>BIG HOUSE BLUES

>Another censored
>moment moment is Ren's astute observation upon finding out that
>another dog has been euthanized: "You don't wake up from the big
>sleep!"

Hmm . . . that's in there, as far as I know.

>NURSE STIMPY
> 
>At one point, Stimpy thinks Ren has taken a turn for the worse and
>calls Dr. Leech, who lies atop Ren and sucks out the bad blood. The
>doctor sloshes away, nearly bursting with plasma. Oh wait, that was
>cut. Another could-have-been was a chicken soup gag where Stimpy
>befriends Stinky the Chicken--who bathes in Stimpy's soup.

Were all these cuts ordered by Nickelodeon or what?

>THE BOY WHO CRIED RAT

>Originally, the entire cartoon was supposed to
>take place inside Stimpy's malodorous maw.

As in from fade-in to fade-out?  All first-maw subjective camera??  Weird!

>FIREDOGS

>Stimpy looks mighty relieved
>when he finally releases his kitty litter load.

I thought that too, but thought maybe I was just being filthy-minded.  Now
I see I was right.  Probably in more ways than one.  :)

>UNTAMED WORLD

>Hey, your mouth would be disgusting, too, if you scarfed
>screaming flies.

That's Marlon Hoek screaming (I'M GOING TO BE SICK!).

>STIMPY'S INVENTIONS

>In a
>scene that was not meant to be, Stimpy raises his arm, exposing a
>sweaty armpit from which Ren gleefully licks off the filth.

Oh come on, Nickelodeon, that's no worse than Robin Hoek climbing lovingly
up Maid Moron's nose hair.

>REN'S TOOTHACHE

>Note:  After you see
>Ren's stinky gum holes you will never forget to brush you teeth
>again.

No doubt.  I've never had so much as a cavity, and even I cringe in induced
pain at this cartoon!!  EEYOUCH!  (BTW, can anyone tell what the flies are
saying in their so-called "buzzing"?  It sounds like they're *almost*
saying somthing.)

>RUBBER NIPPLE SALESMAN

>Stimpy has a
>vision that "someday all of mankind shall have nipples."

Was this changed or just a mess-up by the magazine?

>They won't be going to George Liquor's house
>though; the evisceration gag was gouged out.

Who the $&@!! is George Liquor????

The upcoming episodes look to be GREAT!  I can't wait!
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy,alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: gc3@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (George Cifrancis)
Subject: Re: Bob Camp to Take Over R&S Production
Organization: Homebrew Virtual Reality Labs
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 03:52:39 GMT

Robert Cianchette (rmc@davidge.com) wrote:
: about Mr. Camp's "traitorous" behavior.  The bottom line for me is
: whether John K. will still be the voice of Ren.  If not, I doubt that
: the show will ever be up to par.

The heck with Ren's voice! Billy West does Ren just as well as John K!
The important thing is that John K. is the heart and soul of that show!
If he goes, it is only a matter of time before the show goes to hell.

George Cifrancis
gc3@jcnpc.cmhnet.org
From: tpope@ux1.lbl.gov (Tom Pope)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Re: Episode Log
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:19:13 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab
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In article <dprice.718346644@convex.com> David Price, dprice@convex.com
writes:
>>  Here is the official episode log from Film Threat magazine

Which issue of Film Threat is this from?
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
From: alberti@ux.acs.umn.edu (Timothy Fay)
Subject: Re: Subgenius
Originator: alberti@staff.tc.umn.edu
Organization: Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 11:42:51 GMT

In <9V1LsB2w165w@freeside.com> popec@freeside.com (PopeC) writes:

>I recently heard a tape from KNON, Dallas. It was a "Subgenius Hour Of 
>Slack" radio program from Ivan stang and the Church Of The Subgenius.
>There was a Ren And Stimpy Hour Of Slack Radio ID.   Now we know.
>The Subgeniuses have infiltrated Nickelodeon.
>Ren and Stimpy and "Bob".  It's perfect.

This perhaps ties in with "BoB" influences sighted in recent TINY
TOON ADVENTURES episodes...

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy,alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: paul@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM (Paul Fidler)
Subject: Billy West Phone Call to WMFX
Summary: Billy West live on the air
Keywords: Billy West
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 15:06:05 GMT

  
10-9-92

Well, on my drive drive to work this morning, I got to hear Billy West live
on the local "FOX" affiliate station (WMFX, Columbia, S.C., "Classic Rock"
format).  DJ Benji Norton, who is a big fan of R&S, who always ends his
morning show with the audio from the "What'll we do 'til then.......Play
with your pet croco-stimpy", got Billy to call him on the air.

Points of interest:

When asked which was his favorite episode, he replied: "Well, there's one
part of Space Madness that still makes me laugh out loud when I watch it,
and that's where I'm doing the voice of this 'panic-attack'-type sci-fi
announcer saying.....[does the whole "How long can he hold out?!" bit,
has DJ laughing so hard he can't breath...]"   I, for one, didn't know
Billy did the voice for the announcer; I think I would have assumed it was
John K.                                   

When asked about the current contraversy re John K./Bob Camp, he said [I'm
paraphrasing] "John is an artist, his job is to push the envelope, whereas
the 'suit's' job is to pull it back in. Basically, he had alot of material
Nick didn't feel was appropriate for children........It's not clear what his
role will be.....He'll probably STAY ON TO DO REN'S VOICE [emphasis mine],
and as creative consultant [J0Y!]........"

Did a live on-air promo for WMFX (Benji Norton didn't have tape player rolling
first time, had to do it twice), went "Happy Happy, Joy Joy! The Benji Norton
show, My favorite live-action drama, on W M F X !!"

He also did voices of Larry Fine ("Moe, I pissed on my shoe"), Howard Stern,
Doug, the Honey Bee (from commercial), Axl Rose,  BUT *NO* REN!!! Oh, well.

He talked about meeting John K. back in Boston in 1988, and about how Stimpy's
voice is based on Larry Fine's, etc.  Whole thing lasted about 10 minutes.



         JooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooYYY!!!!



..........................................................................
From the lair of the Wiley, Speckle-Throated, Burrowing, Five-Toed Yak....
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
From: dprice@convex.com (David Price)
Subject: Re: Episode Log
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:14:05 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller) writes:


> (BTW, can anyone tell what the flies are
> saying in their so-called "buzzing"?  It sounds like they're *almost*
> saying somthing.)

According to Film Threat, the flies are saying "Taaaste, taaaste...".
Billy West did the fly voice by strangling himself.

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
From: jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods)
Subject: Re: Episode Log
Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:52:47 GMT

In <dprice.718346644@convex.com> dprice@convex.com (David Price) writes:
>The article has one quote from Bob Camp that seems to contradict what
>was posted recently from the LA Times article.  In Film Threat, Bob
>says "No matter what you do, he (John K.) can do it a little better.
>And he does it so fast, too - right in front of you...".  In the LA
>Times article, Bob says that John K. works slowly which would be
>better for feature films.  So which is it?  Will Bob Camp put out
>episodes _slower_ that John K. ?  Stay tuned for the next turgid
>episode.

That's not necessarily a contradiction; it might not take him much time
to do something better than anyone else, but a lot of time to do something
better than himself... ;-)

Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
From: lundin@solbourne.com (Thomas Lundin)
Subject: Re: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:18:33 GMT

Something else you might want to add is that the opening
song is a cover of Preston Epps "Bongo Rock", an
admittally silly song.
From: bheess@mcws.fidonet.org (Brian L. Heess)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Re: is anyone out there??
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 21:36:37 PDT
Reply-To: bheess@mcws.fidonet.org
Distribution: world
Organization: midnight computer wiring society - Tujunga, CA, USA

"michael livsey" <michael.livsey@canrem.com> writes:

> MC>  Newsgroup: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
> MC>I am making two test posts.  This is posted from the server
> MC>bikini.cis.ufl.edu.  If you can see this message an you are not at the
> MC>University of Florida would you please mail me and let me know?
> MC>Thanks ever so much!
> 
> Yes, you reached Ontario, Canada. You are still a bloated sack of protoplasm,
> however. ;-)

And, a FAT one, at that!

-Brian
>8-)

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From: ghosty@terapin.com (Noah Hanna)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: Tiny Toons-Jimmy- Ren and Stimpy?
Date: 16 Oct 92 06:39:05 GMT
Organization: BBS

I reread that old interview with Bob Camp that was posted here, it reaffirmed
my theory that John K. was the real sicko-creative-genius. But then Bob isn;t
too bad, after all, John K. made him write essays on Tex Avery (my other
favorite cartoon maker). Anyway, to the subject. Bob Camp used to work for Tiny
Toons before coming over to Spumco and mentioned that there may be some ren and
stimpyish things stolen and put in tiny toon episodes. Well, today I noticed
about 6 characters on todays tiny toon episode that closely resembled Spumco's
mascot (he's on the spumco logo at the end) Jimmy the Retarded boy. Hmm, kinda
makes you say Hmm doesnt it? I didnt think so...
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From: 126580828@cats.ucis.vill.edu (!GENTILE, JOSEPH)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
Subject: VOTE update (again!)
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:27:00 GMT
Organization: Villanova University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

Attention Ren and Stimpy fans!

Lots of news to report regarding the vote!

Here is the latest tally......
1) Space Madness
2) Stimpy's Invention
3) Rubber Nipple Salesmen
4) Powdered Toast Man
5) Nurse Stimpy
   Boy Who Cried Rat (tie)

The Space Madness votes are coming in by swarms!  It leads the 2nd place 
Stimpy's Invention by three votes, and takes over the lead. It is a close race
because right behind is Rubber Nipple Salesman. PTM Has broken the top five,
along with Boy Who Cried Rat, which ties Nurse Stimpy!

Keep those votes coming!
If you haven't voted yet, do not hesitate! The polls close Oct 26!
HURRY UP SO I CAN FINISH READING MY PAPER!!!

email those votes!

Joe Gentile
The Matador of M83
From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom_peterson
Subject: Tom's new store
Date: 11 Oct 92 00:34:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC

I'm just kinda curious as to exactly where the store is.  Is it in the
building next to the Post Office, or the building across Foster from the
Fred Meyer, or in a different building perhaps?  Please let me know, and
thanks in advance.

************************************************************************
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From: trifid@agora.rain.com (Roadster Racewerks)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom_peterson
Subject: Oops!
Date: 15 Oct 92 10:27:06 GMT
Organization: Open Communications Forum



I have a correction to make to my previous post. Tom advertised that thei] "new"
store would be in the "original location". I had always believed that was the
store by the Lents Post Office. I was wrong. (Geez, I'm so embarrassed...I live
right in the neighborhood...) His "new" store, Tom Peterson's and Gloria's Too,
is the one at the southwest corner of 82nd and Foster, the one with the itty-
bitty LaRog's Jewelers shop in the middle of the parking lot. (The smallest
free-standing jeweler's shop in the city, I'm sure!)

They are selling furniture as well as electronics. Don't know about appliances.
Since Tom and Gloria are bankrupt, the store is being bankrolled by his son-in-
law, which makes sense since he was grooming his daughter to take over the
family business.

(As for making up a "soc.culture.portland", how about alt.culture.ecotopia ?
That would take in the Pacific NW, Northern CA, BC and Alberta...if I remember
the book right...  :-)  Nah...too esoteric... How about alt.culture.pacific-nw ?

Suze
trifid@agora.rain.com
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom_peterson
From: trifid@agora.rain.com (Roadster Racewerks)
Subject: Re: Tom's new store
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 09:38:49 GMT



Tom ("and Gloria too!" :-) are set up in the original store, next door to the
Post Office building.

FYI, the Post Office Substation itself has been moved recently to Eastport
Plaza, and the former office is being used for sorting mail only....

Suze

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From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom_peterson,or.general,pdx.general,pnw.general
Subject: New group proposal
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:02:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad3.13OCT199218025144
Followup-To: alt.config
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC

[For your information.  Please follow-up to alt.config]

alt[.culture].oregon (originally proposed February 1992)
--------------------

This proposal grew out of the existence of alt.fan.tom_peterson, in the
fact that the majority of traffic on that group concerned Oregon in
general, and not just Tom Peterson.  Back in February, Tom Peterson was
going out of business, so we were looking at replacing a.f.t_p with an
Oregon newsgroup.  Well, Tom is back in business, sort of, so the group
should continue to exist, though no doubt it will continue to receive
little to no traffic.

I'll leave it to someone who actually lives in Oregon to provide a
description of what should be discussed in this newsgroup.


Now, on the above two groups, should they exist directly under alt.*,
like alt.appalachian, alt.california and alt.rhode_island do, or should
they go under alt.culture.*?  I'm simply asking for an opinion on what
would be best for the sites that would carry these groups.  Since it
appears that a U.S. regional hierarchy is dead for now, I would offer
that these groups do belong in alt.*.  And besides, though I can't
recall any Alaska inquiries from outside the U.S., the Oregon
discussions in a.f.t_p have included people from outside the U.S.

alt.fan.hucksters (originally proposed April 1992)
-----------------

This group would be for fans of colorful television spokesmen, referred
to in slang terminology as "hucksters."  In the United States, examples
of such would include Crazy Eddie, the late Earl Scheib, Cal
Worthington, Tom Peterson and Jack Roberts.  Hell, even people like
Robert Tilton and Hulk Hogan would qualify for inclusion here.  
Likewise, countless thousands of lesser-known "hucksters" exist 
everywhere else, including, no doubt, your local area.  I don't know if 
the phenomenon of "hucksters" exists elsewhere in the world or if it 
just an American thing, but if at all possible, I would hope that it 
wouldn't be an American-dominated newsgroup by any means.

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