From: seed@joker.mil.ufl.edu (Steven Seed)
Subject: Re: Haunted House/Maddog Hoek
Organization: Machine Intelligence Lab, University of Florida
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 06:51:44 GMT

In article <2B0F233D.9252@ics.uci.edu> bmacdona@ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald) writes:
>   Alright here we go:
>
>  HAUNTED HOUSE:  OK.  John K wrote this one with Jim Smith and
>  Bill Wray doing a lot else.
>
>   The Ghost was quite an entertaining character, very reminiscent
>  of Hanna Barbera style forlorn, weak characters. (Image a neurotic
>  Droopy).   Ren and Stimp didn't really do THAT much in the episode
>  by had their moments.  The Bloody Head scene was quite funny.  The
>  Bloody Head Fairy looks a LOT like that other Nick toon character
>  Doug!  I was laughing because of it.  Plus Ren's reaction to something
>  in his ear was amusing ("LOOK MAN! There's SOMETHEENG EEN MY EAR!"
>  GET EET OUT!").   Other gross scenes included Stimpy's armpits and
>  the extraction of fish eggs out of the fish.
>
>  Scene of the show went to the Starving Yak.  ("Oh, Father! Thank you!")
>  Looks JUSt like all the other yaks, except he's a psychotic transient
>  who seems to hate his father. (" and THIS one's for the old man. <POW!>")
>
I'm sorry, but I think the best scene was the "Don't forget to wash where the 
sun don't shine!!!!"

>  One thing I don't get is the ending.    Right after the Ghost ingests
>  the posion, he transforms into a character lying somewhere between
>  Dom Deluise, Mr. T, and a gorilla!  He then decides not to go
>  to heaven and become alive again.  He then takes off in a old Cadillac
>  and the episode ends.
>
>  A classic "What the fuck?" ending.
>
I'm not sure what this is either! Some Big fat black dude with no clothes on?
Who is this guy?
>
>  MAD DOG HOEK: A Bob Camp episode (with his name on pretty much everything)
>   This is ironically titles as Ren doesn't have many lines in this at all.

Almost no creative input from J.K. He was not even listed in the intro credits.
It was written and directed by Bob Camp.
>
>  The Lout Brothers are yet another character outing for the crew. There
>  really is nothing special about this cartoon relation to OTHER cartoons.
>  Basically slapstick throughout the entire epsiode.  Of course, it's a bit
>  more twisted than others but you get the point.
>
>   Gross scene of the show goes to Ren biting Lump's big-toe pimple.
>   Yuk. And that car running over his face.  ouch.
>
Truely one of the most disgusting scenes ever.!

>   Stimpy takes the spotlight in this episode fulfilling his role as
>  masichist to its extreme.  His attempt to get Ren to play are great.
>
>
>   This one ends with ANOTHER "what the fuck?" ending except more like
>  "WHAT ...DAAAA FUCK?????!!!"
>
>   Ren is about to say his comments about the wrestling match until
> Stimpy grabs the mike and starts screaming things that he likes.
>  ("I LIKE DARREN! I LIKE....., I LIKE HIS AUTOGRAPH!!!!!!!!!!")
>  This is Stimpy at his ABSOLUTE craziest.  Ren should be jealous.

Not very funny at all.
>
>  It ends with Stimpy all worked up as the spotlight descends on his
>  bulging eyes.
>
>
>
>  SUMMARY:
>   They're both OK.  Not fall-out-of-your-chair-funny but a few moments
>  make them not wasted.  They don't suck.  But then again, I really don't
>  think ANY epsiode to date downright sucks.

Yeh, but the MADDOG HOEK is an indication that Bob Camp might be able to pull
off the animation part of R&S, but his writting is not nearly as creative and
funny as John's. This episode is missing a certain quality that the others 
have. There was still some of it in HAUNTED HOUSE, but it's fading.
>
>  The perplexed looks of viewers at the endings nearly make them worth it.
>
>  ...and by the way, John K. does Ren in both of them.
>
>   Seeyallater.                                           K!z!K


Steve  ----- John is KING!