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The Big Shot!
The Big Shot! is the second episode of the first season of '' The Ren & Stimpy Show'' that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 11 August 1991. Plot Continuing the story began in '' Stimpy's Big Day'', Stimpy arrives in Hollywood where he acts alongside his hero Muddy Mudskipper. He is shocked to discover that Muddy Mudskipper is an abrasive misanthrope who berates everyone. Stimpy shows Mr. Horse the virtues of using Nitty Gritty kitty litter. Ren watches TV to keep his mind off the absence of Stimpy, but sees his face everyone. Ren descends into madness. Stimpy finds himself uncomfortable in Hollywood and returns to live with Ren in their trailer park. Ren is first happy to see Stimpy back, but is furious when he learns that Stimpy has given all of his $47 million in prize money. Cast *Ren-voice of John Kricfalusi *Stimpy-voice of Billy West *Muddy Mudskipper-voice of Harris Peet *Pool babe-voice of Cheryl Chase *TV announcer-voice of Darrin Sargent *TV Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ren & Stimpy Show
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (also known as ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon, the series aired from August 11, 1991, to December 16, 1995, with a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. The series follows the adventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and sociopathic chihuahua dog; and Stimpy, a good-natured and dimwitted manx cat. ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' is the third of Nickelodeon's original animated seriesknown as "Nicktoons"alongside ''Rugrats'' and '' Doug''. In contrast with other shows on the network, it has generated controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, adult humor, violence, and shock value. This controversy contributed to the production staff's altercations with Nickelodeon's Standards and Practices department, in addition to Spümcø's failure to deliver episodes on time, all of which led to Kricfalusi's termination from the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kricfalusi
Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, voice actor and former animator. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which was highly influential on televised animation during the 1990s. From 1989 to 1992, he was heavily involved with the first two seasons of the show in virtually every aspect of its production, including providing the voice of Ren Höek and other characters. In 2009, he won the Inkpot Award. Born in Quebec, Kricfalusi spent his early childhood in Germany and Belgium before returning to Canada at age seven. He acquired his skills largely by copying cartoons from newspapers and comic books as a child, and by studying cartoons and their production systems from the 1940s and 1950s. His main influence is Bob Clampett. After moving to Los Angeles in 1978, he collaborated with Ralph Bakshi and worked for Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, and DIC Entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Waller
Vincent Paul Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, and technical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable ones being ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' Waller was a writer and director for ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' during the Spümcø era. He directed the episodes " Rubber Nipple Salesmen" and " Big Baby Scam". Other shows Waller produced and directed shorts for Fred Seibert's ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons''. He co-created ''What is Funny?'' with Bill Burnett, as well as ''Pete Patrick: Private Investigator'' and ''Let's Talk Turkey''. He also adapted the Harvey Kurtzman comic ''Hey Look!'' into a pilot episode for the series. ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and other work Waller was a writer for animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' during the last half of the series' first season, leaving after the first season was completed. Waller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stimpy's Big Day
"Stimpy's Big Day" is the first episode of the first season of '' The Ren & Stimpy Show'', that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 11 August 1991. Plot In the first part of a two-part story, Ren and Stimpy are living together in a trailer park. Ren berates Stimpy for spending too much time watching cartoons on television and, in particular, ''The Muddy Mudskipper Show''. Stimpy enters a poetry contest for the Nitty Gritty Kitty Litter company where he declares his love of their kitty litter despite Ren's opposition. Stimpy's inane poem wins the first prize. As a result, Stimpy is awarded $47 million and an appearance on ''The Muddy Mudskipper Show''. Ren tries to steal the $47 million by pretending to be Stimpy. Stimpy leaves for Hollywood while Ren becomes lonely in his trailer park. The story concludes with the next episode, ''The Big Shot!''. Cast * John Kricfalusi – Ren * Billy West – Stimpy *Harris Peet – Muddy Mudskipper *Cheryl Chase – Pool Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Höek
Robin Höek is the third episode of the first season of '' The Ren & Stimpy Show'' that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 25 August 1991. Plot In the first episode in a short-lived series called Stimpy's Storybook Land, Stimpy reads to Ren a parody of Robin Hood called Robin Höek as Ren tries to sleep. In the story, Ren plays Robin Höek, George Liquor is the Sheriff, and Stimpy is everyone else including Maid Moron. At the end, Ren wakes up and is horrified to learn that the story was not a dream and he really married Stimpy. Cast * Ren-voice of John Kricfalusi * Stimpy-voice of Billy West * George Liquor-voice of Harris Peet * Eyeballs-voice of Henry Porch Production The Jim Smith drew the backgrounds for both of "Stipmy's Storybook Land" stories based on the work of N. C. Wyeth which provided a strong atmosphere for ''Robin Höek''. The episode saw the first appearance of George Liquor George Liquor (often taking his epithet as George Liquor, America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy West
William Richard Werstine (born April 16, 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film ''Space Jam'' and several subsequent projects, the title characters of '' Doug'' and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', as well as the ''Futurama'' characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan. In commercials, he is the current voice of the Red M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other such established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Skeets, Tom, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. He was a cast member on ''The Howard Stern Show'', during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling. Early life William Richard Werstine was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 16, 1952. He is of Irish descent, and was born with ADHD and autism. He grew up in Boston, in the Roslindale neighborho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Chase (actress)
Cheryl Chase (born Cheryl Christine Hudock; born December 25, 1958) is an American actress and children's book author. She is best known for voicing Angelica Pickles in the television series ''Rugrats'' and its spinoffs '' All Grown Up!'', ''Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze'', and the reboot of the same name. Early life and education Chase was born on Christmas Day 1958 in Manville, New Jersey to Stella Sophia (Knapp) Hudock and Emil Robert Hudock. Both of her parents were entertainers: her mother was an actress and her father worked as a musician. She is an only child. Chase attended Manville High School in 1977. She attended Brigham Young University majoring in early childhood education and graduated in 1981. After college, Chase was a student at the Lee Strasberg Theatre. Career Chase, then known by her birth name Cheryl Hudock, made her onscreen debut alongside Marie Osmond in the 1982 television movie, ''Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family''. Chase is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Camp
Robert Frank Camp (born February 7, 1956) is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer. Camp has been nominated for two Emmys, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. Career Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as '' ThunderCats'', ''Silverhawks'', ''TigerSharks'', and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass. He then worked as a designer on ''The Real Ghostbusters'' for DiC, and later as a storyboard artist on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' for Warner Bros. Television. Camp was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. He played a major role in the studio's creative force until September 21, 1992, when he left to work for Games Productions (a.k.a. Games Animation), the animation studio Nickelodeon initially created to continue work on ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'' after Spümcø an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Naylor
Rae Naylor (born November 7, 1953) is a Canadian animator, artist, designer, director, and producer for television. She is best known for co-creating DreamWorks' ''The Mighty Ones'', co-founding the animation studio Spümcø with John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, and Jim Smith, and co-developing ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' for Nickelodeon. She also worked on '' Batman: The Animated Series'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'', ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'', and ''Wander Over Yonder''. Career Naylor attended Sheridan College. She co-founded Spümcø and was involved in the development of ''Ren & Stimpy''. ''Ren & Stimpy'' was criticized for violence with adult, bathroom, dark and sexual humor that TV scarcely uses; it was also praised by some critics and audiences and inspired more innovative satirical cartoons such as ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', ''Rocko's Modern Life'', ''South Park'', ''Family Guy'', and ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 American Television Episodes
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American Television Series Premieres
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
