"Nurse Stimpy" is the 4th episode of the first season of ''
The Ren & Stimpy Show''. It originally aired on
Nickelodeon in the United States 25 August, 1991.
Plot
Ren becomes deadly ill and Stimpy vows to take care of him. Stimpy dons a nurse's uniform and provides a variety of unpractical treatments that cause Ren much pain. At the end, Ren becomes cured while Stimpy becomes sick instead. Ren puts on the nurse uniform and says "now ee't ''my'' turn!"
Cast
*Ren-voice of
John Kricfalusi
*Stimpy-voice of
Billy West
Production
The episode had a troubled production with the script being rewritten five times. The storyboard work for ''Nurse Stimpy'' was done by
Chris Reccardi
Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 - May 2, 2019) was an American animator, cartoon director, writer, storyboard artist, character designer, graphic designer, musician, and producer. He worked on numerous animated television series, i ...
while
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 '' ...
did the lay-out with the rest of the work being done by the Lacewood studio in Ottawa.
John Kricfalusi who directed ''Nurse Stimpy'' disallowed his own work and used a pseudonym for the director's credit. In a 1993 interview, Kricfalusi said of ''Nurse Stimpy'': "It's really ugly cartoon". The American critic Martin Goodman wrote the ''Ren & Stimpy Show'' explored fears of illness, decay and death as the show "featured filth, illness, disease and mutilation to an unprecedented degree, making these horrors an integral part of the show".
Reception
The American journalist Thad Komorowski wrote that ''Nurse Stimpy'' is "merely an exhibition of toilet humor".
Books
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References
{{The Ren & Stimpy Show
1991 American television episodes
The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes
Works about nursing