Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>“Look sharp, Stimpy!”<\/p><\/div>We’re joined again by Bob Mackey, host of Retronauts<\/a>. This week, we talk about Ren & Stimpy. We retread some of the same stuff we discussed with Spazkid<\/a>, but more indepth with the show as opposed to John K’s cartooning philosophies. <\/p>\nWe talk about the whole run. The original Spumco seasons, the Games era, and Adult Party Cartoon! We talk about the transition of power that took place prior to season 3 and why the series took a nosedive after John K was relieved of duties. It’s all here.<\/p>\nTopics<\/b>\nThe political stance of John Arbuckle\nThe dirty deed\n40 minutes is too long for Ren & Stimpy\nGeorge Liquor! American!\nDr. Mr. Horse\nPowdered Toastman for President\nThe animation of John 2K\nThe Battletoads four-player race\nSierra adventure games\nAnd a bit more about Spider-Man (because you never get enough!)<\/p>\n<\/a>George Liquor! American!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>“My foist material possession!”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>“Leave everything to me!”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Maybe referencing that one Bob Clampett cartoon wasn’t such a good idea.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Ren & Stimpy – Worm Food<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Actual production note from Nickelodeon: “Change duck to woodpecker.”John K’s response: “No.”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We’re joined again by Bob Mackey, host of Retronauts. This week, we talk about Ren & Stimpy. We retread some of the same stuff we discussed with Spazkid, but more indepth with the show as opposed to John K’s cartooning … <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2119\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“Look sharp, Stimpy!”<\/p><\/div>We’re joined again by Bob Mackey, host of Retronauts<\/a>. This week, we talk about Ren & Stimpy. We retread some of the same stuff we discussed with Spazkid<\/a>, but more indepth with the show as opposed to John K’s cartooning philosophies. <\/p>\nWe talk about the whole run. The original Spumco seasons, the Games era, and Adult Party Cartoon! We talk about the transition of power that took place prior to season 3 and why the series took a nosedive after John K was relieved of duties. It’s all here.<\/p>\nTopics<\/b>\nThe political stance of John Arbuckle\nThe dirty deed\n40 minutes is too long for Ren & Stimpy\nGeorge Liquor! American!\nDr. Mr. Horse\nPowdered Toastman for President\nThe animation of John 2K\nThe Battletoads four-player race\nSierra adventure games\nAnd a bit more about Spider-Man (because you never get enough!)<\/p>\n<\/a>George Liquor! American!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>“My foist material possession!”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>“Leave everything to me!”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Maybe referencing that one Bob Clampett cartoon wasn’t such a good idea.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Ren & Stimpy – Worm Food<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Actual production note from Nickelodeon: “Change duck to woodpecker.”John K’s response: “No.”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We’re joined again by Bob Mackey, host of Retronauts. This week, we talk about Ren & Stimpy. We retread some of the same stuff we discussed with Spazkid, but more indepth with the show as opposed to John K’s cartooning … <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=2119\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We talk about the whole run. The original Spumco seasons, the Games era, and Adult Party Cartoon! We talk about the transition of power that took place prior to season 3 and why the series took a nosedive after John K was relieved of duties. It’s all here.<\/p>\n
Topics<\/b>\nThe political stance of John Arbuckle\nThe dirty deed\n40 minutes is too long for Ren & Stimpy\nGeorge Liquor! American!\nDr. Mr. Horse\nPowdered Toastman for President\nThe animation of John 2K\nThe Battletoads four-player race\nSierra adventure games\nAnd a bit more about Spider-Man (because you never get enough!)<\/p>\n
George Liquor! American!!!<\/p><\/div>\n
“My foist material possession!”<\/p><\/div>\n
“Leave everything to me!”<\/p><\/div>\n
Maybe referencing that one Bob Clampett cartoon wasn’t such a good idea.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ren & Stimpy – Worm Food<\/p><\/div>\n
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