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From: grendel@jaflrn.UUCP (Don Becker)
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Date: 22 Nov 92 22:39:49 GMT
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
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Subject: Bob Camp's lecture at Nassau College
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Well, Bob Camp was indeed lecturing at Nassau College this afternoon. I got
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there at 11:15 (fifteen minutes before the lecture was to start) and the
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place was already packed. Bob had brought some select cartoons of his youth
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(mostly old Bugs Bunny cartoons) and showed them before his speech. He
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didn't speak too much -- he must've really wanted to see his own work!
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The first cartoon (of five) was the uncut version of "Out West". The only
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difference between what was on the tape and what they show on Nickelodeon
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is that we actually see Abner and Eewah (who Camp said are his favorite
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characters) put nooses around each other, and Abner saying "Bring the kids
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next time!" at the end of "Lord Loves A Hanging". The most laughs came for
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"That's no horse! That's my wife!" and the Jeopardy! theme.
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After this, we were all treated to a commercial for "Log". There's nothing
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like 400 people singing soem ridiculous tune all together!
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The next full length cartoon was "Rubber Nipple Salesmen", identical to the
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Nick version. During this cartoon, Bob informed us that the music played
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when the rubber nipple truck was moving was the "Happy Happ Joy Joy" song.
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The most laughs came for the Mr. Horse segment, and "I have a dream, that
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someday, everyone, everywhere, will know the wonders of my nipples!"
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After this was a question and answer segment. Among the questions asked:
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Q: What do you think of the new Batman series? (Camp made a comment about
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lame action-adventure cartoons at the beginning)
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A: He knows one of the guys working on it, but all he's seen was a trailer.
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Q: [from me] Are you still planning on doing the "Hollywood, Yugoslavia"
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episode, despite the political unrest there?
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A: Yes, they are. In fact, Bob gave us the story behind it. When R&S
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debuted on TV, a boy from Yugoslavia named Anthony wrote a letter asking
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them to come to his country -- with their costumes. So, according to Bob,
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the plot is going to be R&S sitting at home with their Ukranian wives, and
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deciding to go to Yugoslavia to visit Anthony. Bob said they also bring
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their costumes -- ill-fitting burlap ones like the cheesy Mickey Mouse
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costumes.
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Q: Where did you get the names "Ren Hoek" and "Stimpy"?
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A: Ren Hoek was John K.'s landlord. Stimpy was a name they drew out of thin
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air.
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Q: Who wrote Log?
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A: John K. came up with the idea, but Bob wrote the commercials for the
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first season.
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Q: Where did you get the idea for "Dr. Stupid"
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Heckler [to questioner]: From people like you!
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Q: What is the Stupomitron Helmet supposed to do to Stimpy?
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A: He doesn't need it...He's stupid enough!
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Q: Is Frank Zappa going to make any more appearances?
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A: Not right away -- he's not well
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Q: Are R&S going to appear on the Simpsons?
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A: Definitely YES, because it's Bart's favorite show!
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Q: When is Yak Shaving Day?
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A: Octembruary 45!
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People asked him a LOT of questions about censorship and editing. Bob
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mentioned the sword-swallower sequence from "Sven Hoek", and said that by
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editing it because it was a gay joke, they made it a gay joke. He also
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mentioned that Powdered Toast Man hasn't been shown much lately because a
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lot of parents objected to PTM sticking the Pope on a mountain and burning
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the Bill Of Rights.
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He also mentioned some other new episodes, including the Royal Canadian
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Kilted Yaksmen, where Ren and Stimpy join the RCKY (they wear kilts and
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ride yaks) until the get the crap kicked out the them by the world's
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largest small primate -- a whole 8" tall! Another one is "Stimpy's First
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Fart", which had to be renamed "Son Of Stimpy" because of some really
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stupid regulation that says you can't use "fart" in a title, but you can
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say it on TV.
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The third cartoon was one I never saw before, entitled "Dog Show". This one
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introduces a brand new character, "George Liquor, American". Liquor has
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appeared in two previous cartoons: Robin Hoek (as The Sherrif of Dodge
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City) and The Boy Who Cried Rat (as the guy whose trash R&S were rummaging
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through). The plot is basically that Ren and Stimpy are entered in a dog
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show by Liquor. Liquor demonstrates how to groom a champion dog by
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massaging Ren's gums, bobbing his tail, and buffing the fur (and in Ren's
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case, everything else) off both of them. Mr. Horse was the prejudge, and
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those that didn't make the cut were fed to a bulldog. One poodle went into
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a nice long soliloquy about how his owner made him go through all this.
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Both Ren and Stimpy make the cut (after some fast-talking by Liquor) and go
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on. Stimpy gets judged by the announcer from Space Madness. Eventually,
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George Liquor wins the show and gets carried off, while Ren and Stimpy
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weep tears of joy.
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Another short Q&A session followed this, where Bob told us that John owns
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the rights to George Liquor, and George will most likely show up in future
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Spumco projects. John also has a big time agent, who is working on getting
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him some big deals. No info on who's doing Ren's voice, although Bob tried
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out for it, but thought better of it, saying he didn't want to steal John's
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thunder.
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Bob also told us about the ORIGINAL pilot, where Stimpy was pregnant with
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Ren's love child. As Bob said, "That one got rejected REAL fast!"
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The fourth cartoon was Ren's Toothache. Nothing new
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Finally, the last cartoon was shown, "Man's Best Friend", featuring George
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Liquor, American (those words appear on the screen when George first
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appears, in red, white, and blue). George trains them rewarding them with
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"Lawn Cigar" rubber treats. The first thing George does is empty the
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goldfish tank to make room for Ren And Stimpy. The goldfish dons a fedora
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(a la Muddy Mudskipper) and takes off in George's car. The first thing he
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trains them is not to get up on his couch, by telling them to get up there.
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Stimpy does (reluctantly) and gets rewarded with a lawn cigar. Ren refuses,
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and George gives him $40 and tells him to go see a movie. Then, he trains
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them to attack. Stimpy refuses, but Ren beats the shit out of George with
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an oar. One sequence that saldy will not make it to TV is straight out of
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Raging Bull: a black and white slow motion shot of Ren whacking George with
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the oar. George's head does a full 360. This sequence gets really violent,
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and when George comes to, they all get lawn cigars.
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I haven't laughed as hard in a long while. I am looking forward to seeing
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"Dog Show" and "Man's Best Friend" on TV so I can get them on tape!
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After the show, Bob was giving out autographs. Everyone asked him to sign
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with "Happy Happy Joy Joy", but he autographed mine "Only five more days
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till Yak Shaving Day!". A friend of mine got his autographed to say "Tim,
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you bloated sack of protoplasm!"
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All in all, it was a great lecture -- worth being 15 minutes late for
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psychology!
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----
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Sorry about this being posted late -- Camp was at the college last Tuesday,
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but my news feed was down.
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--Don
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