Product Description

After a ten year hiatus, John K. resurrected his classic cartoon for Spike TV – no holds barred. Witness the cartoons he always wanted to make, uncensored and out of control. Deemed too hot to handle by Spike execs, these episodes are now available on DVD – be warned: this is not your baby-brother’s Ren & Stimpy!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8222 in DVD
• Brand: Unknown
• Released on: 2006-07-18
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .28 pounds
• Running time: 198 minutes

Customer Reviews

Oh sweet God...Ren & Stimpy the way they were always meant to be!
A couple years back, John K. attempted to resurrect Ren & Stimpy for Spike TV. And it worked, albeit pretty briefly. This collection of "Lost" episodes features six episodes where Ren & Stimpy get revamped with all the grossness, nudity, and insane antics that the show was always meant to have, and even though at times it can get to be too much for it's own good, this DVD set is a must own for those who fondly remember this gruesome twosome. In these episodes, Ren & Stimpy go to a beach filled with voluptuous young girls who like to get naked, try to help out a homeless widow (an homage to the Three Stooges), get in over their heads with an insane fire chief, and look to move out of the bum's mouth that they've been living in. Stimpy is also pregnant with Ren's love child (the results of which are hysterical, to me anyway, others may find it to be way too much), and Ren goes to a shrink to reveal the origin of his violent ways. There's interviews and introductions aplenty with John K. and a few others, which are more than worth the price of admission alone. All in all, the Lost Episodes of Ren & Stimpy will certainly be a mixed bag for many, but for those who have always wanted to see the duo in the gross out way that they were always meant to be seen, consider this a must own.

Depends on what kind of Ren & Stimpy fan you are.
Here's my theory on this set: John K was the original creator of Ren & Stimpy, and when Nickelodeon made him leave, the series took a turn, and Spumco wasn't going to do the show without John. John K's original episodes always insinuated Ren and Stimpy to be in a relationship, so these Adult Party Cartoon episodes really worked with what John wanted the show to be.

I personally think this set will be great because I enjoy Ren & Stimpy for the earlier jokes that were rude and vulgar, and sometimes contained minor sexual innuendos. These episodes take those aspects of the show to a whole new level with nudity, sex, and profanity. Now if you like the later episodes of Ren & Stimpy, when Nickelodeon took over, you will most likely find this show stupid and weird. It holds some value to the stupidity of Ren and Stimpy, but really emphasizes a whole new look on the characters. So really, it depends on what kind of fan you are. If you liked the older episodes more than the newer ones, chances are you will take some enjoyment in these. I managed to catch a couple episodes on Spike TV, and I really enjoyed them, so I will support John K and Spumco and buy these DVDs. My only complaint is that Billy West doesn't do the voice of Stimpy, and that's worth losing a star to me.

Adult Party Cartoon is amazing
Adult Party Cartoon is amazing, plain and simple.

So many people complain about the direction that Spumco went with the new Ren and Stimpy cartoons, and to some extent I can understand why. But come on, art evolves and I guarantee you that just as many people would be hollering if John and the gang had just kept on doing what they were doing in 1991. But they didn't, and that's awesome.

Spumco has always been in the business of reinventing amazing cartoons.. right from the get-go. The original Ren & Stimpy = Brilliant. The Yogi/Jetsons cartoons = brilliant, and Adult Party Cartoon is also brilliant. Will it make you uncomfortable? YES! Is some of the art disgusting and disturbing? Yes! And you know what? That's the nature of art. Art challenges and entertains and tittilates and disgusts and disturbs, and that's why it's so important to our society. There's nothing I love more than a complicated piece of work that makes me think, reflect and laugh -- and these do all that in spades. Some of them are absolutely kill-you-in-the-face-dead-on-FUNNY (Altruists, Naked Beach Frenzy), and some of them are sad, awful/beautiful pieces about the nature of psyche (Ren Seeks Help.) I don't really know how to classify Firedogs 2, but Ralph Bakshi is one heck of a guy.

Ultimately, it's up to you -- but I think these are brilliant and I tell you what, a single frame from nearly any Spumco cartoon makes me laugh more than the entire running time of an entire episode of Family Guy (funny show, worst art ever.)

Great job, Spumco!

POSTSCRIPT: the packaging is brilliant, a work of art, fantastic. I wish that much care and attention went into all cartoon dvd packaging. Heck, all packaging.