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- From: Don Becker <grendel@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.ren-and-stimpy
- Subject: Bob Camp's lecture at Nassau College
- Message-ID: <3swNuB3w164w@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:39:49 EST
- Organization: The Wizzard's Cave, East Meadow, NY
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- Well, Bob Camp was indeed lecturing at Nassau College this afternoon. I got
- there at 11:15 (fifteen minutes before the lecture was to start) and the
- place was already packed. Bob had brought some select cartoons of his youth
- (mostly old Bugs Bunny cartoons) and showed them before his speech. He
- didn't speak too much -- he must've really wanted to see his own work!
-
- The first cartoon (of five) was the uncut version of "Out West". The only
- difference between what was on the tape and what they show on Nickelodeon
- is that we actually see Abner and Eewah (who Camp said are his favorite
- characters) put nooses around each other, and Abner saying "Bring the kids
- next time!" at the end of "Lord Loves A Hanging". The most laughs came for
- "That's no horse! That's my wife!" and the Jeopardy! theme.
-
- After this, we were all treated to a commercial for "Log". There's nothing
- like 400 people singing soem ridiculous tune all together!
-
- The next full length cartoon was "Rubber Nipple Salesmen", identical to the
- Nick version. During this cartoon, Bob informed us that the music played
- when the rubber nipple truck was moving was the "Happy Happ Joy Joy" song.
- The most laughs came for the Mr. Horse segment, and "I have a dream, that
- someday, everyone, everywhere, will know the wonders of my nipples!"
-
- After this was a question and answer segment. Among the questions asked:
-
- Q: What do you think of the new Batman series? (Camp made a comment about
- lame action-adventure cartoons at the beginning)
- A: He knows one of the guys working on it, but all he's seen was a trailer.
-
- Q: [from me] Are you still planning on doing the "Hollywood, Yugoslavia"
- episode, despite the political unrest there?
- A: Yes, they are. In fact, Bob gave us the story behind it. When R&S
- debuted on TV, a boy from Yugoslavia named Anthony wrote a letter asking
- them to come to his country -- with their costumes. So, according to Bob,
- the plot is going to be R&S sitting at home with their Ukranian wives, and
- deciding to go to Yugoslavia to visit Anthony. Bob said they also bring
- their costumes -- ill-fitting burlap ones like the cheesy Mickey Mouse
- costumes.
-
- Q: Where did you get the names "Ren Hoek" and "Stimpy"?
- A: Ren Hoek was John K.'s landlord. Stimpy was a name they drew out of thin
- air.
-
- Q: Who wrote Log?
- A: John K. came up with the idea, but Bob wrote the commercials for the
- first season.
-
- Q: Where did you get the idea for "Dr. Stupid"
- Heckler [to questioner]: From people like you!
-
- Q: What is the Stupomitron Helmet supposed to do to Stimpy?
- A: He doesn't need it...He's stupid enough!
-
- Q: Is Frank Zappa going to make any more appearances?
- A: Not right away -- he's not well
-
- Q: Are R&S going to appear on the Simpsons?
- A: Definitely YES, because it's Bart's favorite show!
-
- Q: When is Yak Shaving Day?
- A: Octembruary 45!
-
- People asked him a LOT of questions about censorship and editing. Bob
- mentioned the sword-swallower sequence from "Sven Hoek", and said that by
- editing it because it was a gay joke, they made it a gay joke. He also
- mentioned that Powdered Toast Man hasn't been shown much lately because a
- lot of parents objected to PTM sticking the Pope on a mountain and burning
- the Bill Of Rights.
-
- He also mentioned some other new episodes, including the Royal Canadian
- Kilted Yaksmen, where Ren and Stimpy join the RCKY (they wear kilts and
- ride yaks) until the get the crap kicked out the them by the world's
- largest small primate -- a whole 8" tall! Another one is "Stimpy's First
- Fart", which had to be renamed "Son Of Stimpy" because of some really
- stupid regulation that says you can't use "fart" in a title, but you can
- say it on TV.
-
- The third cartoon was one I never saw before, entitled "Dog Show". This one
- introduces a brand new character, "George Liquor, American". Liquor has
- appeared in two previous cartoons: Robin Hoek (as The Sherrif of Dodge
- City) and The Boy Who Cried Rat (as the guy whose trash R&S were rummaging
- through). The plot is basically that Ren and Stimpy are entered in a dog
- show by Liquor. Liquor demonstrates how to groom a champion dog by
- massaging Ren's gums, bobbing his tail, and buffing the fur (and in Ren's
- case, everything else) off both of them. Mr. Horse was the prejudge, and
- those that didn't make the cut were fed to a bulldog. One poodle went into
- a nice long soliloquy about how his owner made him go through all this.
- Both Ren and Stimpy make the cut (after some fast-talking by Liquor) and go
- on. Stimpy gets judged by the announcer from Space Madness. Eventually,
- George Liquor wins the show and gets carried off, while Ren and Stimpy
- weep tears of joy.
-
- Another short Q&A session followed this, where Bob told us that John owns
- the rights to George Liquor, and George will most likely show up in future
- Spumco projects. John also has a big time agent, who is working on getting
- him some big deals. No info on who's doing Ren's voice, although Bob tried
- out for it, but thought better of it, saying he didn't want to steal John's
- thunder.
-
- Bob also told us about the ORIGINAL pilot, where Stimpy was pregnant with
- Ren's love child. As Bob said, "That one got rejected REAL fast!"
-
- The fourth cartoon was Ren's Toothache. Nothing new
-
- Finally, the last cartoon was shown, "Man's Best Friend", featuring George
- Liquor, American (those words appear on the screen when George first
- appears, in red, white, and blue). George trains them rewarding them with
- "Lawn Cigar" rubber treats. The first thing George does is empty the
- goldfish tank to make room for Ren And Stimpy. The goldfish dons a fedora
- (a la Muddy Mudskipper) and takes off in George's car. The first thing he
- trains them is not to get up on his couch, by telling them to get up there.
- Stimpy does (reluctantly) and gets rewarded with a lawn cigar. Ren refuses,
- and George gives him $40 and tells him to go see a movie. Then, he trains
- them to attack. Stimpy refuses, but Ren beats the shit out of George with
- an oar. One sequence that saldy will not make it to TV is straight out of
- Raging Bull: a black and white slow motion shot of Ren whacking George with
- the oar. George's head does a full 360. This sequence gets really violent,
- and when George comes to, they all get lawn cigars.
-
- I haven't laughed as hard in a long while. I am looking forward to seeing
- "Dog Show" and "Man's Best Friend" on TV so I can get them on tape!
-
- After the show, Bob was giving out autographs. Everyone asked him to sign
- with "Happy Happy Joy Joy", but he autographed mine "Only five more days
- till Yak Shaving Day!". A friend of mine got his autographed to say "Tim,
- you bloated sack of protoplasm!"
-
- All in all, it was a great lecture -- worth being 15 minutes late for
- psychology!
- ----
- Sorry about this being posted late -- Camp was at the college last Tuesday,
- but my news feed was down.
-
- --Don
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