It's a Dog's Life (The Ren & Stimpy Show episode)
| "It's a Dog's Life" | |
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| The Ren & Stimpy Show episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Ken Bruce |
| Story by | Bob Camp Jim Gomez |
| Production code | RS-408 |
| Original air date | December 3, 1994 |
"It's a Dog's Life" is the 12th episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 3 December 1994.
Plot
[edit]Ren and Stimpy are to be passed at a dog hound when they adopted by a seemingly kind old lady, Granny.[1] At her mansion, Ren and Stimpy are the victims of abuse by Granny and her Chinese servant, Mr. Hao.[1] Ren and Stimpy are neutered, and escape from the mansion only to be recaptured by the police.[1] The duo are returned and find that Granny has died.[1] In her will, she states that Ren and Stimpy are to put to death and stuffed, an order that Mr. Hao obeys as he goes on to kill and stuff Ren and Stimpy.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Ren – voice of Billy West
- Stimpy – voice of Billy West
- Dogcatcher – voice of Bob Camp
- Granny – voice of Billy West
- Mr. Hao – voice of Billy West
Production
[edit]The episode was a remake of the banned 1992 episode "Man's Best Friend", with Granny serving as a female George Liquor.[2] The episode was illustrated by the Wang studio of Taiwan.[1]
Reception
[edit]The American critic Thad Komorowski rated the episode one star out of five.[1] Komorowksi wrote that "It's a Dog's Life" was a deeply unfunny and unpleasant story that was painful to watch.[2] The episode was heavily censored to remove many of the scenes of cruelty being inflicted on Ren and Stimpy by Granny.[3]
Books and articles
[edit]- Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593931100.
- Finley, Laura L. (2018). Violence in Popular Culture American and Global Perspectives. Santa Monica: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440854330.
- Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Komorowski 2017, p. 408.
- ^ a b Komorowski 2017, p. 258.
- ^ Finley 2018, p. 148.
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