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| The Ren and Stimpy Show - Seasons Three and a Half-ish | 
 enlarge | Directors: Bob Camp, Jim Smith, Bill Wray, Chris Reccardi, Howard E. Baker
Actors: John Kricfalusi, Billy West, Cheryl Chase, Harris Peet, Bob Camp
Studio: VH1 Television
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
Buy New: $23.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 12960
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 373
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: PARD888594D
ISBN: 1415712107
UPC: 097368885943
EAN: 9781415712108
ASIN: B0009CTV4U
Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 1991
Release Date: June 28, 2005
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/28/2005
Amazon.com
Though the third season of John Kricfalusi's much-loved Ren and Stimpy animated series has been the subject of much controversy among devotees of the show and its creator, there is still enough cat/dog insanity to warrant viewing. Some fans' problems with the season revolve around the fact that Nickelodeon, which was airing the program, removed Kricfalusi and his Spumco team from the show's production and replaced them with Games Animation, which reproduced Ren and Stimpy's signature artwork, but without the absurd spark of the first and second seasons (at least by those fans' estimation). However, a perusal of the 29 episodes compiled on this three-disc set (which offers the entire third season and a smattering of the fourth, which concludes on the Season Five and Some More of Four set) does turn up some worthwhile episodes, most notably "Ren's Pecs" (Ren develops a rippling physique after injecting fat from Stimpy's posteior), "Jimminy Lummox" (Stimpy's conscience takes the form of a monstrous singing lout), "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" (no explanation needed there...), and the surreal "House of Next Tuesday" (R & S visit the title domicile to escape giant ants). All this, plus several visits to "Untamed World," appearances by the irascible Wilbur Cobb, Jerry the Bellybutton Elf (who resides inside Stimpy's navel)--and scads of commentary tracks, including eleven from Kricfalusi and his Spumco team, and two from Ren and Stimpy themselves. Though the loyal may be divided on these seasons, completists will want to add this round of lunacy to their DVD animation collections. -- Paul Gaita
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 Ren and stimpy November 24, 2007
The humor continues...Great episodes from a classic cartoon. Classic to me anyway. Came in great condition with fast shipping.
 So awesome June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did a review for season 1 and 2 which i bought at the same time as this. Here it is listed below:
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I remember ren and stimpy back in the 90's on tv, catching it on tv was rare but awesome.
Needless to say, when i found it for sale on here i went for it. The prices it was at seemed worth it, but I have to admit there were things I guess i just didnt pay attention to back then.
I cant for the life of me remember the animation being so stock. colours quite blotched and dull, but I guess that adds to the charm of it.
All these classic episodes still get the laughs out of me. I guess its one of those collectables which I will hold onto for a while, but I dont really see myself watching it all that much more then once.
Passed it onto friends, they had the same feeling about it. Awesome yet they also forgot about how stock it was, I blame new CG in movies, new gen animation (ala pixar) and the death of 2D cartoons (mind you, the simpsons still rule that domain).
Good to remind you of lesser stressful times and being care free. Definatly a happy happy happy purchase!
As Ren & Stimpy started changing. March 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These weren't as golden and classic as the first volume (Seasons 1 and 2) but there are mostly great episodes on here. I've enjoyed watching them and being able to actually collect such nice copies.
Better than Season One February 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now they've gotten better. (Read my review for Season One Ren and Stimpy, under the title "If I were drunk, I'd be crackin' up. But I wasn't".
The commentary is the same--lax.
Audio is still great in this one. The music accompaniment had memorable classical music, which is rare in many cartoons. Now-a-days they'd use New Age or Modern Classical music, excluding the old Looney Tunes but even then they'd use the same piece over and over, cartoon after cartoon. But still, the monotony is all the same. Kind of like Tom and Jerry; tedious, chase the mouse... chase the mouse... chase the mouse. Very boring and mind numbing.
This DVD isn't for me. I prefer a decent with smarter characters.
Quality Writing and Animation January 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From "No Pants Today" to "Egg Yolkeo" this Ren and Stimpy set is packed with some really funny and well-written episodes that bring back such great memories for me. Whether Powdered Toast Man is trying to save Little Johnny, or Ren's nature show is examining Lummoxes, there's so much great stuff in here I can't name it all. Sure, "Circus Midgets" was a disappointing episode, and "It's a Dog's Life" and "Bass Masters" aren't much beyond a rehashing of old episode ideas, but really, they don't even make a dent in the wonderful quality of Season Three and a Half-ish.
The only thing I didn't like about this set was its adult rating. The verbal content of the DVD previews and commentaries taints a show that could be easily enjoyed by kids as well as adults. But then again, the commentaries are insightful at times, especially for episodes like, "Eat My Cookies" (which had a special guest star) and "Stimpy's Cartoon Show" which showed a parody of the animation industry. Even so, I was let down a few times when the commentators laughed at what they were saying more than what was being shown on the screen.
The commentaries are filled with criticism against the later drawings of Ren and Stimpy, where the duo looks too much like a cookie-cutter presentation. A lot of what is said by the commentators (who produced the original show) is quite valid, but I'm glad they were limited by Nickelodeon in a way, since it forced them to be a little more creative with their content in order to avoid putting too much obscene stuff up on the screen. That might explain why the Spike TV Ren and Stimpy didn't do too well.
"An Abe Divided" is easily the best cartoon in this set, even though "Hermit Ren" is my personal favorite. Like many episodes in the series, it's both funny and eerie, in a way that only Ren and Stimpy could be.
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