[Nonsuch]

Is it me or did it, well, suck?

It just seemed very witless and forced. Not as bad as the post-John K. shorts Nickelodeon produced, but pretty bad. The "Dr. Stupid" bit was funny though.

[Edit: It sucks that Billy West no longer does Stimpy. I assume he and John K. aren't exactly pals after West took over Ren back in the day.]

Gary the Rat, to my surprise, was actually quite funny and well-done; this might be a show I stick with.

Anyone else see it?

[Mark E]

who's doing the voice of stimpy now?

[LegendaryPinkOx]

Im gonna have to agree with you. I had my hopes up and expected a bit more out of it. It might get better though, It was only the first episode. I thought Gary the Rat was pretty good too Im going to definitely keep watching.

[Patrick]

Originally posted by Mark E:
who's doing the voice of stimpy now?

Eric Bauza. His Stimpy voice sounds similar, but not as funny as Billy West.

Saying the episode sucked would be an understatement. I kept wanting to change the channel, but I just kept hoping it would get better. It didn't, and they stretched maybe a few minutes worth of material into a half hour. Maybe this one was just a fluke.

I turned it off afterward, but I read that they showed an older one an hour later, the episode called "Stimpy's Invention." Stimpy invents a hat which, at the push of a button, can change Ren's mood and make him happy. He called it a Happy Helmet.

I wasn't that young when the show first aired, but I don't think I got a single one of those gay references. But in retrospect they were funny as hell.

[Nonsuch]

Originally posted by Patrick:
I wasn't that young when the show first aired, but I don't think I got a single one of those gay references. But in retrospect they were funny as hell.

A lot of people missed them at the time, I think. That was another thing that sucked about the new episode--they took what used to be a sly running in-joke and inflated it like a Macy's parade balloon.

[SomeToast]

Originally posted by Nonsuch:
That was another thing that sucked about the new episode--they took what used to be a sly running in-joke and inflated it like a Macy's parade balloon.

Exactly. I don't recall having it repeatedly beat into my head with a baseball bat on the old show.

Set up a season pass on the Tivo for the "Classic" episodes, though (ok, ok, for the new one too -- hopefully there's still some water left in the well).

[philzilla]

ren & stimpy used to make me laugh more than a drunken scaught post. RIP.

[nredman]

i haven't seen the new ren & stimpy, i liked the older version...will have to check it out.

[jckalen]

As a huge fan of the originals, I have to say that I hope they get over the "adult" aspect and get back to the irreverant humor found in the original. I think that a certain level of overt self-imposed censorship made the originals funnier.

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