As I was out-of-town this past weekend, I returned home to see that my DVR dutifully recorded FOX's "Sunday Night Line-up". Last night, as I continued my viewing, "The Simpsons" came on and my jaw dropped. The animator commissioned for the opening couch segment was none other than Ren & Stimpy creator (and good friend of Spaz), John Kricfalusi. AKA John K.
This made me think back to the time at Western Images circa 2000, when Spaz brought John K by the studio to meet all of us. I was unfortunately out of town for work (again) that day, so I handed over my precious Ren Hoek talking plush doll to Josh, and he took it, along with his Stimpy talking plush doll, to be signed by Mr. Kricfalusi himself.
Josh relayed to me how the signing played out:
John K took the Stimpy doll, turned it over so that it was ass up. Utilizing a thick black Sharpie™, he created an asterisk in the center of Stimpy's backside. He then placed a circle the asterisk, and proceeded to add a "J HN K" around it. Awesome.
Here is the final animation as seen on the Simpsons. (the hand-held camera, full voices & Warner Brothers sound effects complete the picture)
"I lay around here
And just drink beer
I'm the baddest of the bad
Since you've been gone."
Linkey-Loo Robot -
AJC
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