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Last modified on Fri 16 Apr 2021 08.01 EDT Here is a documentary whose title contains radioactive levels of irony: happiness and joy are very far from what is to be found within. It is a behind-the-scenes profile of the pioneering TV animation Ren and Stimpy, which for those not around in the early 90s, featured an angry chihuahua (Ren) and a dopey, good-natured cat (Stimpy); with its hyper-stylised visuals, bad-taste humour and eye-watering violence, it found a cult status as a mould-breaking ...

Copyright © Ladies & Gentlemen, Inc What They Say: HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY is a feature documentary exploring the rise and fall of one of the most influential animated series in the history of television. It’s the story of a group of talented and dedicated artists whose incredible work brought to life two of the most beloved characters of all time – Ren and Stimpy. It’s also a cautionary tale of artistic genius gone awry. The controversial creator of the groundbreaking show, John Kricfalusi,...

Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story is now available to stream on DocPlay. Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (R13, 104mins) Directed by Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood **** Without it, arguably, there would have been no Beavis & Butthead, no South Park. It was both a throwback to the days of classic animation and a repudiation of the plethora of poorly animated shows of the era that focused less on storytelling and more on selling toys. And while it was supposed to be for ki...

Cartoons don’t come much more influential, iconic, grotesque and just plain weird than The Ren & Stimpy […]

As the US remains in the extraordinary position of having a President who refuses to acknowledge he hasn’t been re-elected, and who continues to encourage those who agitate for a populist coup, we often seem on the brink of political violence Americans are accustomed to seeing only in “banana republics,” or other nations we routinely dismiss as corrupt and backward. That violence did not explode as feared around Election Day, when the Electoral College certified its results, or when the S...