Once
upon a time, way back in 1992, a little cartoon show about a dog and a
cat called Ren & Stimpy was making waves with episodes about rubber
nipples, a toast headed superhero, and all sorts of gross out gags
parents felt were too extreme for kids.
But Ren & Stimpy
wasn’t really a kiddie show, John Kricfalusi’s seminal animated freakout
simply fell victim to the cartoon stigma built by Disney decades
earlier, which established the idea that all TV cartoon shows should be
made for kids.
Proof that Ren & Stimpy was not made for kids lies in the episode where Frank Zappa voiced the Pope, who is rescued by Powdered Toast Man and has to cling on to Toast Man's speedo clad buns as they fly through the air.
Boy, they sure don’t make cartoon shows like that anymore!
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