The Ren and Stimpy Show - Seasons Three and a Half-ish (1991)

Ren and stimpy

The humor continues...Great episodes from a classic cartoon. Classic to me anyway. Came in great condition with fast shipping. November 24, 2007

So awesome

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!
June 27, 2007

As Ren & Stimpy started changing.

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. March 28, 2007

Better than Season One

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.
February 9, 2007

Quality Writing and Animation

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. January 21, 2007

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