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Word: ren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prime-time success of The Simpsons (the medium's best-written series, no question, no competition) and the cult appeal of Nickelodeon's gross-out, only slightly homoerotic Ren & Stimpy is matched in daytime slots by cartoon shows from Disney and Fox. In commercials and music videos, in Nintendo games and as a top-selling portion of the videocassette market, animation appeals both to adults nostalgic for their Roadrunner days and to ) kids, whose attention span just about carries them from one frenetic cartoon frame to the next. "Video has made children discriminating consumers of cartoons," says Simpsons creator Matt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aladdin's Magic | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Best of the International Tournee of Animation. Through Oct. 22. Featuring the original pilot of the Ren & Stimpy Show. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square. Fridays at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and midnight. Saturdays at 2, 7 and 9:30 p.m. and midnight. Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 and 9:30 p.m. $6 in advance at Ticket Master; $6.50 at the box office. The box office opens one hour prior to the first show. Call 625-5700 for more information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Listings | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...wrote free-lance for Gaines in the '50s, and Kovacs and Mad begat Saturday Night Live and David Letterman (who is, physically as well as spiritually, Alfred E. You-Know-Who come to life). Without Gaines and Mad there might have been no National Lampoon, no Maus, no Ren & Stimpy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Perfect MAD Man | 6/15/1992 | See Source »

...TELEVISION Ren & Stimpy breaks up 2.2 million households...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazine Contents Page | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...style or substance should rent 101 Dalmatians. One of the new adventures visits the men's room of the White House, where the President has a painful encounter with his fly zipper; in the same episode, the Pope (voiced by Zappa) gets lost in Antarctica. In another show, Ren and Stimpy play their favorite board game, Don't Pee on the Electric Fence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Loonier Toon Tales | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

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