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Ren and Stimpy's Yule Log. (SLYT) It's better than bad, it's good!
Yeah, that'll clear everything up.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:48 PM on December 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 2:48 PM on December 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
True fact: When I played bass in a band I would sometimes play a two-handed arrangement of the Log song during down times during a show. It showed more solid songwriting than our original stuff, in hindsight.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:53 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Wolfdog at 2:53 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ren, I don't want to stare at the burning log anymore!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:56 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:56 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Some background to the background, in case you weren't an early teenager in the '60's...
posted by Zedcaster at 3:04 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Zedcaster at 3:04 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Better burning than rolling over the neighbors' dog.
posted by msbutah at 3:10 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by msbutah at 3:10 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
So I played the log video for my 4 year old and she laughed. Thence I played the slinky ad and her brother came over and said that he wanted it right after the announcer said that all boys and girls want one. So I played him the log video and he said he wants one of those too. I told him to go out into the backyard and get one.
posted by Nanukthedog at 3:21 PM on December 30, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by Nanukthedog at 3:21 PM on December 30, 2015 [11 favorites]
Also, Log for girls!
posted by Obscure Reference at 3:25 PM on December 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Obscure Reference at 3:25 PM on December 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
I put this one on all screens I could get my hands on over Christmas. Not everyone noticed, and I don't think anyone wanted one.
posted by effbot at 3:29 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by effbot at 3:29 PM on December 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Apropos of the new Star Wars, Kylo Ren & Stimpy.
posted by graymouser at 3:34 PM on December 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by graymouser at 3:34 PM on December 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
I've been thinking that it's about time to introduce my kids to Ren and Stimpy. Might start with "Ren's Toothache". What could go wrong?
posted by pipeski at 4:07 PM on December 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by pipeski at 4:07 PM on December 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
Some background, in case you weren't an early teenager in the '90s...
I wasn't a teenager in the 90s. Lots of people I knew then weren't teenagers or preeteens and we loved Ren & Stimpy. We would converse for quite some time about the Powdered Toast Man episode.
posted by juiceCake at 4:08 PM on December 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
I wasn't a teenager in the 90s. Lots of people I knew then weren't teenagers or preeteens and we loved Ren & Stimpy. We would converse for quite some time about the Powdered Toast Man episode.
posted by juiceCake at 4:08 PM on December 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
And this knob controls how happy you are!
posted by JHarris at 4:10 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 4:10 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
No offense intended on age. I always watched it with my dad, who to this day throws a "No sir. I don't like it." into conversations.
posted by hwyengr at 4:18 PM on December 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by hwyengr at 4:18 PM on December 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
Now I've got my Internal DJ playing the Log song over and over and over and over again in my brain.
Could be worse, though. It's better than bad, it's good!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:52 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Could be worse, though. It's better than bad, it's good!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:52 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I have to chime in that many people in their 20s were also inordinately fond of Ren and Stimpy. What with shows like this and MST3k, the early 90s was a magical time to have cable tv and a vcr.
posted by ardgedee at 6:22 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ardgedee at 6:22 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
(And apparently vcr's are obsolete enough that iOS will attempt to autocorrect to "vice".)
posted by ardgedee at 6:23 PM on December 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 6:23 PM on December 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
I learned the Ren and Stimpy theme on guitar as kid. I've totally forgotten it now, but I wore out the damn tape of You Eediot! learning that tune.
You can swizzle on the sofa
Piddle in the air
Tinkle in the toilet
That's why it is there
(Toilet flushing)
You can let it rain
In the breakdown lane
While waving at ladies and gents
Just don't whiz on...
Don't whiz on
Don't whiz on the electric fence.
posted by Existential Dread at 8:07 PM on December 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
You can swizzle on the sofa
Piddle in the air
Tinkle in the toilet
That's why it is there
(Toilet flushing)
You can let it rain
In the breakdown lane
While waving at ladies and gents
Just don't whiz on...
Don't whiz on
Don't whiz on the electric fence.
posted by Existential Dread at 8:07 PM on December 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
Thanks, Blammo!
posted by aubilenon at 10:37 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 10:37 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I've been thinking that it's about time to introduce my kids to Ren and Stimpy. Might start with "Ren's Toothache". What could go wrong?
I was a grown man when I saw that episode, and I am not kidding when I say it is the reason I floss EVERY SINGLE DAY.
posted by MrBadExample at 12:54 AM on December 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
I was a grown man when I saw that episode, and I am not kidding when I say it is the reason I floss EVERY SINGLE DAY.
posted by MrBadExample at 12:54 AM on December 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
MTV was showing these for a while a couple of years ago and watching as an adult I can't believe I didn't get nightmares.
posted by LizBoBiz at 9:01 AM on December 31, 2015
posted by LizBoBiz at 9:01 AM on December 31, 2015
I still have my Ren and Stimpy tshirt from 1991, that I got when I was 16 - it has the graphics from 'Space Madness' on it.
To this day, I describe enticing things as 'Shiny, Jolly, Candylike'
posted by eclectist at 9:33 AM on December 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
To this day, I describe enticing things as 'Shiny, Jolly, Candylike'
posted by eclectist at 9:33 AM on December 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
MTV was showing these for a while a couple of years ago and watching as an adult I can't believe I didn't get nightmares.
I rewatched the Cousin Sven episode and didn't laugh once, being rather disturbed. That show is/was demented.
posted by Existential Dread at 9:42 AM on December 31, 2015
I rewatched the Cousin Sven episode and didn't laugh once, being rather disturbed. That show is/was demented.
posted by Existential Dread at 9:42 AM on December 31, 2015
My first exposure to Ren and Stimpy was the happy helmet episode while coming down from my first LSD experience.
Needless to say, I had to go for a long walk afterwards.
Happy happy.
Joy.
Joy.
posted by hoodrich at 11:57 AM on December 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Needless to say, I had to go for a long walk afterwards.
Happy happy.
Joy.
Joy.
posted by hoodrich at 11:57 AM on December 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
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