Adds another: “The whole thing is tragic. “He had this sort of rockstar status,” an animator says of Kricfalusi in the fascinating, if occasionally long-winded doc. 14, reveals the culture of anger and fear at the now-defunct Spumco studios, led by the show’s fiery genius and scandal-plagued creator John Kricfalusi.

But behind the scenes, the staff of Nickelodeon’s “The Ren & Stimpy Show” were feeling anything but “Happy Happy Joy Joy.”Ī new documentary called “Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story,” which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and hits streaming services Aug. The show was a revolution, ending more than a decade of TV cartoon stagnation and inspiring the next generation of animators. Sundance review: Anne Hathaway seduces and scares in ‘Eileen’ Hathaway’s slim, chiseled face has tongues wagging about what she’s done The 5 best movies of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival How an iconic New York video store wound up tied to the mafia in Sicily

Ren and stimpy pencil animation