Farm Hands (Ren & Stimpy Show)

"Farm Hands (Ren & Stimpy Show)"
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 7
Directed by	Bob Camp
Story by	Bob Camp Ron Hauge Jim Gomez
Production code	RS-315
Original air date	November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05)
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Farm Hands is the seventh episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 5 November 1994.

Plot

The dimwitted characters, Abner Dimwit and Ewalt Nitwit, first introduced in the 1992 episode Out West return as the owners of the farm. ^[1] The duo adopt Ren and Stimpy to work as child labor as their own children are dead. ^[1] Ren is crushed in the chicken house while Abner "works" on the teeth of Ren and Stimpy by pulling them all out with a wrench. ^[1] Stimpy bonds with Mr. Horse and Bossie the gorilla while Ren does not. ^[1] A tornado sweeps the farm away while Ren and Stimpy take shelter in an outhouse while Bossie the gorilla joins them. ^[1]

Cast

• Ren-voice of Billy West
• Abner Dimwit-voice of Bob Camp
• Stimpy-voice of Billy West
• Ewalt Nitwit-voice of Bob Camp

Production

Much of the episode reused footage from Out West as a cost-saving measure. ^[1] The episode was illustrated by the Rough Draft Korea studio of Seoul. ^[1] The scene where Ren and Stimpy are in pain after having their teeth pulled out by Abner was censored. ^[1]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski gave the episode one star and a half out of five stars. ^[1]

Books and articles

• Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN   978-1593931100.
• Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN   978-1629331836.

References

1. Komorowski 2017, p. 403.

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