It's A Dog's Life (The Ren & Stimpy Show)

"**It's A Dog's Life**"
"It's A Dog's Life"
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 12
Directed by	Ken Bruce
Story by	Bob Camp ; Jim Gomez
Production code	RS-408
Original air date	December 3, 1994
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It's A Dog's Life is the 12th episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 3 December 1994.

Plot

Ren and Stimpy are to be passed at a dog hound when they adopted by a seemingly kind old lady, Granny.^[1] At her mansion, Ren and Stimpy are the victims of abuse by Granny and her Chinese servant, Mr. Hao.^[1] Ren and Stimpy are neutered, and escape from the mansion only to be recaptured by the police.^[1] The duo are returned and find that Granny has died.^[1] In her will, she states that Ren and Stimpy are to put to death and stuffed, an order that Mr. Hao obeys who kills Ren and Stimpy and stuffs them.^[1]

Cast

Ren-voice of Billy West
Stimpy-voice of Billy West
Dogcatcher-voice of Bob Camp
Granny-voice of Billy West
Mr. Hao-voice of Billy West

Production

The episode was a remake of the banned 1992 episode Man's Best Friend with Granny serving as a female George Liquor.^[2] The episode was illustrated by the Wang studio of Taiwan.^[1]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski rated the episode one star out of five.^[1] Komorowksi wrote that It's A Dog's Life was a deeply unfunny and unpleasant story that was painful to watch.^[2] The episode was heavily censored to remove many of the scenes of cruelty being inflicted on Ren and Stimpy by Granny.^[3]

Books and articles

Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593931100.
Finley, Laura L. (2018). Violence in Popular Culture American and Global Perspectives. Santa Monica: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440854330.
Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Komorowski 2017, p. 408.
1 2 Komorowski 2017, p. 258.
↑ Finley 2018, p. 148.

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[FOOTNOTEKomorowski2017408-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Komorowski 2017, p. 408.

[FOOTNOTEKomorowski2017258-2] 1 2 Komorowski 2017, p. 258.

[FOOTNOTEFinley2018148-3] Finley 2018, p. 148.

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