Lumber Jerks (The Ren & Stimpy Show)

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"Lumber Jerks"
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode
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Episode no.Season 4
Episode 5
Directed by Bob Camp
Bill Wray
Story by Bob Camp
Jim Gomez
Ron Hauge
Bill Wray
Production codeRS-316
Original air dateOctober 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)
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Lumber Jerks is the fifth episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 15 October 1994.

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Plot

Ren and Stimpy are working as a mailmen in Lumberville, a city in the north of Canada. [1] They attempt to deliver a bill to a burly French-Canadian lumberjack Jacques LaPierre who beats them up. [1] Jacques is appalled by how weak Ren and Stimpy are, and decides to teach them to be lumberjacks as a way to "man up" the duo. [1] Jacques tells Ren and Stimpy that they must cut a tree and warns them of the Spiny Tree Lobsters that attack lumberjacks. [1] Ren and Stimpy attempt to find a tree to cut down and are literally incapable of seeing a tree for a forest. [1] Finally, the duo find a lone tree and decide to cut it down. [1] After trying for several hours, a Tree Lobster who sounds like Moe Howard from The Three Stooges appears and takes Ren hostage. [1] The Tree Lobster shows Ren various animals in their habit and asks Ren what he has learned. [1] Ren replies that he has learned that "nature can be cruel, but I can be crueler!" [1] Ren uses a steamroller to cut down the tree. [1] The Tree Lobster is revealed to be Jacques in disguise. [1] Jacques says that Ren has what it takes to be a lumberjack. [1] Ren, Stimpy and Jacques end the day in a whirlpool Jacuzzi. [1]

Cast

Production

The episode was illustrated at the Rough Draft Korea studio in Seoul in the summer of 1994. [1]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski gave Lumber Jerks two stars out of five. [1]

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