Monkey See, Monkey Don't

Last updated
"Monkey See, Monkey Don't"
The Ren & Stimpy Show episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 13
Directed by Bob Camp
Story by Bob Camp
Vincent Waller
Production codeRS5-13A
Original air dateFebruary 13, 1993 (1993-02-13)
Episode chronology
 Previous
"Son of Stimpy"
Next 
"Fake Dad"
List of episodes

Monkey See, Monkey Don't is the 13th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that aired on the Nickelodeon network on 13 February 1993.

Contents

Plot

Ren and Stimpy are once again hungry and homeless. Ren becomes jealous when he sees how well fed the monkeys are in a zoo, and devises a scheme where he and Stimpy will disguise themselves as monkeys. Their disguise fools the Swedish zoo keeper who tosses Ren and Stimpy into a monkey cage with Filthy the monkey. Filthy forces Ren to eat the ticks on his back. The visitors at the zoo provide Filthy with food while Stimpy receives nut shells and a Ren a rock. When the zoo keeper offers monkey chow to eat, Ren drops the disguise. Ren and Stimpy are transferred to another part of the zoo.

Cast

Production

For the season of The Ren & Stimpy Show, production was split into a "A" unit headed by the showrunner John Kricfalusi and a "B" unit headed by Bob Camp. [1] Money See, Monkey Don't was one of the "B" episodes directed by Camp. [1] The episode was set to premiere in the fall of 1992, but had fallen behind schedule by the summer of 1992 as Camp had was reported to have "spent an irregularly long time" in doing the storyboards for Monkey See, Monkey Don't. [2] The firing of Kircfalusi on 21 September 1992 and the replacement of the Spümcø studio with Games Animation greatly hindered the production of Monkey See, Monkey Don't. [3] As Kricfalusi was no longer with the show, Billy West provided the voice for Ren. [3]

Reception

The episode met with overwhelming negative reviews and is considered by critics to be the worse episode of the second season. [3] The American journalist Thad Komorowski wrote the idea of Ren and Stimpy living in their own feces to obtain inedible food was "repellant", the jokes were unfunny and West gave a "high pitched and grating performance" as Ren. [3] The American critics Daniel Goldmark and Yuval Taylor praised the use of classical music in the episode, but wrote that the gross-out gags in the episode were as disgusting as they were unfunny. [4]

Books

Related Research Articles

Stimpy's Fan Club is the 17th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that aired on the Nickelodeon network on 24 April 1993.

Robin Höek is the third episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 25 August 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stimpy's Cartoon Show</span> 7th episode of the 3rd season of The Ren & Stimpy Show

"Stimpy's Cartoon Show" is the 7th episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 8, 1994.

"A Visit to Anthony" is the penultimate episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that aired on the Nickelodeon network on May 8, 1993.

"Fire Dogs" is the 8th episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show, that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 29 September 1991.

Out West is the 4th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 29 August 1992.

"Untamed World" is the 10th episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 10 November 1991.

Marooned is the 9th episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 6 October 1991. It is the second episode in a loosely linked trilogy known as the "space episodes" set in the show-within-the show, The Adventures of Commander Hòek and Cadet Stimpy.

The Boy Who Cried Rat! is the 6th episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 8, 1991.

"Nurse Stimpy" is the 4th episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States 25 August, 1991.

The Big Shot! is the second episode of the first season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 11 August 1991.

Fake Dad is the 14th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that aired on the Nickelodeon network on 27 February 1993.

"The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball" is the 16th episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that aired on the Nickelodeon network on 3 April 1993.

A Yard Too Far is the second episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 20 November 1993.

Ren's Pecs is the fifth episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 18 December 1993.

Bass Masters is the eighth episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on February 19, 1994.

Road Apples is the eighth episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on March 12, 1994.

"Lair of the Lummox" is the season finale from the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 30 July 1994.

Magical Golden Singing Cheeses is the eight episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 11 November 1994.

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.

References