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This week on Deep Thoughts, Tracie brings nostalgia, laughter, and the unfortunate realization that you really can’t go home again with her analysis of The Ren & Stimpy Show. While creator and tortured animation genius John K brought back the artistry and commitment to craft when his angry Chihuahua and sweetly dim cat graced our screens in the early 1990s, he did so with a big old side of emotional and psychological abuse of his fellow animators and predation on teenage female fans. We revisit the hilarity that still makes Tracie and Emily snort their drinks, the humor and story beats that haven’t aged well, and the complicated legacy of a brilliant artist who thought the rules didn’t apply to him.

Throw on your headphones because It’s Pod, it’s Pod! It’s long and funny and good!

CW: discussions of statutory rape and grooming.

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Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.