[Loki]

Vote! Vote! Vote!

[williamssl]

[Lucky]

Talespin's on at 12:30. I'll make my call then.

[Moosehead Jack]

Ren & Stimpy, no question

[docx]

Who's the stooge that voted TaleSpin? A trio of smart-aleck ducks vs. the best duo of animated ne'er-do-wells in the history of television? This should have been a shut-out.
The Happy Helmet and Stinky Weaselteets singing "Happy Happy Joy Joy" should have been more than enough to freeze those fucking dipshit birds out mercilessly.

[williamssl]

Ren & Stimpy should win on its own. But in case anyone is on the fence, Talespin sounds like Meatspin.

Oh yeah - I linked to it.

And warning for anyone who hasn't been indoctrinated....this is NSFW. Just a tad....

[Batman]

Eeew. Don't click that link people. Trust me.

I abstain. Never liked either of these shows. Sorry R+S fans.

[Deleted]

What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs
Rolls over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack and fits on your back?
It's Log, Log, Log!

It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log!
Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!

[docx]

"Eeew. Don't click that link people. Trust me."


How incredibly, horribly, tremendously, (dare I say) mind-bogglingly smiteworthy that link truly is.

[Loki]

What's even better is the "safe" link you can send to people. It's somewhere on the site.

Basically it's somthing like "123now.com". You send it to your victim with a note like: This shit is great! Check out this site!

They click it and WHAMMO!


Yeah, I got someone real good with that one.

Solly, where's the Moosespin Av? Bust that bad boy out!

(thanks, Tex!)

[williamssl]

loki said:

What's even better is the "safe" link you can send to people. It's somewhere on the site.

Basically it's somthing like "123now.com". You send it to your victim with a note like: This shit is great! Check out this site!

They click it and WHAMMO!

Holy shit!!!! I mean I laugh uncontrollably at the thought of sending that to people...at work...who I know have their speakers on (man oh man I still remember the shock when I first found the link here waaaaay back...the visual was OMG but the Dead or Alive "you spin me round" song was hilarious). But the thought of that happening to me....at work....mortification.

[The Canadian Content]

docx said:

Who's the stooge that voted TaleSpin? A trio of smart-aleck ducks vs. the best duo of animated ne'er-do-wells in the history of television? This should have been a shut-out.
The Happy Helmet and Stinky Weaselteets singing "Happy Happy Joy Joy" should have been more than enough to freeze those fucking dipshit birds out mercilessly.

I'm the second stooge to vote TaleSpin. And I think you've got it confused with Ducktales. TaleSpin had Baloo from the Jungle Book flying a plane. If that's not cool enough (which it is), there were also pirates. Many, many pirates.

And while I loved me my Ren and Stimpy, I don't get how they made the cut for this showdown, but the Simpsons was deemed to be an "adult" show. R&S is, to me, far more mature than the Simpsons, from the perspective that I'd let my kids watch the Simpsons far earlier than I'd let them watch R&S.

So I voted for TaleSpin, using my now infamous "Dark Phoenix" defense.

[Loki]

I was the first stooge, by the way.

The doc had obviously gotten his stuff confused. Besides, he's a cumbucket. It even says so on his profile.


I used to watch TaleSpin. I thought it was better than R+S.

As to how R+S made it - I put it up to a vote a while back. It was that, Samurai Jack, and Aeon Flux. R+S and Samurai Jack were given a thumbs up, Aeon Flux a thumbs down.

[The Canadian Content]

I never saw Aeon Flux, so I can't comment on it. I think there are qualities to Samurai Jack that would make it appealing to kids, though. Not to say that there aren't for R&S, but it still seems fairly retarded to me that the Simpsons was considered "too adult".

[Loki]

psychofish said:

I never saw Aeon Flux, so I can't comment on it. I think there are qualities to Samurai Jack that would make it appealing to kids, though. Not to say that there aren't for R&S, but it still seems fairly retarded to me that the Simpsons was considered "too adult".

That call was mine, but a lot of people agreed with it. Basically, Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and Southpark all fall in the same mold. Cartoons, yes, but definitely geared towards adults. The Simpsons would be the mildest of that lot, but it is still an adult cartoon. Futurama is the same.

R+S, though (and here I'm quoting everyone else, as I've seen maybe one whole episode of that show) had adult stuff in it but was watched by a lot of kids.

If nothing else, the timeslots are a good indication. R+S is shown as an after school show, sandwiched between other kids cartoons. Simpsons is usually a prime time cartoon sandwiched (in syndication) between Seinfeld and Cheers.

[Deleted]

Not to mention R&S was on Nickelodeon, and NOT Nick at Nite.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I think Time Slot is pretty clear cut. Ren & Stimpy was in the original batchg of Nick Toons with Rugrats and Doug. You could get a Happy Meal (or the equivilent) and get R&S merch with it. The show aried Saturdays and Sundays during the day with Rugrats and Doug. The Simpsons was always on in Primetime and as far as I know never appeared as parts of a kids meal. I don't think there is really any doubt about R&S being in the showdown.

[docx]

I stand corrected. And I am man enough to admit it.

But fuck Baloo, as well. Ren & Stimpy still get my vote.

[salmonjunkie]

R&S was on Nickelodeon on weekend afternoons. Yes, it was on MTV at 9pm at one point, but for most of its 3 or so seasons it was on the air, it was a Nickelodeon show that was market towards children.

[Lucky]

Ren and Stimpy was a kid's show marketted to kids. The adult themes were either subtle enough or came on in the later years/versions. Really, I don't think that's debatable.

I do kinda wonder why Simpsons doesn't make it when the Flintstones and Pinky and the Brain do. All three were primetime cartoons that were really geared towards anyone. There are adult stuff you can enjoy but its basically a family show. But I'm one of the .000001% of the world that doesn't love Simpsons so I was happy to not see it dominate this tourney. In the end I could probably draw a distinction with Simpsons and those others shows since Simpsons makes sure to include plenty of historical and pop culture stuff that kids won't get. Then again, so did Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain and they're here.

I never did watch that episode of Tailspin, although I think its on now.

[Lucky]

This is more amusing then I thought it would be. I'm giving it a sympathy vote. The Euro pirate villain is very amusing.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Pinky was Primetime?? I always thought it came on right after Animaniacs in the daytime.

[Loki]

Pinky was mostly on with Animaniacs, I thought. I recall it briefly being on Sunday nights, but don't remember why.

Wait, yeah I do. Animaniacs had a huge cross audeince. Kids love it, but the throwback zanyiness appealed to a lot of young adults and college kids, too. I think that was behind the ill-fated Sunday night launch.


As to Simpsons: Look at the content. Moe tries to kill himself all the time. The bar is a prevalent scene. Drunk Barney is a popular character. Check out the Itchy and Scratchy vignettes. There are pot references. There is lots and lots of political satire. There's more, but I'm too lazy to type it out.

The subject matter and cartoon execution are geared towards adults. Pinky and the Brain was geared towards younger people/family with stuff thrown in for adults. That's the difference between the two.

[The Canadian Content]

I can absolutely see the argument that it's geared more towards adults than to kids. I just remember maybe 15 years ago or so thinking that R&S was more adult than the Simpsons was at the time. I could be way off on that, though.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

You were. You must have been high or something.