Lumber Jerks (The Ren & Stimpy Show)
| "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 code | RS-316 |
| Original air date | October 15, 1994 |
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.
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- Ren-voice of Billy West
- Stimpy-voice of Billy West
- Jacques LaPierre-voice of Billy West
- Tree Lobster-voice of Billy West
Production
[edit]The episode was illustrated at the Rough Draft Korea studio in Seoul in the summer of 1994.[1]
Reception
[edit]The American critic Thad Komorowski gave Lumber Jerks two stars out of five.[1]
Books and articles
[edit]- Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593931100.
- Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.
References
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