Egg Yolkeo is the 13th episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 3 December 1994.

Plot

In this parody of Pinocchio, Ren pounds eggs and wishes one of them would become his son.[1] His wish is granted by the Blue Chicken Fairy.[2] Ren's son, Eggyölkeo is a moron who bonds with Stimpy.[2] Eggyölkeo is kidnapped and Ren is deeply sad.[2] Colonel Strombolio turns Eggyölkeo into an Elvis-like singer in Las Vegas.[2] Ren and Stimpy go to Las Vegas to save him, but Stimpy eats Eggyölkeo by accident with his last words being "I love you Daddy!" [2]

Cast

  • Ren-voice of Billy West
  • Stimpy-voice of Billy West
  • Eggyölkeo-voice of Billy West
  • Colonel Strombolio-voice of Billy West
  • Chicken-voice of Harris Peet

Production

The production of the episode is "notorious for its descent into utter chaos".[3] Stephen DeStefano stated: "That was going to be my Ren & Stimpy masterpiece. And once it was finished, I realized it didn't really work as a cartoon or as a storyboard".[3] The story was intended to be half a hour long, but the network insisted on cutting its running time to 11 minutes, which threw the production into chaos and led to a story that makes little sense.[4] The episode was illustrated by the Wang Animation studio in Taiwan whose work was not up to the standards of other sub-contractors on The Ren & Stimpy Show such as the Carbunkle studio of Vancouver or the Rough Draft Korea studio of Seoul, with a notable decline in quality.[5]

Reception

The American critic Thad Komorowski rated the episode one star out of five.[6] Komorowksi wrote that Egg Yolkeo was an unfunny and confusing story that was very difficult to watch and enjoy.[5]

Books and articles

  • Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 1593931107.
  • Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.

References

  1. ^ Komorowski 2017, p. 408-409.
  2. ^ a b c d e Komorowski 2017, p. 409.
  3. ^ a b Komorowski 2017, p. 258.
  4. ^ Komorowski 2017, p. 258-259.
  5. ^ a b Komorowski 2017, p. 259.
  6. ^ Komorowski 2017, p. 408.

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