The Ren & Stimpy Show (non-existent unused Kurt Cobain song for Nickelodeon animated series; 1990): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 5: Line 5:
|status=<span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span>
}}
}}
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (or just ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an animated series created for Nickelodeon by John Kricfalusi and was the networks first original program (or Nicktoon) ever to be broadcast. The show debuted on August 11th, 1991, and was an instant success both with critics and in ratings,  lasting for four more years before cancellation. The show had a massive impact on pop culture (particularly in the world of television), but one lesser-known connection to popular media it had was that '''Kurt Cobain''', who later gained success with his band Nirvana, '''allegedly recorded a song for the show in 1990.'''
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (or just ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an animated series created for Nickelodeon by Bob Camp and John Kricfalusi (aka John K). It was the network's first original program (or "Nicktoon") ever to be broadcast. The show debuted on August 11th, 1991, and was an instant success both with critics and in ratings,  lasting for four more years before cancellation.


The show had a massive impact on pop culture (particularly in the world of television), but one lesser-known connection to popular media it had was that '''Kurt Cobain''', who later gained success with his band Nirvana, '''allegedly recorded a song for the show in 1990.'''
==The song==
The story goes that one day Cobain visited the Spümcø Animation headquarters and stated that he wanted to write a song for the series. The executives didn't like Kurt's song and John K was angered by Kurt's arrogance, and so they threw it out (never specifically mentioning a recording of any kind).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Billy West's account of the event.]  Retrieved 31 Dec '17</ref>
The story goes that one day Cobain visited the Spümcø Animation headquarters and stated that he wanted to write a song for the series. The executives didn't like Kurt's song and John K was angered by Kurt's arrogance, and so they threw it out (never specifically mentioning a recording of any kind).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Billy West's account of the event.]  Retrieved 31 Dec '17</ref>


No copies of the alleged song have resurfaced, with the only evidence of its existence being an account from Stimpy's voice actor Billy West on Nerdist Podcast, and as such the song's existence has not been confirmed. Even if copies of the song still exist (assuming it ever did in the first place), it is said that the version Nickelodeon had was trashed, making it unlikely that any of the executives hold a copy. Kurt Cobain himself tragically committed suicide on April 5th, 1994, and his estate has not commented on the matter.  
==Resurfacement?==
No copies of the alleged song have resurfaced, with the only evidence of its existence being an account from Stimpy's voice actor Billy West on Nerdist Podcast, and as such the song's existence has not been confirmed.
 
Even if copies of the song still exist (assuming it ever did in the first place), it is said that the version Nickelodeon had was trashed, making it unlikely that any of the executives hold a copy. Kurt Cobain himself tragically committed suicide on April 5th, 1994, and his estate has not commented on the matter.  


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
Line 18: Line 24:
|service2    =youtube
|service2    =youtube
   |id2        =MyyNgOHEGfI
   |id2        =MyyNgOHEGfI
   |description2=The only proof of the song's existence  
   |description2=The only proof of the song's alleged existence  
}}
}}
==External Link==
==External Link==

Revision as of 17:27, 23 October 2019

Renstimpycobain.png

Kurt Cobain and Ren and Stimpy.

Status: Existence Unconfirmed

The Ren & Stimpy Show (or just Ren & Stimpy) is an animated series created for Nickelodeon by Bob Camp and John Kricfalusi (aka John K). It was the network's first original program (or "Nicktoon") ever to be broadcast. The show debuted on August 11th, 1991, and was an instant success both with critics and in ratings, lasting for four more years before cancellation.

The show had a massive impact on pop culture (particularly in the world of television), but one lesser-known connection to popular media it had was that Kurt Cobain, who later gained success with his band Nirvana, allegedly recorded a song for the show in 1990.

The song

The story goes that one day Cobain visited the Spümcø Animation headquarters and stated that he wanted to write a song for the series. The executives didn't like Kurt's song and John K was angered by Kurt's arrogance, and so they threw it out (never specifically mentioning a recording of any kind).[1]

Resurfacement?

No copies of the alleged song have resurfaced, with the only evidence of its existence being an account from Stimpy's voice actor Billy West on Nerdist Podcast, and as such the song's existence has not been confirmed.

Even if copies of the song still exist (assuming it ever did in the first place), it is said that the version Nickelodeon had was trashed, making it unlikely that any of the executives hold a copy. Kurt Cobain himself tragically committed suicide on April 5th, 1994, and his estate has not commented on the matter.

Gallery

LSuperSonicQ's video on Kurt Cobain's Ren and Stimpy song.

The only proof of the song's alleged existence

External Link

Reference

  1. ↑ Billy West's account of the event. Retrieved 31 Dec '17
Retrieved from "https://lostmediawiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show_(non-existent_unused_Kurt_Cobain_song_for_Nickelodeon_animated_series;_1990)&oldid=107756"