{"id":5465,"date":"2020-09-01T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=5465"},"modified":"2020-09-07T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:16:37","slug":"screamin-lederhosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/screamin-lederhosen\/","title":{"rendered":"Screamin’ Lederhosen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Where do I even start with Ren & Stimpy<\/em>? How do I handle the Faustian tale of its fallen creator, John Kricfalusi, without getting overly personal and acrimonious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

If you’re in your forties like myself, you clearly remember the absolute renaissance of independent animation in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. It was a perfect storm of day-glo skateboard aesthetics, Blockbuster Video, and the mania brought on by everyday high-school boredom. The “Superstar Animator” briefly became a Big Deal again, with mostly excellent results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take for example Mike Judge. Animated shorts on Saturday Night Live<\/em> were always rare gems (Tippy Turtle<\/em>, pretty much anything ever made by Robert Smigel) that you remembered, and told your friends about on Monday. When I first saw Judge’s short “Milton”, I realized two things; one, that Judge definitely made the whole thing himself (including theme music) and two, I wanted to make animated shorts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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