List of Spümcø works

Spümcø Inc. was an American animation production company based in Los Angeles, California. The studio produced three traditionally animated series, two Flash-animated cartoon series, two music videos, five animated shorts, and a comic book. The company also went on to produce content for several animated spots and commercials.[1] It has won several awards, including an Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject, for the Björk music video, "I Miss You".[2]

On August 11, 1991, The Ren and Stimpy Show premiered on Nickelodeon, and the show would be produced and animated by Spümcø Inc.[3] After creator John Kricfalusi was fired in September 1992, Games Animation took over production after season two had ended, and would continue production for the next three seasons.[3] In 2001, 10 years after The Ren and Stimpy Show had premiered, Kricfalusi then created an animated series for Fox Kids in the United States and Teletoon in Canada, The Ripping Friends.[4] The series premiered on September 22, 2001, and would last for only one season.[4] In 2002, when Kricfalusi received a phone call from Spike (now Paramount Network), he decided to revive Ren & Stimpy in the more adult-oriented series, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon".[5] The series premiered on June 1, 2003, with the banned Nickelodeon series' episode, "Man's Best Friend", and a total of three original episodes aired on Spike.[5] The show was cancelled in July 2003, one month after it premiered.[5]

During 1997, John Kricfalusi and his staff at Spümcø launched their web site, which aimed to deliver cartoons to audiences without television networks' censorship.[6] Kricfalusi decided to use George Liquor, a cartoon character he created, to star in the Flash Internet cartoon series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, which Kricfalusi created.[6] The series premiered on October 15, 1997,[7] and was the first cartoon series to be produced exclusively for the Internet.[8] In 1999, Spümcø created their second Internet-only cartoon series, Weekend Pussy Hunt.[9] The series would last for 12 episodes, with 4 unfinished cartoons due to budget problems.

In 1999, Spümcø produced and animated a Yogi Bear TV special titled Boo Boo Runs Wild, which premiered on September 24, 1999, on Cartoon Network.[10] The animated short focused on Yogi Bear's sidekick, Boo Boo Bear, who becomes fed up with the rules of man and decides to return to his natural bear roots.[10] Though it focused primarily on Yogi and Boo Boo, it was titled as a "Ranger Smith cartoon." Alongside Boo Boo Runs Wild, a second "Ranger Smith" cartoon aired, titled A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith.[11] Between 2001 and 2002, two Flash-animated Jetsons cartoons were created exclusively for Cartoon Network's official web site: The Jetsons: Father & Son Day and The Jetsons: The Best Son. A third Yogi Bear cartoon, titled Boo Boo and the Man, premiered in 2002 on Cartoon Network's official web site. It was animated in Macromedia Flash.

In 1997, John Kricfalusi directed a music video for Björk titled "I Miss You", a single that was released the same year.[12] It was animated by the entire staff at Spümcø.[2] It premiered on MTV, as well as Canada's MuchMusic channel.[2] In 2001, Spümcø produced their second music video production for Tenacious D, "Fuck Her Gently".[13] The video was produced in Macromedia Flash, and was directed by Gabe Swarr, who was also a producer for The Goddamn George Liquor Program and Weekend Pussy Hunt.[13]

Spümcø has also created a cartoon short of Quisp[14] cereal for Quaker Oats.

Although the company originally closed down in 2005 due to a lawsuit with Carbunkle Cartoons (one of the animators on Ren & Stimpy), it was revealed in 2016 on Tumblr that Kricfalusi and Cartoon Network storyboard artist Gabe Del Valle are reopening the company, under the name Spümtwø, to produce bigger projects and are now looking for employees. [15] The new studio's first project was stated to be a Ren and Stimpy short film slated to appear in front of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 3,[16] with the possibility of reviving the series.[17]John Kricfalusi has since denied it.[18]

Animation productions

Televised animated series

Title Summary Date of Premiere Seasons Creator(s) Co-production with Original broadcasting station
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil A reboot of Bob Clampett's Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil 1988 1 Bob Clampett (characters) Bob Clampett Productions (characters)
DiC Entertainment		 ABC (U.S.)
The Ren and Stimpy Show The bizarre and gross-out comedic misadventures of a chihuahua and a cat 11 August 1991[3] 2 John Kricfalusi Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Rough Draft Studios
Carbunkle Cartoons		 Nickelodeon (U.S.)
The Ripping Friends A superhero comedy adventure of four superheroes 22 September 2001 1 John Kricfalusi
Jim Smith		 Cambium
Animagic
CinéGroupe		 Fox Kids/[adult swim] (U.S.), Teletoon (Canada)
Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" An adult-oriented spinoff of Nickelodeon's The Ren & Stimpy Show. 26 June 2003[5] 1 John Kricfalusi Spike Animation Studios Spike (now Paramount Network) (U.S.)

Internet-exclusive cartoon series

Title Date of Premiere Seasons Creator(s) Co-production with Broadcasting method (Web site)
The Goddamn George Liquor Program 15 October 1997[19] 1 John Kricfalusi Spumco.com (now defunct)
Weekend Pussy Hunt 15 August 2000[20] 1 John Kricfalusi MSN Spumco.com (now defunct)
IceBox.com
Babysitting the Idiot 15 August 2000[21] 1 John Kricfalusi Spumco.com (now defunct)
IceBox.com

Cartoon Network short films

Title Date of Premiere Director(s) Co-production with Original broadcasting station
Boo Boo Runs Wild 24 September 1999[22] John Kricfalusi Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cartoon Network Studios		 Cartoon Network (U.S.)
A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith 24 September 1999[23] John Kricfalusi Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cartoon Network Studios		 Cartoon Network (U.S.)
The Jetsons: Father & Son Day March 19, 2001[24] Gabe Swarr Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cartoon Network Studios		 Cartoon Network (U.S.)
CartoonNetwork.com
The Jetsons: The Best Son March 18, 2002[25] Gabe Swarr Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cartoon Network Studios		 Cartoon Network (U.S.)
CartoonNetwork.com
Boo Boo and the Man April 25, 2002 John Kricfalusi Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cartoon Network Studios		 Cartoon Network (U.S.)
CartoonNetwork.com

Feature Films

Title Premier Date Director Note
Troop Beverly Hills March 24, 1989 Jeff Kanew Design the opening titles and credits with Kroyer Films.

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
1997 "I Miss You"[2] John Kricfalusi
2001 "Fuck Her Gently"[13] Gabe Swarr

Commercials/Shorts

Year Title Client(s)
1993 "John K. Peacock Logo 1"
"John K. Peacock Logo 2"		 NBC
1996 "Jimmy and Sody Pop" Aoki's Pizza
1997 "Big Bad Wolf" Nike
"Rooster" Village Pantry
1998 "Cadbury Land" Cadbury
"Boys Big Pockets"
"Boys Hooded Fleece"
"Girls Flare Jeans"
"Girls Curly Fleece"		 Old Navy
1999 "Treat Your Dog Right" Wagwells Dog Treats
"Rice Patooties"

Video games

Title Release Producer(s) Co-production with Note
Yoake no Mariko December 6, 2001 John Kricfalusi Lindwurm
SCEI		 Character designs and animations to the game
Go! Go! Hypergrind November 18, 2003[26] John Kricfalusi
John Yamamoto		 Atlus: John Yamamoto,
Yoshinao Shimada		 Character designs and animations to the game

Unrealized Projects

Title Announcement date Creator Medium Note
Untitled Film About The World's Manliest Men 1993 John K. Animated Feature Film The film wasn't picked up, but the characters were used in The Ripping Friends [27]
The Ren and Stimpy Movie 1994 Nickelodeon and 20th Century Fox made an agreement to produce original movies and movies based on Nickelodeon products, with Ren & Stimpy a potential idea.
He-Hog the Atomic Pig 1999 John K. Animated series Unsold pilot for MTV and co-produced with MTV Animation.

References

  1. ↑ Aditham, Kiran (3 December 2007). "John K. Joins Hoytyboy". Hoytyboy Pictures. Retrieved on 27 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 I Miss You : It's Like Christmas!. Bjorkish.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 The Ren and Stimpy Show - Show Information. TV.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  4. 1 2 The Ripping Friends - Show Information. TV.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon - Show Information. TV.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  6. 1 2 "In His Way, John K. Will Challenge the World". WIRED. 8 October 1997. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "John K's Guide to Surviving the End of Television". Cold Hard Flash. April 23, 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "27th Annual Annie Award Nominee Showcase: Goddamn George Liquor Program". AWM.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Weekend Pussy Hunt at the Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  10. 1 2 Boo Boo Runs Wild - Production information. inBaseline. Retrieved on 1 April 2010.
  11. ↑ A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith - Production information. inBaseline. Retrieved on 1 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Videography. Bjork.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  13. 1 2 3 Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgElYPFcvrc
  15. ↑ [Del Valle, Gabe (2016-04-17). "John K. and I Are in the Process of Opening a Company". Tumblr. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  16. ↑ Thad Komorowski (July 12, 2016), INTERVIEW: 25 Years Later, Directors Bob Camp and Bill Wray Remember "The Ren & Stimpy Show", retrieved December 13, 2016
  17. ↑ Rob Owen (May 3, 2016), Nickelodeon Animation Studio: Pop-Culture Powerhouse Got an Unlikely Start, retrieved December 13, 2016
  18. ↑ Kricfalusi, John [@JohnKricfalusi1] (February 6, 2017). "not that I know of" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017 – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ John K’s Guide to Surviving the End of Television. Cold Hard Flash. 23 April 2007. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  20. ↑ Spumco.com - Entertainment Page. Spumco.com (Archive). 15 August 2000. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  21. ↑ Spumco.com - Entertainment Page. Spumco.com (Archive). 15 August 2000. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  22. ↑ Boo Boo Runs Wild at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  23. ↑ A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  24. ↑ The Jetsons: Father & Son Day at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  25. ↑ The Jetsons: The Best Son at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
  26. ↑ "Go! Go! Hypergrind Ships". GamersHell. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Ripping Friends," ABC
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