They were pretty lax on censorship back in the day. When Nickelodeon fire John K and had their own studio (Games Animation) take over, Ren and Stimpy got even more fucked up.
This is just the tip of the iceberg for the Games run. I think they just wanted John K out of the picture because he wasn’t delivering cartoons on time.
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And I loved it BTW. I’m a sick fuck. I got the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre VHS as an Xmas present when I was 9 and watched it every Xmas.
Yeah, some scenes were cut during syndication but just the fact that Nickelodeon took a chance with these shows and Invader Zim earns them some props. Also this:
Helga and her family were suppose to have their own spin-off show but was canned. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized that their mom was an alcoholic.
As an Avatar fan, I cannot disagree more strongly… That franchise continually got the shaft from Nick because the creators refused to dumb down the show to the execs’ liking.
Well not so much dumb it down but…water down how visceral it can be.
I mean the first season ended on a Murder/Suicide with threat of another suicide. Even Batman:TAS is like “Calm yourself down a bit”. It was good TV but even I have to admit that TLOK probably had no business on any kids channel.
