The true losers are the people who liked Ren and Stimpy... that cartoon was truly amazing during it's first season... Simpsons-level amazing! It turned into total dogshit after John K left. Billy West is good, but he wasn't good enough to carry R&S by any means...
Wow i absolutely LOVE this interview so far! First time hearing it for me; I remember Stern being in his golden years throughout the 90's but that was during my childhood. I didn't start really getting into Stern until I accidentally came across his E! show one time! I loved Ren & Stimpy though as a kid...
Billy is a brilliant voice artist, an intelligent person, and one of the few actually MODEST celebrities out there. John K. is a piece of shit and Ren & Stimpy is the only good creation that he has OR ever will produce.
I love Howard but he's an idiot for not doing whatever it took to keep Billy on the show. He was so funny and probably the most evil motherfucker that's ever worked on the show. Love him.
@RANDYSEXER I'm not sure that Stern's show paid much to anyone but Howard and Robin in those years. I remember a clip on youtube where Gary is making like 80 or 90k, in like '96. That is good pay, but the show made a lot more then that. Can't imagine what he paid West.
this whole bit is almost unlistenably awkward...but that's the beauty of ninties era stern...take these horrific, unimaginable scenarios that make the average person squirm and yell at the radio and turn it into entertainment...fuck man...
In the end.. i think john is just bitter.. rightuflly so.. but i don't think it was an orchestration of billy west.. it was the studios and the media who made billy more synonymous with r&s in the latter years (to the majority of fans who otherwise didn't know)
i won't assume to know a lot about both guys.. but just on what i've seen on these youtube videos
Bily west seems to be a really nice guy considering the amount of fame he's accumulated.. he seems to really love and be proud of all his characters.. even if he didn't draw them he brought them to life, and always seems to take time to talk with his fans.. he's an artist in his own write.. he doesn't claim to draw the shit
John K. is a genius himself ... I've got nothing but love for Billy, but from the story as told here, I can't blake John for being a little ticked off.
you know the more i look up on him i do agree.. he is a great artist.. so i guess it comes down to "hey nothing personal, just business"
i can imagine if i developed something, and then it was handed to anyone else i'd be pissed
i think the backstabbing part is getting into personal things.. and who made promises to who and who claims to "be" ren and stimpy.. i think there were many forces beyond the two guys that dictated their fates and public image.
If I had heard this when I was 12 when it first aired, I would have flipped out. I was a HUGE Ren and Stimpy fan back then.
Gianthogweed 1 month ago
didn't Billy bash the hell out of this guy years later?
takerdust 4 months ago
The true losers are the people who liked Ren and Stimpy... that cartoon was truly amazing during it's first season... Simpsons-level amazing! It turned into total dogshit after John K left. Billy West is good, but he wasn't good enough to carry R&S by any means...
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
Wow i absolutely LOVE this interview so far! First time hearing it for me; I remember Stern being in his golden years throughout the 90's but that was during my childhood. I didn't start really getting into Stern until I accidentally came across his E! show one time! I loved Ren & Stimpy though as a kid...
PokrPro21 6 months ago
Howard really did his best to pit these two against each other. He and Robin egged these guys on.
BraidedLily 7 months ago
Billy is a brilliant voice artist, an intelligent person, and one of the few actually MODEST celebrities out there. John K. is a piece of shit and Ren & Stimpy is the only good creation that he has OR ever will produce.
saretardedfilms 7 months ago
@saretardedfilms : that's more than Billy will ever create... John K did a lot more for Billy than Billy ever did for John K...
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
I love Howard but he's an idiot for not doing whatever it took to keep Billy on the show. He was so funny and probably the most evil motherfucker that's ever worked on the show. Love him.
RANDYSEXER 1 year ago 3
@RANDYSEXER I'm not sure that Stern's show paid much to anyone but Howard and Robin in those years. I remember a clip on youtube where Gary is making like 80 or 90k, in like '96. That is good pay, but the show made a lot more then that. Can't imagine what he paid West.
NY1love 9 months ago
this whole bit is almost unlistenably awkward...but that's the beauty of ninties era stern...take these horrific, unimaginable scenarios that make the average person squirm and yell at the radio and turn it into entertainment...fuck man...
manifestgtr 1 year ago 4
John K. was screwed over big time by Billy! Billy is a bastard, a funny bastard but still a bastard.
pfctjd 1 year ago 5
Fuck Billy. He's got no honor.
Lvduggo69 2 years ago
Love the emphasis on "baby" at 7.01... Billy is the man!
hatman3636 2 years ago
In the end.. i think john is just bitter.. rightuflly so.. but i don't think it was an orchestration of billy west.. it was the studios and the media who made billy more synonymous with r&s in the latter years (to the majority of fans who otherwise didn't know)
FLPman 3 years ago 14
i won't assume to know a lot about both guys.. but just on what i've seen on these youtube videos
Bily west seems to be a really nice guy considering the amount of fame he's accumulated.. he seems to really love and be proud of all his characters.. even if he didn't draw them he brought them to life, and always seems to take time to talk with his fans.. he's an artist in his own write.. he doesn't claim to draw the shit
FLPman 3 years ago 10
John K. is a genius himself ... I've got nothing but love for Billy, but from the story as told here, I can't blake John for being a little ticked off.
Turtlegoyim 3 years ago 3
you know the more i look up on him i do agree.. he is a great artist.. so i guess it comes down to "hey nothing personal, just business"
i can imagine if i developed something, and then it was handed to anyone else i'd be pissed
i think the backstabbing part is getting into personal things.. and who made promises to who and who claims to "be" ren and stimpy.. i think there were many forces beyond the two guys that dictated their fates and public image.
FLPman 3 years ago
yeah, they've both really got valid points.
Turtlegoyim 3 years ago
i've never blaked anybody in my life
kalpal67 2 years ago