(NOTE: Apparently, John has been bitching to YouTube and every video of this pathetic film of his has been taken down. Try this link.)
Name: John Kricfalusi
Age: 63
Occupation: animator
Last Seen: who knows
Bee-otched For: becoming the Eddie Murphy of animation
-Age: 63
Occupation: animator
Last Seen: who knows
Bee-otched For: becoming the Eddie Murphy of animation
Ever spent some money on something, waited forever for it and once you get it, you end up disappointed?
Well, if you gave money to the creator of Ren and Stimpy, reward yourself.... if you have money left over.
Several years ago, John Kricfalusi started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a short subject called "Cans Without Labels". The short stars one of his creations, "George Liquor" (aka "George American" on R&S) at the kitchen table with his two nephews, Ernie and Slab. On the table is a couple of rusty old cans of mysterious food that he bought cheap. He opens one of the cans and there's a head inside. None of the boys want to eat it, so George decides that it's time to take a dump. He tells the boys that if he comes out and the head's still there, he will personally whip the two with his belt. They try to get "Cigarettes the Cat" to eat the head. Nothin' doin'. But guess who appears at the door? Why, it's a ripoff of Donald Duck named Donald Bastard and he loves head! He comes in, eats the can of head and the boys avoid a whippin'. The problem is, George wants to open another can!
At the end of the cartoon, it ends up becoming a commercial for Shimmy Shack, a Detroit food truck that serves up vegan meals. Turns out that John K. is a part owner. But knowing what he's done in the past, you might be better off buying two-year-old meat from a Chaldean-owned supermarket that looks like it hasn't been remodeled since 1973 than buying a burger made from lentils from a rusty old food truck.
The "Cans Without Labels" project was announced seven years ago. It raised over $136,000 from 3,500 backers. However, the short finally made its way to YouTube - albeit unofficially - this past weekend and the reviews have been all but friendly. Former R&S animator Bill Wray posted the YouTube video on his Facebook page on Sunday, calling it a "sad last misfire to cement his totally destroyed career." The original video was taken off YouTube after John K. filed a copyright claim. However, the video was back up again today, and once again, the bad reviews returned. "People... actually paid for this? And it took 7 years to make!? Some of the animation looks unfinished! There's no restraint. Everything moves without weight." "Animation was decent in a very few select scenes. Other than that, the storyline sucked and I’m surprised this creep took 7 years to make it and even released it in the end." And "I hope this is used in animation schools. As a WARNING"
Personally, I totally agree. John K.'s glory days are indeed behind him. On the Kickstarter page, it showed him inking the pencil layouts with a tablet as opposed to the traditional method of ink and clear cels. I know, most animation uses computers these days, but John does it so poorly. The use of 3D in "Cans Without Labels" and his Simpsons couch gags have only cheapened his image.
To add more insult to injury, he's a fucking pedophile. When the #MeToo Movement was ravaging the headlines, two of his former female animators, Katie Rice and Robin Byrd both told the press that John had sex with them when they were both 16. In Byrd's case, she claimed that John started hitting on her when she was 14. As a result, Byrd ended up leaving the animation industry and claims that she now suffers from PTSD. She also revealed that she had an abortion at 18 after John impregnated her. Rice's account was very similar; in this video, she's standing next to John K. looking all uncomfortable as he talks about women and calling female network execs "dykes". There has been rampant rumors that all this is true and has been well-known in the animation industry for a long time. Plus, word had it that John had kiddie porn on his computer.
After the Buzzfeed post was made, John K. acknowledged that some of the allegations were indeed true and apologized to Byrd and Rice for his actions towards them. He fingered the blame towards being bipolar and having ADHD as well. However, Byrd and Rice both didn't accept John's apology and simply said that he took their innocence away from them.
You know, I was a fan of John K. for years and always followed him since I was a tyke myself, watching his abstract rendition of Mighty Mouse in the late 80s. I couldn't live a Saturday morning without that show. Of course, it got canceled all because of Donald Wildmon claiming that Mighty snorted cocaine in one episode. Even then, John's fascination with teenage girls showed on that program.
It's a shame that somebody who channeled animation greats like Max Fleischer, Grim Natwick, Jim Tyer, Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and others - all folks who animated with very high standards - no longer has any standards of his own. What a sad state of affairs for a man who gave us one of the greatest animated shows of the 1990s.
Happy Happy Joy Joy has been replaced with sadness and embarrassment.
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