The series ' creator, John Kricfalusi — a Ralph Bakshi protege — was largely influenced by the classic works of Bob Clampett.

John Kricfalusi, best known as the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, got to know Clampett in his later years and has reflected on those times as inspirational.

Kricfalusi's interest in Golden Age animation crystallized during his stay at Sheridan College, where an acquaintance of his held weekly screenings of old films and cartoons, among them the cartoons of Bob Clampett and Tex Avery, which left a deep impression on Kricfalusi.

After moving to Los Angeles, Kricfalusi was introduced to Milt Gray by Bob Clampett, suggesting he should join Gray's classical animation class.

ABC had been negotiating for the production of the show with the Clampett family, who insisted that Kricfalusi would be part of the production.

The Clampett family were ultimately not very happy with the cartoon, but remained supportive of Kricfalusi.

Kricfalusi appears in several bonus featurettes and provides audio commentaries for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection volumes 2, 3 and 5, for cartoons directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones.

The DVDs also feature several special features including interviews / documentaries of the people behind the cartoons such as Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones, musical conductor Carl Stalling, and voice-artist Mel Blanc, pencil tests, and audio commentaries by animation historians Jerry Beck, Michael Barrier, and Greg Ford, as well as current animators Paul Dini, Eric Goldberg, and John Kricfalusi.

Kricfalusi described Liquor as his favorite character to animate.

Prior to the founding of Spümcø, two animators, John Kricfalusi and Lynne Naylor, would spend their time attempting to sell original cartoon ideas throughout the 1980s, while working for various animation studios like Filmation.

Because Nickelodeon had no original cartoon material prior to the hiring of John Kricfalusi, the company was unaware of the basic process of an animated cartoon.

Kricfalusi decided to use George Liquor, a cartoon character he created, to star in the Flash Internet cartoon series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, created by Kricfalusi himself.

" When asked about the style of the cartoon series, creator John Kricfalusi made the following statement:

Ralph Bakshi maintained that neither he nor Kricfalusi had the character sniffing cocaine, and that the character was sniffing the crushed petals of a flower, which were handed to him in a previous scene in the cartoon.

Kricfalusi was developing a series of cartoon commercials for Pontiac Vibe starring George Liquor and Jimmy The Idiot Boy.

West said in an interview that when Kricfalusi asked him to voice Stimpy, West replied by saying that he did not wish to voice Stimpy in this cartoon.

The Goddamn George Liquor Program is a 1997 Adobe Flash cartoon series created by John Kricfalusi and starring the animated George Liquor.

George Liquor ( often taking his epithet as George Liquor, American ), most famous for his appearances on The Ren & Stimpy Show, is a cartoon character created by John Kricfalusi and is a mascot for Kricfalusi's defunct animation studio, Spümcø.

The Ren & Stimpy Show was a cartoon series that Kricfalusi created, sold to the channel Nickelodeon, and directed at his studio, Spümcø.

George Liquor starred in the Flash Internet cartoon series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, created by Kricfalusi.

Jimmy the Idiot Boy is a cartoon character created and voiced by John Kricfalusi and is the official mascot for Kricfalusi's company Spümcø.

" Kricfalusi said that he supervised the development of the cartoon in all aspects except the final editing.

Kricfalusi said that he restored the " old time-director-unit system " in which three or four directors theoretically supervise all of the creative aspects of each individual cartoon.

Kricfalusi intended for the cartoon to be " like a Warner Bros. cartoon ", and that the show does not have his personal humor style.

John Kricfalusi, the creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show, claimed the Mr. Hankey concept was stolen from his cartoon short, " Nutty the Friendly Dump ", which was part of a cartoon book series viewable online.

Production designer Wolf Kroeger was forced to drastically compact his sets, and animation director and designer John Kricfalusi had to push his team, including Lynne Naylor, Jim Smith and Bob Jaques, to complete the animation within a few weeks.

This haste required the crew to be split into four teams, led by supervising director Kricfalusi, Fitzgerald, Steve Gordon and Bruce Woodside.

That year, Kricfalusi directed two music videos, and served as art director for an animated musical segment.

Kricfalusi served as art director for a musical segment in the show Class of 3000 entitled Life Without Music, which first aired on November 3, 2006.

It was a huge springboard for many cartoonists and animators who would later become famous, including John Kricfalusi ( creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show ), Bruce W. Timm ( producer of Batman: The Animated Series ), Jim Reardon ( writer for Tiny Toon Adventures, Wall-E and director of many Simpsons episodes ), Tom Minton ( writer and producer for many Warner Bros. television cartoons, including Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Baby Looney Tunes and Duck Dodgers ), Lynne Naylor ( co-founder of Spümcø, character designer for Batman: The Animated Series and storyboard artist for The Powerpuff Girls and Cow and Chicken among other work ), Rich Moore ( animation director for The Simpsons and Futurama ), Andrew Stanton ( director of Finding Nemo and Wall-E ) and others.

This haste required the crew to be split into four teams, led by supervising director Kricfalusi, Fitzgerald, Steve Gordon and Bruce Woodside.

While an article about the series in Amazing Heroes # 129 made it appear like Bakshi was the director of the show, Kricfalusi clarified that Bakshi was the producer, and that Bakshi's creative involvement was the highest during the first several weeks of the production, after which he stood out of the way and let the team go about its business.

The live-action was directed by famous animation director Ralph Bakshi and the animation was directed by future The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi.

In 1997, John Kricfalusi directed a music video for Björk titled " I Miss You ", a single that was released the same year.

The music video for " I Miss You " was animated and directed by John Kricfalusi of Spümcø, best known for the Ren & Stimpy cartoons, which Björk admired.

The music video for " I Miss You " was animated and directed by John Kricfalusi of Spümcø, best known for the Ren & Stimpy cartoons, which Björk admired.

Kricfalusi said after the show aired, " I got nine or 10 messages from friends screaming, ' I can't believe this!

Parker said Kricfalusi eventually contacted the South Park creators: " He wrote a letter back saying, ' Oh, OK, I see how it could just be a coincidence, but you should just admit to the press that you're a big Ren and Stimpy fan.

George was created by Kricfalusi in 1979 immediately after Kricfalusi saw a building with a sign that read, " George Liquor ".

Kricfalusi said that " Man's Best Friend " was actually approved for broadcasting by both Standards and Practices and Nickelodeon administrators, but the Nickelodeon staff declined to broadcast the episode when network executives saw the finished product.

Kricfalusi expressed disbelief over the cut, insisting that the action was harmless and that the sequence should be restored.

In 1985, he teamed up with young Canadian-born-and-raised animator John Kricfalusi to make a hybrid live-action / animated music video for The Rolling Stones ' The Harlem Shuffle, which was released in early 1986.

In spite of the show's popularity, the show was beset with production delays and censorship battles with Nickelodeon, which fired Kricfalusi in 1992.

Ren & Stimpy's creator, John Kricfalusi, was credited to adding " tidbits of poor taste " to the three " Little Red Riding Hood " episodes, and a few other Spümcø artists also contributed to selected episodes during the course of the show.

John Kricfalusi was a character designer for the show and went on to create Ren and Stimpy and The Ripping Friends.

Kricfalusi described Nickelodeon in the earliest period as being " simple " as there was one executive, Vanessa Coffey, whom Kricfalusi said that he got along with.

During 1997, John Kricfalusi and his staff at Spümcø launched their Web site, whose goal was to provide cartoons for audiences, without the censorship of television networks.

As early as a 1987 story session for the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Kricfalusi had proposed using a wad of gum as a character, an idea which was used to create the first villain for the new series, Indigestible Wad.

TNN was struggling against other channels and decided to give Kricfalusi a new chance.

Also, as early as a 1987 story session for the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Kricfalusi had proposed using a wad of gum as a character, an idea which was employed to create the first villain for the new series, the Indigestible Wad.

Each episode was usually tagged with a short episode which Kricfalusi says was composed of “ left overs ”.

Gray was working for Filmation at the time, and soon Kricfalusi found work there as well.

Kricfalusi felt the show's supervisors were doing away with the Spümcø style, and was displeased with the direction of the show.

In 2003, Spike TV produced a new show featuring Ren & Stimpy, which was written and directed by Kricfalusi.

In July 2012, Kricfalusi started a Kickstarter entitled " Cans Without Labels ", where he wanted to develop a short about Ren and Stimpy character George Liquor and the project was successfully funded in August.