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29 May 2025

A ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Doc Exists and It Tells the Story of the Show and its Scandalous Creator

Written by Paul Moon

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By Gregory Crofton The emergence of sharable clips of “Ren & Stimpy,” a hilarious 90s Nickelodeon cartoon, on Instagram led me to a documentary about the show that I didn’t know existed. I found it streaming free on Tubi. “Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Show” is a comprehensive and balanced take on…

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Paul Moon

H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Major films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition, and an acclaimed feature film about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber that premiered on PBS. Moon has created music videos for numerous composers including Moondog, Susan Botti and Angélica Negrón, and three opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic's Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” Further highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art and the City Museum of New York, PBS television broadcasts, and best of show awards in over a dozen international film festivals.