House of Next Tuesday

House of Next Tuesday is the second episode of the fourth season of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on 8 October 1994.

Plot[edit]

In a parody of The House of Tomorrow cartoon of 1949, Ren and Stimpy visit the futuristic house of next Tuesday which offers refuge from the gigantic ants that have taken over the world.^[1] The Salesman allows Ren and Stimpy to live for free for the next 10 days in the house of next Tuesday.^[1] Ren is harmed while trying to operate the food preparation system.^[1] The Sense-o-Rama TV puts viewer straight into television shows. Stimpy frolics with "beach babes" while Ren enters a cooking show and is broiled in place of a lobster.^[1] After nearly crushed by the Insta-bed, Ren wants to leave the house. Ren and Stimpy try to leave, but find the Salesman being devoured by a giant ant.^[2] Ren and Stimpy try to use the house's time machine to travel back in time to exploit their knowledge of what will be the future, but only go back in a time a few minutes into the past..^[3]

Cast[edit]

• Ren-voice of Billy West
• Stimpy-voice of Billy West
• The Salesman-voice of Billy West
• Killer Kowalski-voice of Harris Peet

Production[edit]

The scene where the whale vomits over Ren during the kitchen segment was censored by the network.^[3]

Reception[edit]

The American critic Thad Komorowski gave the episode two stars out five.^[1]

Books and articles[edit]

• Dobbs, G. Michael (2015). Escape – How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s. Orlando: BearManor Media. ISBN 1593931107.
• Komorowski, Thad (2017). Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629331836.

References[edit]

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