The chilling dark secrets behind `The Ren & Stimpy Show´
(WorldNews Entertainment)

The show was a revolution, ending more than a decade of TV cartoon stagnation and inspiring the next generation of animators. But behind the scenes, the staff of Nickelodeon´s `The Ren & Stimpy Show` were feeling anything but `Happy Happy Joy Joy.` A new documentary called `Happy Happy Joy Joy – The Ren & Stimpy Story,` which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival, reveals the culture of anger and fear at the new-defunct Spumco studios, led by the show´s fiery genius and scandal-plagued creator John Kricfalusi. `He had this sort of rockstar status,` an animator says of Kricfalusi in the fascinating, if occasionally long-winded doc. Adds another: `The whole thing is...