Like finding a lost $20 bill in your pocket...

To get it out of the way, the title was taken from an online reviewer's summary of The Shadow. Great film, but not important at the moment.

A long time ago, I (as well as many others, I'm sure) watched "The Ren and Stimpy Show". I was fascinated by the humor, animation and (not-yet-tiresome) gross-out gags. The show is re-airing on NickToons, and something I've noticed now as I kind of did then: the stock music. Despite the original songs and presence of later animation composers Shawn Patterson ("Dave the Barbarian") and Charlie Brissette ("The Angry Beavers"), R&S used stock music quite extensively.

Thinking back, it could easily be considered the music of my childhood. I've heard it on a number of shows growing up: "Salute Your Shorts", "Rocko's Modern Life", "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", "The Kids in the Hall", "The Angry Beavers" and "Spongebob Squarepants". Presumably, library music is cheaper than hiring someone to create new stuff, but this music gave the programs a wonderfully weird ambience...something that each show had in spades when it came to the writing.

So, imagine my utter surprise when I find a website featuring clips of this fine nostalgic music. (The address escapes me at the moment.) It may be quite some time before I ever get my hands on this, but I'm something of an optimist. Plus, the fact that such CDs exist...my inner child could not be happier.