Roobarb Roobarb Roobarb (commonly known as "Roobarb and Custard") is a British animated children's television programme, created by Grange Calveley originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Calveley and directed by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and the show was first shown on 21 October 1974. The theme is that of the friendly rivalry between Roobarb, a green dog with an overactive imagination, and Custard, the mischievous laconic pink cat from next door. The narration of the series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013,
Ren and Stimpy (characters) Ren and Stimpy (characters) Ren and Stimpy, created by John Kricfalusi, are the title characters in the Nickelodeon animated series "The Ren & Stimpy Show" and the TNN series "Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"". Kricfalusi created the characters during his stay in Sheridan College and they first appeared on film in the pilot episode "Big House Blues". Ren is a scrawny, violently psychotic, emotionally unstable Chihuahua, and Stimpy is a fat, stupid, dimwitted, good-natured cat. They are often at odds with each other on the show, though they do share moments of closeness together. Marland "Ren" T. Hoëk is