Original production drawing . 'Cicus Midgets':The Ren and Stimpy show.  Episode 3 Season 3. 1993. The Ren & Stimpy Show is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. Originally produced by Spümcø, the series aired from 1991, to 1995, with a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. The series follows the adventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and sociopathic chihuahua dog and Stimpy a good-natured but dim-witted Manx cat.  In this episode, Ren and Stimpy learn why you should never hitchhike with psychotic circus midgets.