"The Bullwinkle Show" (1961) TV series 1961-1964

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Directors:

Gerard Baldwin
Frank Braxton

Writers:

George Atkins (writer)
Allan Burns (writer) (1961)

Release Date:

24 September 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Main continuing story involved Rocky and Bullwinkle in conflict with spies Boris and Natasha. Other segments included "Fractured Fairy Tales"...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Time Travel | Serial | Spoof | Femme Fatale

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12

12:00 AM

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Cast

Bill Scott	...	Bullwinkle J. Moose (1961-1964) (voice)
June Foray	...	Rocket 'Rocky' J. Squirrel / Natasha Fatale / Nell Fenwick (voice)
Paul Frees	...	Boris Badenov / Captain Peachfuzz / Cloyd / Inspector Fenwick / Dudley Do-Right Narrator #1 / Additional voices (voice)
Hans Conried	...	Snidely Whiplash (voice)
Charles Ruggles	...	Aesop (voice)
Walter Tetley	...	Sherman (voice)
Edward Everett Horton	...	Narrator (segment "Fractured Fairy Tales") (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Bennett	...	Additional Voices (voice)
William Conrad	...	Rocky and Bullwinkle Narrator / Dudley Do-Right Narrator #2 (voice)

Also Known As:

"Adventures of Bullwinkle and Rocky"
"Rocky and His Friends"

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Company:

Bullwinkle Studios

Trivia:

New episodes of The Bullwinkle Show played for three years (1961-1964). Network reruns lasted until 1973, at which time the shows went into syndication.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Boris Badenov: Shut up your mouth.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion of the Neptune Men (#9.19)" (1997)

A Great TV show for Kids and Adults, or Look What the Moose Dragged In

There was a station in Huntsville, Alabama that used to play Rocky and Bullwinkle early on Sunday mornings. The reception was poor, but I would wake up early, nonetheless. I never got the jokes, but I knew that there was something there that I was missing and laughed anyway (Remember the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kiyam? Hilarious! What kid gets that joke?). I loved the other shorts too--Mr. Peabody, Bullwinkle's Corner, Dudley Doright, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Know It All--which all seemed to be just as funny, and in some cases funnier, than the moose and squirrel.

I am only 27, but the show reminds me of better times, and I enjoy watching it to this day, finally being able to get the jokes. I can never find it, but when I do, and I rarely do, I sit and watch and remember. I am not sure if I will ever see the live action/animated version of the film, however, because I hate what modern technology has done to the animated characters I grew up loving in flat monotone colors. Isn't this the only way to view Rocky and Bullwinkle, and if Peabody the dog and his boy Sherman ain't in it do I really want to pay money to watch? Oh well, maybe the film will make the TV show more available. One can only hope.