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The Bullwinkle Show

Original title: Rocky and His Friends
  • TV Series
  • 1959–1963
  • TV-G
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
4.4K
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The Bullwinkle Show (1959)
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AnimationComedyFamily

Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.

  • Creators
    • Bill Scott
    • Jay Ward
  • Stars
    • Bill Scott
    • June Foray
    • Paul Frees
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Bill Scott
      • Jay Ward
    • Stars
      • Bill Scott
      • June Foray
      • Paul Frees
    • 35User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Rocky & Bullwinkle: Season One
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    Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: Season 2
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    Bill Scott
    Bill Scott
    • Bullwinkle J. Moose…
    June Foray
    June Foray
    • Additional Voices…
    Paul Frees
    Paul Frees
    • Additional Voices…
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Narrator…
    Walter Tetley
    • Sherman…
    Daws Butler
    Daws Butler
    • Various Fairy Tale Characters…
    Hans Conried
    Hans Conried
    • Snidely Whiplash…
    Charles Ruggles
    Charles Ruggles
    • Aesop
    Julie Bennett
    Julie Bennett
    • Fisherman's Wife…
    Charles Spidar
    • Various (1963-1964)
    Dorothy Scott
    • Annie Oakley…
    • Creators
      • Bill Scott
      • Jay Ward
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Representatives for Red Skelton contacted the producers claiming that Bullwinkle's voice was an unauthorized use of a character voice created and owned by Skelton for his character "Clem Kadiddlehopper". Jay Ward responded by having a segment on the show where Bullwinkle would address the issue . . . in a voice that was a deliberate imitation of Clem Kadiddlehopper.
    • Goofs
      Given the inherent absurdity of this cartoon, in which practically anything goes, and nothing is impossible, it could be argued that all of the show's continuity errors are deliberate gags, rather than goofs. They are kept on the list because they are interesting.
    • Quotes

      Rocket J. Squirrel: Bullwinkle, those are girls!...

      Rocket J. Squirrel: Bullwinkle, this is terrible!

      Bullwinkle J. Moose: It is?

      Rocket J. Squirrel: What kind of game can you play with girls?

      Bullwinkle J. Moose: Boy, this really is a children's show, isn't it?

      [Bullwinkle looks into the camera]

      Bullwinkle J. Moose: Parcheesi, of course.

    • Crazy credits
      Daws Butler (voice of Aesop's son, and numerous incidental characters) has his credit removed after the first season. This was due to a contractual stipulation with Hanna-Barbera, which stated that he could not receive on-screen credit for work at another studio.
    • Alternate versions
      The commonly available episodes of "Rocky and His Friends"/"The Bullwinkle Show", as released on DVD between 2003 and 2011, differ from the original broadcast versions in several ways. "Rocky and His Friends", originally broadcast on ABC for two seasons (1959-1961), and its later incarnation "The Bullwinkle Show", originally broadcast on NBC for three seasons (1961-1964), are combined under the blanket title "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends". The combined five seasons are presented on DVD with altered title sequences. The opening and closing animation originally from Season 2 of "Rocky and His Friends" has been applied to most of the episodes from each of the first two seasons, with a newer title logo and appropriately re-dubbed voice-over for the show's rebranding as part of "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends". Furthermore, due to copyright issues, the original Frank Comstock theme music from "Rocky and His Friends" has been replaced by the music composed by Fred Steiner for "The Bullwinkle Show". The DVD releases also use the altered-for-syndication versions of the opening and closing sequences that excise any mention of the show's original sponsor, General Mills. The original opening animation from "The Bullwinkle Show" is not used for any episode in any season, as the episodes originally broadcast as "The Bullwinkle Show" (represented as Seasons 3-5 of "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends") use animation from earlier seasons of "Rocky and His Friends" (including the Season 1 animation that was replaced on the Season 1 DVDs). While the DVDs present Rocky & Bullwinkle's serialized adventures in their chronological order, there's some debate over which backup segments ("Fractured Fairy Tales", "Peabody's Improbable History", "Aesop and Son", "Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties", "Bullwinkle's Corner", "Mr. Know-It-All") should be paired with each episode, as the segments have been mixed and matched, separated and recombined countless times in the decades since their original broadcast. While the current DVD versions of these episodes are considered the "official" versions in circulation, they fall short of being accurate representations of the show as originally broadcast from 1959-1964.
    • Connections
      Featured in Saturday Night Live: Howard Hesseman/Men at Work (1982)

    User reviews35

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    take a trip in the way-back machine
    I watched this all the time as a kid (reruns of course, I'm getting old, but I'm not THAT old) I loved laughing at Bullwinkle and his trusty friend Rocky, always wondering what would happen next. I got a kick out of the fractured Fairy Tales as well. But I think my favorite part of the show would have to be the Mr. Peabody segments. Even as a kid I loved anything to do with time travel so Peabody and Sherman's adventures in the Way-back machine thrilled me to no end. I'm so glad that the episodes are now on DVD so I can introduce my niece to them and not subject her to the awfully lame brain-rotting cartoons of today.

    My Grade: B+
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    • Oct 5, 2005

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    • Release date
      • November 19, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
    • Production companies
      • Bullwinkle Studios
      • Jay Ward Productions
      • Producers Associates for Television (PAT)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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