Happy 50th Birthday, Rocky & Bullwinkle!

[DearAbby]

Moose and Squirrel Through the Years


Wossamotta U? You didn't know that Thursday, Nov. 19, marks the 50th anniversary of all things Bullwinkle?

The dimwitted but beloved moose, along with flying squirrel pal Rocky, foes Boris and Natasha, 'Fractured Fairy Tales' and 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman,' debuted in 1959 on ABC's 'Rocky & His Friends,' a twice-a-week afternoon series that moved to primetime when it shifted to NBC and became 'The Bullwinkle Show' in 1961.

The series was created by Jay Ward, the U.C. Berkeley and Harvard grad who also created the Cap'n Crunch character. And though "moose and squir-rel," as baddies Boris and Natasha so often referred to them, are beloved today, Ward's daughter Tiffany Ward -- who was 11 when her dad created Bullwinkle and his buddies -- says the show wasn't a ratings smash during its original run.


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http://insidetv.aol.com/2009/11/18/rocky-and-bullwinkle-50th-birthday-anniversary/

[proud patriot]

1. Happy Birthday !

:woohoo:

[no_hypocrisy]

2. * always reminded me of Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz.

[wtmusic]

8. Except Wrongway was lovable nt

[Bluebear]

3. Eenie wienie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to SPEAK!

Happy birthday, moose and squirrel!

[IntravenousDemilo]

14. Are they friendly spirits? n/m

[Festivito]

36. "Friendly? Jus.. listen!" (That would break for commercials.)

[Blue_Tires]

4. Commander McBragg was AWESOME!!!

[IntravenousDemilo]

13. Quite. n/m

[flakey_foont]

5. Congrats to the mighty moose!

and Rocket J. Squirrel,, as well as Peabody and Sherman

50 years! Wow, do I feel old!

[Tesha]

20. Well just set The Wayback Machine a few years back! (NT)

[flakey_foont]

24. Salut!

Good one! Unfortunately, I don't possess Mr. Peabody's intelligence to construct such a contraption, therefore, alas, stuck in present time

[Captain Hilts]

6. And Mr. Peabody!

We had a cat named after him. A very dog-like cat, I might add.

[EFerrari]

19. And Fractured Fairy Tales!

lol

Seminal for a generation of stand ups!

[Thothmes]

33. And Dudley Dooright of the Mounties

if I remember correctly.

[wtmusic]

7. Natasha's pronunication was "squettle"

Rocky: Bullwinkle, it says here that for you to inherit the fortune, you have to spend the weekend in the ancestral home Abominable Manor.
Bullwinkle: That's no problem. I've been living in an abominable manner all my life.

[Richardo]

11. Bullwinkle trying to explain something to a businessman:

"For a powerful magnate you don't pick up things very fast."

[Richardo]

9. Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!

<----- But that trick NEVER works!


HBD, Moose and squirrel :party:

[Wilber_Stool]

41. Presto!

I take a 7 1/2.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Oh, major Birthday Greetings to the fuzzy furry ones!!!

The ONLY cartoon I would watch as a kid.
Well, there WAS Beany and Cecil, but that was it.

My parents never got it.

[DearAbby]

12. Yep, feel the years creeping up on ya...

I used to have a paper on my wall, my pretend Diploma from Whatsamatta U. I felt soooo smart.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Why, thank you...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Never heard of 'em.

[Echo In Light]

17. "Again?!"

[LWolf]

31. That trick NEVER works. nt

[John1956PA]

18. A good deal of political and social commentary was contained in those shows.

During the atomic age of Plutonium bombs and newly-synthesized heavy metal elements, it was comic relief to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle outwitting their Soviet counterparts, Boris Badinov and Natasha, to secure the aloft "Upsydasium" mountain for our country. Viewers cheered our heroes when they addressed the global crisis wrought by the collection of boxtops and when they unmasked the seemingly imposing "Mr. Big" who demonstrated the power of public scares. Great multi-level entertainment for the entire family.

[Bobbie Jo]

21. Before school, every morning. Also loved this.....

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

22. and the awesome June Foray is still with us and working at 92

I just finished her book

[Richardo]

25. I got to meet her about 35 years ago...

..lovely woman, and very patient with a group of 17-year-old Comi-Con nerds....glad to hear she's still working :wow: :bounce:

[Libertas1776]

23. Moooose and Sqvuirl!!!

[jmondine]

28. Those two on the left look awfully familiar...

[Wilber_Stool]

42. That's

June Forray and Paul Frees.

[StarfarerBill]

26. "Plotting big trouble for moose and squirrel!"

I named my cats after Boris and Natasha. :)

[Captain Hilts]

39. Curses! Foiled again by moose and squirrel!

[jmondine]

27. I'll have to imbibe some goof gas in their honor

[pleah]

29. Happy Birthday, Moose and Squirrel!

:party: :toast:

[msu2ba]

30. The Scrooch Gun! n/t

[Number23]

32. "Shaddup you mouth!"

Man, I LOVED this guy! Although he could have been nicer to his wife.

Kicked and rec'd!

[asdjrocky]

34. Just to honor the occasion in a rather strange way-

[Graybeard]

35. Special thanks to William Conrad ( yes Cannon! )

William Conrad was a very versatile actor. On radio he was the original Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. He was Cannon on TV. And it's his voice that is the Narrator of Rocky & Bullwinkle. He raised his voice a few octaves to do the narration of the Dudley Do-Right segments.

[Bluenorthwest]

37. Moose and Squirrel !!! And all of Jay's characters rock.

I used to buy stuff from Jay and his wife at their store on Sunset back during low times for Rocky and Friends. It always knocked me out that they were there selling tee shirts to the likes of me. Such sweet people they were, on top of the funny and all.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

38. "I'm only 6'4" in my stocking hoofs."

As someone who comes from somewhere south of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[NYC_SKP]

40. K & R! nt

[Wilber_Stool]

43. And don't forget

Jay Ward produced Crusader Rabbit. It premiered in 1948.