June Foray did the voices of Rocky AND Natasha, in real time. No pausing between lines. Unbelievable that she could transition between a soprano and baritone that fast. June was the greatest voice actor!
Rocky and Bullwinkle was one of the shows that had something for every age. But I can't believe you skipped Fractured Fairytales AND Simon and Peabody. That's unforgivable for a retrospective.
My girlfriend and I were visiting Cape May, a few years ago. We bought a bag of salt water taffy, at a kiosk that was run by a Russian family. The girl who waited on us was a tall, willowy beauty with dark, almost waist length hair. I had to force myself to not offer her a 5 dollar tip to say, "Moose and squirrel!"
Same as the Warner Bros/Looney Tunes cartoons! Chuck Jones, Bob McKimson, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and the gang didn't write for kids....they strove to make themselves laugh! The kids would come for the bright colors and movement; the adults would stay for the humor and wit!
The same with bugs bunny, my dad was on night shift when my brother and I were young so he would be with us during the day. He would laugh at WB cartoons when ever they did a parody of an early 30s or 40s actors like Peter Lorrie, Bogart, Stewart, Grant, Edward G R. And so on. It wasn't until, as a teenager when I started to enjoy old movies did I get the reference. The early cartoons were targeted at adults, especially when Fred and Barney took a Winston cigarette break on air.
@@replyhere590 yes, i know my parents are a product of the 39s and I grew up with the greats, Marx bros, burns and allen, benny, cantor,bearle, grant, you name it.
@@edwardpakula7084 Roger Ramjet’s voice was provided by my friend and mentor for 45 years, Gary Owens. One of the nicest people to ever walk this planet, and GREAT on the Radio!
@@nicoleknight9412 By definition, if it wasn't "godawful", it wasn't a pun! EVERY cartoon character created by Jay Ward made puns. It was one of his trademarks
Rocky's last name was "Maninoff." That was a pun on the name of the famous composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Boris Badinoff was from Moussorgsky's opera, "Boris Godunov."
I remember it was somewhat shocking during the Cuban Missle Crisis in October 1962 as we were at swords points with the Soviets. Boris and Natasha were always scheming and were doomed to failure, but it was still a bit of gallows humor in a way as the threat was real. My Dad couldn't believe that they got away with some of the things they said back then!
Rocky & Bullwinkle is my favorite all-time cartoon show - loved the variety. Mr. Peabody & Sherman is my favorite part. Would love to see more re-runs!
A big fun fact: prior to his involvement in 1958 with Jay Ward, Bill Scott was a story artist who had worked at WB and UPA animation studios. While pithing his storyboards to Jay at the start of production, he'd go into different voices for the various characters. When it came time for casting, Jay sought seasoned radio actors - William Conrad, Paul Frees, Hans Conried, June Foray, Daws Butler, Walter Tetley, and actors like Edward Everett Horton and Charles Ruggles. Bill asked Jay who he wanted for Bullwinkle - and Jay replied, "Well, I thought you'd do it." And that was the start of his voice acting career.
@@davidsomerset8411 Man, I really LOVED that show, as a kid. That show was part of a genre of cartoons that had, and STILL has, no equal. I wish I could find "Moose and Squirrel" on TV, today.
Paul Frees was one of the greatest voice actors in the business. He along with June Foray and Mel Blanc were heard on literally thousands of animated shows. One cannot say enough about their talent.
I was expecting one of the "shocking" facts to be that representatives for Red Skelton claimed that Bullwinkle’s voice was an unauthorized use of Skelton's character Clem Kadiddlehopper. Producer Jay Ward responded by having a segment on the show where Bullwinkle addressed the issue … in a voice that was a deliberate imitation of Clem Kadiddlehopper
@Steve Charman, while I could be wrong, I don't think you can copyright a voice/accent. Otherwise vocal impressionist would have to pay royalties to everyone they impersonate in their act. Your likeness yes, which is why cheap dolls/figurines rarely look like the actor/character they're supposed to portray. Trust a Hollywood lawyer to scrounge for another way to make money 💵!
Red Skelton or his people weren't thinking about the PR consequences if they forced Rocky & Bullwinkle to be canceled, or Bullwinkle to be removed from the show. Jackie Gleason realized that The Flintstones was basically a cartoon version of the Honeymooners. But he chose to let it slide, as he didn't want the terrible PR of being known as the reason that the beloved Flintstones got canceled!
These cartoons ,all of this time frame are classics, along with looney tunes. Just dont make cartoons like that ANYMORE, AND DONT MAKE ME LAUGH. I MISS THEM ALL. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I have watched Rocky and Bullwinkle since I was a little kid. I now own the entire series on five box sets and have many still pictures on my phone that I use on my texts. Fractured Fairy Tales is my favorite segment on the show...I couldn't wait for the book to close on the Fairy and the way she would look at it...stellar!
Boris and Natasha's ACCENTS were "cartoon Russian". Fearless Leader, was DEFINITELY German, complete with jodhpurs, riding boots, and monocle. They're STILL Potsylvanians
@@virginagobetz4756 , unlike South Park, The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. Seriously, those programs are all driven by shock value addled elitist edge lords and they are either old hat humor or just plain perverted or unfunny. Rocky and Bullwinkle, on the other hand, was witty, satirical, and rarely agenda driven, unlike what MGM, Walt Disney, or Warner Brothers offerings.
Definitely interesting, I watched it on reruns as a kid (loved it) and wondered why some episodes looked so weird, with disappearing features, wobbly lines, etc., I just figured it was older episodes before they developed better animation technology. There were great lines that Bullwinkle would say under his breath, Rocky was sarcastic too, it was great.
While not related to this show, Soupy Sales got in trouble for asking the young viewers to send any green pieces of paper they find to him. And some children did just that
Reminds me of how often (early '60s) that Soupy Sales got his ticket to broadast pulled for his gross commentaries. The main one was "rat f**k". He would be off for just a few weeks, but always get to go back to on air. Then say RF again, get kicked off again and come back again. He got back on simply 'cuz he was popular. And very funny. Sales was in some ways, the button-pushing rad guy who definitely felt that censorship barriers could and should be streached and tested. To me? A good guy. Funny as anybody at times, ( : - D ~
@@mikegrossberg8624 Thanks for your kind note, Mike. I'll be checking on TH-cam for this obscure hit record. I just don't remember it, most likely didn't get my attention. Now it does.
I knew a German girl in Texas that had like 15 minutes to get get Soupy Sales almost 20 miles to the airport. And there was a notorious bump in the highway back then that took them airborne in the Limo. When asked, she said "They hit their heads" in the back when they landed, but she got them there for their flight on time, lol.
When the time slot was changed to Sunday evening, my young sister chose the Lassie show. With only one TV no more R&B. Today my short, 72 yr. old dumpy cousin lives with a 30 something ex-ruski. Behind his back I refer to them as Boris and Natasha. Narragansett Bay
They used to LOVE taking pokes at Disney's Sunday night show. One episode ended with "our next episode, '"Dollars to Donuts; or, The Wonderful World of Crullers "
born 1956 I was the perfect age for the series and adored it. I recall it teaching me to be more open minded and to understand perspectives are important. I didn't realize I was getting lessons until much later. I still prefer to learn thru humor
These were great! You missed a few however. One was a petition was signed to get Moosesylvania "statehood" The shows creators showed up on the day the Cuban Missile Crisis started. They were turned away from the White House. The Sleeping Beautyland episode with caricature of the prince resembling Walt Disney (+ Disneyland parody) reportedly infuriated Walt.
There was the episodes dealing with "The Kirward Derby." That was a word play on Durwood Kirby, who was a television personality at the time. Kirby was thinking about suing the show creators, but his business manager told him that would bring more attention to the show. Paraphrased from Wikipedia.
In one episode Bullwinkle explains the Cold War in a way that made sense to both kids and adults. It was brilliant. I hope you can work out which episode it was..
Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a comment out my hat! While our love and admiration for Frosbite Falls favorite sons is unquestioned, I must have dozed off during the “shocking” parts. Thank goodness you left the paper shuffling in!
About 15 years or so we were visiting DC and the Museum of Natural History had a display of Arctic Mammals, lots of the adults were chuckling as someone had put the Siberian Flying Squirrel right above and next to the Moose. Turned to wife and said in best Boris imitation: "Look, Moose and Squirrel"
He was a shipping magnate, like the real one. They were trying to explain something to him and he wasn't getting it. Bullwinkle said, "For a big magnate, you don't pick-up things very well!"
Highly recomend reading The Moose that roared. The Jay Scott and Bill Ward story to know the full story of the creators. They created lots more cereal mascots than just Cap'n Crunch ( Horatio Crunch BTW). Many shows they created after as well.
I was in High School in the early 60's but really enjoyed the great sarcasm and loved the way Boris and Natasha said they had to get "Moose and Squirrel"~! What a great show and it will live forever as one of the best ever. This animation here seemed quite different from what I remember. Thanks for this.
@@virginagobetz4756 were you in the Marine Corps? I was in from 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77. I started at Parris Island on to Camp LeJeune, then sent to Okinawa Camp Foster, and back to Camp LeJeune to the same Battalion I was in the 1st time I was stationed at Camp LeJeune H&S Bn, 2nd Force Service Support Group. Semper Fi
yrs ago,I work as a surgical assistant at a private clinic,one of the doctors a Russian,decided to hire a fellow countryman as an assistant... the hired assistant had a deep Russian accent,l couldn't help it,being l was the office clown... l the asked the aforementioned to say "Get Moose & Squirrel!!!" she complied,she didn't get it but that was alright bc LMAO!!!
How about not saying "shocking facts" when they were not shocking? Too many TH-cam video producers use it as a come-on. A few were interesting but not shocking. .
Let's not overlook WIlliam Conrad's narration skills. The original Marshal Matt Dillon on radio and much later in his own show--Cannon--as detective Frank Cannon. My personal favorite voice actors are both Hans Conried and Edward Everett Horton both with long careers as screen actors in their own right.
William Conrad played Nero Wolfe( an obese armchair detective). He said it was heaven compared to Canon where he would hit his head getting in and out of the car.
Natasha Fatale and Rocky were voiced by June Foray, some people called her the female Mel Blanc, but other people said Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.
I always thought it was set in Canada, especially because of Dudley Do-Right. As a kid, it didn’t really occur to me that Boris and Natasha were Russians. That makes it even funnier watching it as an adult! 😹😹😹
I remember they would make puns that I could tell were supposed to be jokes, but they flew over my head. The thing where they got buried and then sprouted up was so Wierd. I didn't know what to think of that. I'm still not sure...
It actually didn't stop at the children pulling the knobs off the sets . . . the Bullwinkle puppet attempted to mollify the situation the following week after the complaints started filing in by addressing the children to simply glue the knobs back on, "and make sure they stick." _Then_ the puppet was dropped.
The creators once did an hour long summer special with live comedians but the same crazy humor. My friend & I laughed ourselves sick over it. Would love to find a recording.
A funny thing is that "Rocky and Bullwinkle" replaced ANOTHER cartoon show on Saturday mornings, "Crusader Rabbit", which was ALSO produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott
@@virginagobetz4756 Saturday morning: 6 am was "Modern Farmer". At 7am came Crusader Rabbit. Many, many. One day, 7am, NO Crusader Rabbit! Got, instead, Rocky and Bullwinkle! OUTRAGE! Pissed off little kid! Them actually started WATCHING, and decided I could live with the change. Fan ever since
@@mkendallpk4321 Because it was the only thing on at that time, and a little kid who was wide awake had to watch SOMETHING to keep him quiet. Waking up the parents, for anything other than a genuine "emergency", was NOT conducive to continued good health
So R&B foil Boris again and he says 14 episodes of work down the drain! I am here because I am watching the box set. all visuals here SE 1, somewhere around E14, disc 3. I did not know voiceover by Frank Cannon. And the real Bullwinkle. And at Jay Ward World Headquarters there was always a well stocked ice cream fountain. Jay always thought that if work was fun, there cartoons would be fun.
Though it was never said that Boris and Natasha were Russian, though we all knew it. Soviets hated show , and even try to get it pulled in Japan. Show was funny. I remember when Captn Crunch came out. Still funny now
Correction: Natasha Fatale & Boris Badenov, the two primary villains of the show, were from Pottsylvania, not Russia as you stated in your intro. Granted Pottsylvania was a parody of a Cold War era eastern European country. Their accents certainly sounded Russian, but they often threw in German words, so it could have a parody of East Germany. Heck, as you were talking, you even showed a scene with where there was a sign saying "Welcome to Pottsylvania", so I'm not sure how you didn't put that together.... 😋
Yes, Pottsylvanian. Of course, Boris's cry of defeat was "Raskolnikov!" who was the central character in Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment." And yes, Fearless Leader did have a kind of World War II Germain air about him. But the Nazis morphed into the Commies pretty easily in Hollywood during those days.
Fearless Leader had a monocle and a very vaguely German nazi uniform. Pottsylvania was not the Soviet Union. When I first went to the Soviet Union, though, we came out of customs in Leningrad, got on the bus, and the resident director introduced our two guides/handlers. Boris and Natasha. The bus cracked up, and the look on the director’s face was priceless - how could he explain that?
I loved both Rocky & Bullwinkle and Captain Crunch cereal but never recognized the connection, although I may have eaten one while watching the other. Also enjoyed the side cartoons within the main show...Dudley Do-Right with Nell and Snidely Whiplash; Sherman and Mr. Peabody; and also Fractured Fairy Tales.
Jay Ward & Alex Anderson lived in Berkeley. The Peanuts specials were also made by Bay Area residents like Charles Schulz , the producer & the music. Two of the best shows of the 60's.
Jay Ward had a Studio with store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The Dudley Do-Right Emporium sold your choice of clothing of ANY Ward character, including Biology Hooper. The Snidley Whiplash Left Hand corner was everything a SouthPaw needed!!
I absolutely delighted in "Rocky & Bullwinkle".It's a real shame kids and adults no longer have intelligent comic relief like we used to.
I named my twin cats (now 2.5 yrs old) Rocky And Bullwinkle. Being cats, neither responds to either name.
I totally agree with you
June Foray did the voices of Rocky AND Natasha, in real time. No pausing between lines. Unbelievable that she could transition between a soprano and baritone that fast. June was the greatest voice actor!
She was also very pretty.
Witch Hazel...the female Mel Blanc.
@@roysheaks1261 Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.
@@roysheaks1261 June Foray also voiced Broom Hilda .
She did all the female voices in all segments of the show.
This cartoon never gets old and is still FUNNY
Rocky and Bullwinkle was one of the shows that had something for every age. But I can't believe you skipped Fractured Fairytales AND Simon and Peabody. That's unforgivable for a retrospective.
Hear!Hear!
That's SHERMAN and Peabody
@@mikegrossberg8624 I stand corrected, well done.
Or one of the greatest, Dudley Doright
Interesting stuff but hardly shocking.
Some of the best political satire ever. Genuine writers who knew how to use language for social commentary.
I loved this show when I was a kid. I still love this show.
I grew up watching Bullwinkle when I was little. I think it's even funnier now since I understand all of the adult references.
My Dad would often watch. I was around ten years of age and laughed. So did my dad. But in different places.
Daniel Appleton: OMG, I *loved* the theme song for Super Chicken!!
Daniel Appleton: George of the Jungle was very funny too! It also had a great theme song!
Rocky and Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle and Hoppity Hooper were all Jay Ward creations.
@Daniel Appleton Don:t forget Tom Slick and the Thunderbolt Greaseslapper
My favorite line: "our fearless heroes bravely ran for their lives."
@Daniel Appleton No he didn't.
@@xoose So he has; he's scarpered...
Always put your lug nuts in the hubcap so you don't lose them. What's wrong Mr. Know-it-all? Can't find the hubcap!
That just made me lol.
See; nothing up my sleeve. Don’t know Mr own strength. Fecking hilarious.
my favorite part of that show was the fractured fairy tales.
Mine Too!!!
It was narrated by Edward Everett Horton
"You stole the rudebagah tarts, you eat 'em!!!" I still use that line.
@@bradmiller9993 My favorite too.
My brother and I liked Fractured Fairy tales the best because we could get our mom to watch them with us, high endorsement to us!!
Brings back memories when waking up on Saturday morning and watching Rockie and boldwinkle with family
boldwinkle???
My girlfriend and I were visiting Cape May, a few years ago. We bought a bag of salt water taffy, at a kiosk that was run by a Russian family. The girl who waited on us was a tall, willowy beauty with dark, almost waist length hair. I had to force myself to not offer her a 5 dollar tip to say, "Moose and squirrel!"
Some say Boris was inspired by Akim Tamaroff.
You missed your chance of greatness by not getting out your phone, and then recording her utterance of this iconic phrase!
The quirky animation actually added to the charm of this beloved program! Grew up watching it Sunday morning on ABC
My dad loved this show.
He would laugh at lines I didn't get at the time...now I do: the was very much an adult oriented show.
Same as the Warner Bros/Looney Tunes cartoons! Chuck Jones, Bob McKimson, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and the gang didn't write for kids....they strove to make themselves laugh! The kids would come for the bright colors and movement; the adults would stay for the humor and wit!
The same with bugs bunny, my dad was on night shift when my brother and I were young so he would be with us during the day. He would laugh at WB cartoons when ever they did a parody of an early 30s or 40s actors like Peter Lorrie, Bogart, Stewart, Grant, Edward G R. And so on. It wasn't until, as a teenager when I started to enjoy old movies did I get the reference. The early cartoons were targeted at adults, especially when Fred and Barney took a Winston cigarette break on air.
@@thomasglynn2282One reason was that the first medium for the cartoons was the movies.
@@replyhere590 yes, i know my parents are a product of the 39s and I grew up with the greats, Marx bros, burns and allen, benny, cantor,bearle, grant, you name it.
There has never been a cartoon show so funny, so intelligent, so well written, so relatable to both children and adults. There never will be.
Pink panther
Animaniacs
in some aspects The Simpsons
and more closely: *BLUEY*
Hon mention: South Park. A bit too edgy for kids, though.
Agree; but don't count out Roger Ramjet
@@edwardpakula7084 Roger Ramjet’s voice was provided by my friend and mentor for 45 years, Gary Owens. One of the nicest people to ever walk this planet, and GREAT on the Radio!
Mr. Peabody and Sherman! And the Waaay Back Machine! "Every dog should have a boy."
How about those God-, awful puns Peabody would say at the end of each episode?
Oh yeah! Those puns of Mr. Peabody's are so corny!
@@nicoleknight9412 By definition, if it wasn't "godawful", it wasn't a pun!
EVERY cartoon character created by Jay Ward made puns. It was one of his trademarks
Rocky's last name was "Maninoff." That was a pun on the name of the famous composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Boris Badinoff was from Moussorgsky's opera, "Boris Godunov."
I grew up with these Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons. I loved them and they were an influence in my creative career.
I remember it was somewhat shocking during the Cuban Missle Crisis in October 1962 as we were at swords points with the Soviets. Boris and Natasha were always scheming and were doomed to failure, but it was still a bit of gallows humor in a way as the threat was real. My Dad couldn't believe that they got away with some of the things they said back then!
Yes, and while the personalities of Boris and Natasha "seemed" Russian, they were from Potsylvania, not Russia.
@@RayPointerChannel Potsylvanians and Russians are often misidentified due to similar accents and nefarious intentions.
And how were we to interrupt the character "Fearless Leader"?
Rocky & Bullwinkle is my favorite all-time cartoon show - loved the variety. Mr. Peabody & Sherman is my favorite part. Would love to see more re-runs!
Yes same
A big fun fact: prior to his involvement in 1958 with Jay Ward, Bill Scott was a story artist who had worked at WB and UPA animation studios. While pithing his storyboards to Jay at the start of production, he'd go into different voices for the various characters. When it came time for casting, Jay sought seasoned radio actors - William Conrad, Paul Frees, Hans Conried, June Foray, Daws Butler, Walter Tetley, and actors like Edward Everett Horton and Charles Ruggles. Bill asked Jay who he wanted for Bullwinkle - and Jay replied, "Well, I thought you'd do it." And that was the start of his voice acting career.
I still love this show!!! I grew up with this! Natasha & Boris were hilarious!! But rocky & squirrel will always be my heroes!!!
Sherman and Mr. Peabody were good too.
Cartoons of my youth. Thanks for posting it. Have a great day everyone.
HEY ROCKY..."WATCH ME PULL A RABBIT OTTA MY HAT." I always liked Bullwinkle the character and I loved the show altogether.
John Skiba."Again..nothing up my sleeve...PRESTO!!!...the best!!!!
Everyone loved ❤ Rocky and Bullwinkle
@@sandrasanders706 ...pulls rhinoceros head out of hat...
"No doubt abut it, I gotta get a new hat."
@@slactweak don't know my own strenght. ... now here's something we hope you'll really like
@@davidsomerset8411 Man, I really LOVED that show, as a kid. That show was part of a genre of cartoons that had, and STILL has, no equal. I wish I could find "Moose and Squirrel" on TV, today.
And now for something we hope you’ll REALLY like...
"Fan mail from some flounder?" "Presto, nothing up my sleeve!"
@@bradsmack1 That trick never works!
@Ken Hudson That is not surprising!
Ahhhh man you put me in Wayback Machine. I'm 8 again eating corn chips drinking ginger ale , out of school for a week , doctors orders.
"But that trick never works"..."This time for sure!...no doubt about it, I got to get a new phone!"
I loved the show. Interesting set of trivia but non of it is shocking.
I'm shocked you would say that.
I feared bullwinkle killed a hooker -or something like that
Paul Frees was one of the greatest voice actors in the business. He along with June Foray and Mel Blanc were heard on literally thousands of animated shows. One cannot say enough about their talent.
I was expecting one of the "shocking" facts to be that representatives for Red Skelton claimed that Bullwinkle’s voice was an unauthorized use of Skelton's character Clem Kadiddlehopper. Producer Jay Ward responded by having a segment on the show where Bullwinkle addressed the issue … in a voice that was a deliberate imitation of Clem Kadiddlehopper
"one ringie - dingie..."
@Steve Charman, while I could be wrong, I don't think you can copyright a voice/accent. Otherwise vocal impressionist would have to pay royalties to everyone they impersonate in their act. Your likeness yes, which is why cheap dolls/figurines rarely look like the actor/character they're supposed to portray.
Trust a Hollywood lawyer to scrounge for another way to make money 💵!
Red Skelton or his people weren't thinking about the PR consequences if they forced Rocky & Bullwinkle to be canceled, or Bullwinkle to be removed from the show.
Jackie Gleason realized that The Flintstones was basically a cartoon version of the Honeymooners. But he chose to let it slide, as he didn't want the terrible PR of being known as the reason that the beloved Flintstones got canceled!
@@ghostrider88jinetedelfanta31Wow, I just never thought about the connection between Fred and Ralph. Thanks!
My boys. Rocky and now Winkie. Best ever 🤗
These cartoons ,all of this time frame are classics, along with looney tunes. Just dont make cartoons like that ANYMORE, AND DONT MAKE ME LAUGH. I MISS THEM ALL. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
You said it perfectly Art!!!!
I wholeheartedly agree with you,Art!(And Sam also.)
I have watched Rocky and Bullwinkle since I was a little kid. I now own the entire series on five box sets and have many still pictures on my phone that I use on my texts. Fractured Fairy Tales is my favorite segment on the show...I couldn't wait for the book to close on the Fairy and the way she would look at it...stellar!
I just been schooled, thank you for Sharing 🤗😎
You know you're old when you grew up on this cartoon! 🤣😁
I know.
Yep, I’m old.😊
I am now 60 years old. Saw some the good stuff on the tube.
Today we have junk
@@buckeyewill2166 I agree
Age is only a number!
I’m 71, and still have the entire series on dvd. I watch it frequently.
You and me both. 👍
Hokey smokes, Bulwinkle. A lot of the jokes and puns were aimed at the adults, not the kids.
Aimed at Congress.
HEY Rocky ,Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. RRRRRRRR.
Boris and Natasha were not "Russian spies", they were Potsylvanian.
Potsylvania is the Russian name for Moscow.
Hail Potsylvania! Hail hail hail!
@@PineMartinAmerican , I thought that was Moskva myself. Also, Boris and Natasha were from Putzsylvania.
Boris and Natasha's ACCENTS were "cartoon Russian". Fearless Leader, was DEFINITELY German, complete with jodhpurs, riding boots, and monocle.
They're STILL Potsylvanians
Led by Fearless Leader...
One of the best cartoons on TV
The satire was biting and funny
And witty!
@@virginagobetz4756 , unlike South Park, The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. Seriously, those programs are all driven by shock value addled elitist edge lords and they are either old hat humor or just plain perverted or unfunny. Rocky and Bullwinkle, on the other hand, was witty, satirical, and rarely agenda driven, unlike what MGM, Walt Disney, or Warner Brothers offerings.
Over the years I've often referred to my bosses as Fearless Leader
Fearless Leader was a riot!! 🤣🤣🤣
It was Pottsylvania. Headed by "Fearless Leader"
And Meester Beeg!
One could call him "F. L." if one were in good standing.
@@michaelj.4423 "Meester Beeg" was only in the upsidaisium story arc. Fearless Leader was in nearly EVERYTHING
And we still refer to our bosses as "fearless leader". Out of their earshot, of course.
Who would have thought that Robert DiNero would play fearless leader
Definitely interesting, I watched it on reruns as a kid (loved it) and wondered why some episodes looked so weird, with disappearing features, wobbly lines, etc., I just figured it was older episodes before they developed better animation technology. There were great lines that Bullwinkle would say under his breath, Rocky was sarcastic too, it was great.
I remember it like it was yesterday every Saturday getting up at 6:30 to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle. The official start to my weekends when I was 8.
I like the "swoosh" sound effect more than the "changing slides" sound effect.
A Close friend of mine dated a girl from Russia. We love asking her to say Moose and Squirrel.
A loop, a whirl , a vertical climb and once again you know time for Rocky and his friends! Right up there with Warner Bros cartoons
Fractured Fairytales ❤
I loved Mr. Peabody's Improbable History
I'm still waiting for the "shocking" facts!!
Me Too!!!
So many "facts" so few supporting video segments
I was going to write that, but you beat me to the punch!
None of these facts are particularly shocking😠
This is known as Clickbait!
I loved the Upsidaisium (story arc)
& Hushaboom. LOL
Not to mention the Kerwood Derby.
I liked Fractured Fairy Tales.
I really enjoyed it when I was young.Liked Tenn. Tuxedo also.
Also the voice of Rocky and Natasha are voiced by the same person (June Foray).
While not related to this show, Soupy Sales got in trouble for asking the young viewers to send any green pieces of paper they find to him. And some children did just that
Reminds me of how often (early '60s) that Soupy Sales got his ticket to broadast pulled for his gross commentaries. The main one was "rat f**k". He would be off for just a few weeks, but always get to go back to on air. Then say RF again, get kicked off again and come back again. He got back on simply 'cuz he was popular. And very funny. Sales was in some ways, the button-pushing rad guy who definitely felt that censorship barriers could and should be streached and tested. To me? A good guy. Funny as anybody at times, ( : - D ~
@@phillipmel Sales even had a hit record called "Ratfink"!
"R-I say RA- ART-ARATT! RAT! RATT-Ratratrat/F-I say FI-FIN-FINK! FINK! RATT_FINK RATFINK!
@@mikegrossberg8624 Thanks for your kind note, Mike. I'll be checking on TH-cam for this obscure hit record. I just don't remember it, most likely didn't get my attention. Now it does.
I knew a German girl in Texas that had like 15 minutes to get get Soupy Sales almost 20 miles to the airport. And there was a notorious bump in the highway back then that took them airborne in the Limo. When asked, she said "They hit their heads" in the back when they landed, but she got them there for their flight on time, lol.
@@mikegrossberg8624 That was Allan Sherman. It's a parody of "Rag Mop."
When the time slot was changed to Sunday evening, my young sister chose the Lassie show. With only one TV no more R&B. Today my short, 72 yr. old dumpy cousin lives with a 30 something ex-ruski. Behind his back I refer to them as Boris and Natasha. Narragansett Bay
Very fitting..I see real life cartoon characters at times..
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They used to LOVE taking pokes at Disney's Sunday night show. One episode ended with "our next episode, '"Dollars to Donuts; or, The Wonderful World of Crullers "
Shouldn’t that be the little rascals garden?
Or Farina with Buckwheat
born 1956 I was the perfect age for the series and adored it. I recall it teaching me to be more open minded and to understand perspectives are important. I didn't realize I was getting lessons until much later. I still prefer to learn thru humor
Boris and Natasha [:-), "First order Biznis es Keel Moose 'N Squirrel"
Thanks, Titus, good one!
Never have forgotten the time Bullwinkle was staring down into a snake pit and uttered a line something like: "Eat your heart out, Olivia!"
These were great! You missed a few however. One was a petition was signed to get Moosesylvania "statehood" The shows creators showed up on the day the Cuban Missile Crisis started. They were turned away from the White House. The Sleeping Beautyland episode with caricature of the prince resembling Walt Disney (+ Disneyland parody) reportedly infuriated Walt.
There was the episodes dealing with "The Kirward Derby." That was a word play on Durwood Kirby, who was a television personality at the time. Kirby was thinking about suing the show creators, but his business manager told him that would bring more attention to the show. Paraphrased from Wikipedia.
@@johntiggleman4686 Oh! Yeah! I remember that. LOL! Jay said "pleas sue us we could use the publicity!"
LOVED that show .... I grew up in late 60s,,,,, Jay Ward was a genius.
We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?
In one episode Bullwinkle explains the Cold War in a way that made sense to both kids and adults. It was brilliant. I hope you can work out which episode it was..
Loved Rocky n Bullwinklecartoons loved the old cartoons💜💜💜🥰🥰🥰
My brother and I used to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle.......for our mental health.....😁😁
Most of Bullwinkle went right over kids' heads
I think it was a big influence in developing my sense of humor & disdain of laugh tracks
Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a comment out my hat!
While our love and admiration for Frosbite Falls favorite sons is unquestioned, I must have dozed off during the “shocking” parts.
Thank goodness you left the paper shuffling in!
NATASHA and BORIS are my favorite they should have had their own show🇷🇺
Cartoons then didn't have the need to be raunchy like today's"adult"cartoons.
Koff-koff!...family guy...koff!...
shocking facts - I thought you were going to tell me that Bullwinkle did five to ten for moral turpitude
About 15 years or so we were visiting DC and the Museum of Natural History had a display of Arctic Mammals, lots of the adults were chuckling as someone had put the Siberian Flying Squirrel right above and next to the Moose. Turned to wife and said in best Boris imitation: "Look, Moose and Squirrel"
It was my favorite show for so many years
" And now for something you'll really like. "
35 seconds in and you make an inexcusable error! Boris and Natasha were NOT Russian. They were from Pottsylvania.
They were also never rushin'. I seem to recall they either shuffled or moseyed more than anything.
Sheesh, I know. Everybody knows that!
Yes! For listing 10 SHOCKING facts. They didn’t get the obvious one.
Interesting yes, shocking no.
The "shock" value was like the shows Pacific Island. Nothing Atoll
Clever, what about Bikini Atoll
It took me YEARS to get the joke about the name “Pericles Bonassis.” Even after Jackie O married Aristotle Onassis.
Don't feel bad.I didn't get it 'til just now!
He was a shipping magnate, like the real one. They were trying to explain something to him and he wasn't getting it. Bullwinkle said, "For a big magnate, you don't pick-up things very well!"
You have no idea how much I laughed when I first encountered the opera _Boris Gudonov!_
How about the "Kerwood Derby?"
Highly recomend reading The Moose that roared. The Jay Scott and Bill Ward story to know the full story of the creators. They created lots more cereal mascots than just Cap'n Crunch ( Horatio Crunch BTW). Many shows they created after as well.
Watch the documentary Of Moose and Men
I used to like Hector Heathcoat.
I was in High School in the early 60's but really enjoyed the great sarcasm and loved the way Boris and Natasha said they had to get "Moose and Squirrel"~! What a great show and it will live forever as one of the best ever. This animation here seemed quite different from what I remember. Thanks for this.
You and I are of the same generation--we had intelligence as well as a great sense of humor(we were also very modest.)
"But of course, Natasha!"
"Whats-A-Madda-U" The University where they played football.
HOO-RA!
Actually, it was Wossamatta U.
@@johntiggleman4686 yes you are correct...I didn't know how it was spelled.
@@virginagobetz4756 were you in the Marine Corps? I was in from 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77. I started at Parris Island on to Camp LeJeune, then sent to Okinawa Camp Foster, and back to Camp LeJeune to the same Battalion I was in the 1st time I was stationed at Camp LeJeune H&S Bn, 2nd Force Service Support Group. Semper Fi
@@johntiggleman4686 Did their football team ever have a mascot/name? Maybe Wossamatta U. Nuts?
10 Facts. (delete the word "shocking").
Nonetheless, interesting. Enjoyed the show as a kid.
After all these decades, I finally 'get moose and squirrel'...
yrs ago,I work as a surgical assistant at a private clinic,one of the doctors a Russian,decided to hire a fellow countryman as an assistant... the hired assistant had a deep Russian accent,l couldn't help it,being l was the office clown... l the asked the aforementioned to say "Get Moose & Squirrel!!!" she complied,she didn't get it but that was alright bc LMAO!!!
How about not saying "shocking facts" when they were not shocking? Too many TH-cam video producers use it as a come-on. A few were interesting but not shocking. .
Shocking, although he didn't mention it, is that both "Moose & Squirrel" performed sans pants.
If they didn't lie, maybe I would up-click, subscribe, and get notifications. (Not really.)
John Tiggleman and we adopted two cats, brother and sister, who were named after the show’s characters. :-)
They were our Boris and Natasha. We loved them lots.
I'm in complete agreement with you, John.
Boris was'nt all evil. He just had fun making trouble. Natasha would scold him.
Let's not overlook WIlliam Conrad's narration skills. The original Marshal Matt Dillon on radio and much later in his own show--Cannon--as detective Frank Cannon.
My personal favorite voice actors are both Hans Conried and Edward Everett Horton both with long careers as screen actors in their own right.
EE Horton's voice was melodious and calming.
William Conrad played Nero Wolfe( an obese armchair detective). He said it was heaven compared to Canon where he would hit his head getting in and out of the car.
Frostbite Falls was a stand in for International Falls often the coldest place in the continental US.
Natasha Fatale and Rocky were voiced by June Foray, some people called her the female Mel Blanc, but other people said Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.
June also did the voices for Witch Hazel and Granny for Looney Tunes.
"How do you like to go up in a swing, up in the air so blue?..." A child's introduction to the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson.
I remember Bullwinkle destroying "The Village Smithy."
I always thought it was set in Canada, especially because of Dudley Do-Right. As a kid, it didn’t really occur to me that Boris and Natasha were Russians. That makes it even funnier watching it as an adult! 😹😹😹
Well they're not actually Russians, they're from a fictional country called Pottsylvania
Dudley Do Right! I grew up with all those characters! That's when Saturday cartoons were clean and fun! Thank goodness for DVDs!
i liked them all but being 5 years old in 59 didn't understand a lot of the humor.
watched them years later being an adult and liked them even more.
I remember they would make puns that I could tell were supposed to be jokes, but they flew over my head.
The thing where they got buried and then sprouted up was so Wierd. I didn't know what to think of that. I'm still not sure...
It actually didn't stop at the children pulling the knobs off the sets . . . the Bullwinkle puppet attempted to mollify the situation the following week after the complaints started filing in by addressing the children to simply glue the knobs back on, "and make sure they stick." _Then_ the puppet was dropped.
The creators once did an hour long summer special with live comedians but the same crazy humor. My friend & I laughed ourselves sick over it. Would love to find a recording.
I loved all episodes of rocky & Bullwinkle
Even though they were all repeats by the time I watched them in the 80s
A funny thing is that "Rocky and Bullwinkle" replaced ANOTHER cartoon show on Saturday mornings, "Crusader Rabbit", which was ALSO produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott
T loved "Crusader Rabbit"as well as Rags the tiger.
@@virginagobetz4756 Saturday morning: 6 am was "Modern Farmer". At 7am came Crusader Rabbit. Many, many. One day, 7am, NO Crusader Rabbit! Got, instead, Rocky and Bullwinkle! OUTRAGE! Pissed off little kid! Them actually started WATCHING, and decided I could live with the change. Fan ever since
@@mikegrossberg8624 I remember getting up early to watch "Modern Farmer" too! Why I did, I just don't know.
@@mkendallpk4321 Because it was the only thing on at that time, and a little kid who was wide awake had to watch SOMETHING to keep him quiet. Waking up the parents, for anything other than a genuine "emergency", was NOT conducive to continued good health
@@mikegrossberg8624 My father would agree on that one. I used the line" not conducive to continued good health" on my beloved children.
So R&B foil Boris again and he says 14 episodes of work down the drain! I am here because I am watching the box set. all visuals here SE 1, somewhere around E14, disc 3. I did not know voiceover by Frank Cannon. And the real Bullwinkle. And at Jay Ward World Headquarters there was always a well stocked ice cream fountain. Jay always thought that if work was fun, there cartoons would be fun.
Though it was never said that Boris and Natasha were Russian, though we all knew it. Soviets hated show , and even try to get it pulled in Japan. Show was funny. I remember when Captn Crunch came out. Still funny now
But Fearless Leader, Boris and Natasha's boss, looked like a German.
TV stations, near the Canadian border never aired Dudley Dooright for fear of offending Canadians. Dudley was a moronic Mountie after all.
@@danielcobbins9050 I grew up in Detroit, and remember Dudley Dooright airing here.
@@danielcobbins9050 Well, it aired in Canada but we're too polite to be easily offended. DD was my fave segment.
Today’s Cap’n Crunch is nothing like yesteryear’s. Smaller, and less tasty. I liked Quake, but not as much as Quisp.
I just remembered how much I loved Cap'n Crunch. Would eat it as candy. Must have been very bad for you.
Correction: Natasha Fatale & Boris Badenov, the two primary villains of the show, were from Pottsylvania, not Russia as you stated in your intro. Granted Pottsylvania was a parody of a Cold War era eastern European country. Their accents certainly sounded Russian, but they often threw in German words, so it could have a parody of East Germany.
Heck, as you were talking, you even showed a scene with where there was a sign saying "Welcome to Pottsylvania", so I'm not sure how you didn't put that together.... 😋
Yes, Fearless Leader came off to me as German.
I always thought they were married.
Thank you for that fact! Loved to know more interesting facts about the show with people like you posting 🎉
Yes, Pottsylvanian. Of course, Boris's cry of defeat was "Raskolnikov!" who was the central character in Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment." And yes, Fearless Leader did have a kind of World War II Germain air about him. But the Nazis morphed into the Commies pretty easily in Hollywood during those days.
Fearless Leader had a monocle and a very vaguely German nazi uniform. Pottsylvania was not the Soviet Union.
When I first went to the Soviet Union, though, we came out of customs in Leningrad, got on the bus, and the resident director introduced our two guides/handlers. Boris and Natasha. The bus cracked up, and the look on the director’s face was priceless - how could he explain that?
Rocky and Bullwinkle is probably my all time favorite cartoon
I loved both Rocky & Bullwinkle and Captain Crunch cereal but never recognized the connection, although I may have eaten one while watching the other. Also enjoyed the side cartoons within the main show...Dudley Do-Right with Nell and Snidely Whiplash; Sherman and Mr. Peabody; and also Fractured Fairy Tales.
Don't forget Aesop and Son, Bullwinkle's Corner, and Mr. Know-It-All.
Jay Ward & Alex Anderson lived in Berkeley. The Peanuts specials were also made by Bay Area residents like Charles Schulz , the producer & the music. Two of the best shows of the 60's.
Fan mail from some flounder?
No! This is what I really call a message!
I loved that line!
@@oluhamilton2121 Also "Eenie, Meenie, Chili Beanie...the spirits are about to speak!"
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Are they friendly spirits?
Friendly? Just listen!
Paul Frees is also the narrator inside the Disney park's Haunted House....."of course there's always my way out"...
Like the PeeWee Herman Show, Rocky & Bullwinkle is a sophisticated show that adults of all ages can enjoy!
Jay Ward had a Studio with store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The Dudley Do-Right Emporium sold your choice of clothing of ANY Ward character, including Biology Hooper.
The Snidley Whiplash Left Hand corner was everything a SouthPaw needed!!