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

Directors:

Gerard Baldwin
Frank Braxton
(more)

Writers:

George Atkins (writer)
Allan Burns (writer)
(more)

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:

Police Officer | Spoof | Mounted Police Officer | Time Travel | Moose

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)
Daws Butler	...	Aesop Jr. / Additional voices (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Scott	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerard Baldwin
Frank Braxton
Pete Burness
Sal Faillace
Paul Harvey
Jim Hiltz
William T. Hurtz
Lew Keller
Ted Parmelee
Gerald Ray		(as Gerry Ray)
Dun Roman
Bob Schleh
George Singer
Ernest Terrazas
John Walker
Rudy Zamora

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
George Atkins		writer
Allan Burns		writer
Chris Hayward		writer
Chris Jenkyns		1960-1964 (uncredited)
Ted Key		writer (uncredited)
Bill Scott		writer
Lloyd Turner		writer

Produced by
Ponsonby Britt	....	executive producer
Bud Gourley	....	producer: Gamma Productions
Peter Piech	....	producer: Producers Associates of Television
Bill Scott	....	producer
Jay Ward	....	producer

Original Music by
Dennis Farnon
Fred Steiner
George Steiner

Film Editing by
Skip Craig
Roger Donley
Ed Hansen

Art Department
Barbara Baldwin	....	artist
Sam Clayberger	....	artist
Adrienne Diamond	....	artist
Art Diamond	....	artist
Roy Morita	....	artist
Alan Shean	....	artist (as Al Shean)
Shirley Silvey	....	artist
Al Wilson	....	artist

Animation Department
William Henson	....	animator

Production Companies

• Bullwinkle Studios (restored version)
• Jay Ward Productions
• P.A.T.

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Video (1993) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1993) (laserdisc)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1961-1964) (USA) (TV)
• Producers Associates for Television (PAT)
• Sony Wonder (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• The Program Exchange

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:

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

Company:

Bullwinkle Studios

Trivia:

Jay Ward was a real estate agent with an MBA from Harvard when he began work on Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Quotes:

[Bulwinkle has been captured by government agents]
Rocky: Hey, what's the meaning of this?
Agent: Military intelligence. That phrase mean anything to you?
Rocky: It sounds like a contradiction of terms.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Imaginationland: Episode III (#11.12)" (2007)

Rocky and Bullwinkle go on an endless quest to stop Pottsylvanian spies Boris and Natasha.

These cartoons are great despite the primitive animation. I'm old enough to remember them in their first run but I really didn't get the political and social satire until I saw them in re-runs while I was in college. The extras like Dudley Doright and Fractured Fairy Tales are also terrific. Adults will probably get the humor of these cartoons more than children. There are hidden jokes in Rocky and Bullwinkle concerning a wide range of topics, running the gamut from the Cold War and Walt Disney to hernia exams at the draft board office. Fans of Warner Brothers cartoons will recognize June Fooray as not only the voice of Rocky and Natasha but also that of Granny and Witch Hazel.