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

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Directors:

Gerard Baldwin
Frank Braxton
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Writers:

George Atkins (writer)
Allan Burns (writer) (1961)
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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 5	12:00 AM	WGNAMER
Sun. July 12	12:00 AM	WGNAMER

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
Lew Keller
Ted Parmelee
Gerald Ray		(as Gerry Ray)
Dun Roman
Bob Schleh
George Singer
Ernest Terrazas
John Walker
Rudy Zamora
William T. Hurtz		(1961-1964) (as Bill Hurtz)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
George Atkins		writer
Allan Burns		writer (1961) (as Al Burns)
Chris Hayward		writer
Chris Jenkyns		writer (1961-1964)
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

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

Other Companies

• Gamma Productions  animation

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:

Production budgets and time restraints were so tight that many times when actors flubbed a line and ad-libbed around it, it was included in the finished cartoon. In one infamous incident, announcer William Conrad couldn't finish the closing lines to the episode with the time limits. Producer Jay Ward then had Conrad read the script once again, and set fire to the bottom of the script as he read. Conrad quickly finished the lines before the flames reached his fingers.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Rocket J. Squirrel: And now, here to tell you everything about anything is Mr. Know-It-All.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Date with an Angel (1987)

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.