Here's everything we need to know about "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.

[abqtommy]

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I was 10 years old when I first saw Rocky and Bullwinkle in 1959. At school we traded jokes and puns and the show had a big impact on the development of our age group. After all, governments and politicians come and go but Rocky and Bullwinkle endure.

From article: "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and NBC television networks.

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Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the series is structured as a variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic flying squirrel Rocket J. ("Rocky&quot Squirrel and moose Bullwinkle J. Moose. The main antagonists in most of their adventures are the two Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, both working for the Nazi-like dictator Fearless Leader. Supporting segments include "Dudley Do-Right" (a parody of old-time melodrama), "Peabody's Improbable History" (a dog named Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman traveling through time), and "Fractured Fairy Tales" (classic fairy tales retold in comic fashion), among others.

Rocky and Bullwinkle is known for quality writing and wry humor. Mixing puns, cultural and topical satire, and self-referential humor, it appealed to adults as well as children. It was also one of the first cartoons whose animation was outsourced; storyboards were shipped to Gamma Productions, a Mexican studio also employed by Total Television. The art has a choppy, unpolished look and the animation is extremely limited even by television animation standards at the time, yet the series has long been held in high esteem by those who have seen it; some critics described the series as a well-written radio program with pictures."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_and_Friends

There's a lot more text at the link but you get the idea, I'm sure. Enjoy!

[The Blue Flower]

1. The very, very best

I was 10 in 1959, too, and I was hooked from the first episode. Funny thing was, so was my dad.

[FuzzyRabbit]

2. My dad liked it more than I did.

I was 13 in 1959, and thought the show was kind of lame. My dad loved it. I wonder if there are videos of those shows so I can revisit them.

[FuzzyRabbit]

4. I just checked my library.

They have several seasons of Rocky and Bullwinkle DVDs that I or anyone can check out.

Also, Amazon has the complete series on DVD.

[msongs]

3. beat the heck out of the flintstones, which is unwatchable today...for me nt

[abqtommy]

8. + 100 Yup...

[Goonch]

5. ;-{)

[Bayard]

6. I used to watch it

I remember my brother putting one of my mom's old cone shaped bras on his head, and pretending he was Rocky.

[keithbvadu2]

7. They had two levels of humor, kid/adult, in the same material.

They had two levels of humor, kid/adult, in the same material.

Great show!

[Rebl2]

15. I remember

watching it in my late twenties a few times and realizing the adult humor that of course went right over my head as a child in the ‘60’s.

[Deminpenn]

25. The Ruby Yacht of Omar Kayyam

and Whatsamatter U.

[Nictuku]

9. I remember watching it when I was a kid

It must have been reruns I remember, because I would have been only 3 in 1964, and I doubt I would remember things when I was that young.

My favorite TV program as a kid was "I Love Lucy". I liked the Flintstones too, but didn't like the cartoons that had a lot of violence in them. Saturday Morning Cartoons was a big thing for us kids.

[Demovictory9]

10. Mr. Peabody related to a turtle that sent them home?

I recall a turtle

[csziggy]

13. You're probably thinking of Tooter Turtle

Mr. Wizard would send him home with a little jingle.

Tooter Turtle

Tooter Turtle is a cartoon about a turtle that first appeared on TV in 1960, as a segment of the King Leonardo and His Short Subjects program. "Tooter Turtle" debuted on NBC, on Saturday, October 15, 1960, and ran for 39 original episodes through July 22, 1961.[1] These episodes were later rerun as backups on other cartoon shows,[2] but no more original episodes were made.

Plot

The plots followed the same general format.[3][4] Tooter (voiced by Allen Swift) calls on his friend Mr. Wizard the Lizard (voiced by Sandy Becker), an anthropomorphic lizard wearing a wizard cone hat, a robe, and pince-nez eyeglasses. Mr. Wizard lived in a tiny cardboard box at the base of a tall tree. The introductory segment had Tooter knocking on the cardboard box, having "another favor to ask." From inside the box, Mr. Wizard would shrink Tooter small enough to enter through the box's front door and invite him in. Mr. Wizard has the magic to change Tooter's life to some other destiny, usually sending him back in time and to various locales.

As Tooter is fulfilling his destiny, Mr. Wizard narrates the story. When Tooter's trip finally became a catastrophe, Tooter would request help with a cry of "Help me, Mr. Wizard, I don't want to be X any more!" where X was whatever destiny Tooter had entered. Mr. Wizard would then rescue Tooter with the incantation, "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome; time for this one to come home."[5] Then, Mr. Wizard would always give Tooter the same advice: "Be just what you is, not what you is not. Folks what do this has the happiest lot."

More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooter_Turtle

[pressbox69]

22. Sandy Becker

The voice of the Wizard, went on to voice the original Captain America on Marvel Super Heroes (1966)

[cloudbase]

11. Cold war cartoons.

It was fun when I watched as a child, but much better to watch as an adult.

[wnylib]

20. Definitely Cold War

with Boris and Natasha Badenov.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

12. William Conrad...

'nuff said.

[2naSalit]

14. That show was a staple in our house.

I liked the shorts they had too. It was one of the best shows I can recall from back in those days.

[dhol82]

16. I LOVED Mr. Peabody and his way-back machine!

I loved Edward Everett Horton narrating Fractured Fairytales.
The whole show was fabulous!
My personal feeling was that it was geared to adults but with a subversive childlike animation. It totally helped me get through my teenage years.

What’s Amatta U!

[Marcus Pullarius]

17. Jay Ward Productions were ground breaking,

Jay Ward did not speak down to children and recognized us as an audience that could appreciate satire. Earlier than Rocky and Bullwinkle was Crusader Rabbit and his side kick Ragland T. Tiger (one of my earliest memories of TV land). There was also Fractured Flickers, which were silent classic films dubbed by Ward's stable of voice actors and Hosted by the inimitable Hans Conried. Absolutely hysterically funny to those of us born between silent movies and color TV. Then the rebirth of Rocky and Friends , I believe that was the introduction of Dudley Do-Right. And then came George of the Jungle a magnificent effort but his audience seemed to have moved on to the psychedelic revolution leaving poor Jay Ward without an audience. He has (or maybe had) a small museum in Hollywood.

[CloudWatcher]

21. the emporium

You're remembering the gift shop, aka the Dudley Do-Right Emporium. Sadly gone as of 2014. It was right next door to the studio.

https://www.seeing-stars.com/Shop2/DudleyDoRight.shtml

[NNadir]

18. It was my introduction to wit in literature.

When I was a kid, I thought it high art. I still do.

[Blue Owl]

19. ...And now here's something you'll REALLY like!

[DBoon]

23. fanmail from the flounder

[area51]

24. Hey Rocky! (6 min)