The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show (during season 1 and 2 still Rocky & His Friends called, and also broadcast as The Bullwinkle Show) is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward Productions. The series has a total of 163 episodes, 5 seasons with that of 19 november 1959 to 27 June 1964 were broadcast. Initially onABC, and later on NBC.

Each episode is made up of several loose movies. Most of an episode consists of movies that run to the anthropomorphic Moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky, where also the series its name. Other movies include Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties, Peabody's Improbable History and Fractured Fairy Tales. The series was because of the language humor, satire and self-mockery both children and adults are popular, and has since built up a cult following the original broadcast. There are multiple feature films made based on the segments of the series. The series has also inspired many later animated series, including The Simpsons and Rocko's Modern Life .



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[hide] *1 Plot  ==Plot[ Edit] ==
 * 2 Background
 * 3 film adaptations
 * 4 other media
 * 5 external links
 * Rocky & Bullwinkle
 * The main sequence within the series. Of this series come in every episode 2 segments for. Central are the characters Rocket "Rocky" j. Squirrel, a flying squirrel which is always a pilots helm, and Bullwinkle j. Moose, a not very smart moose. Both live in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls (based on the real International Falls), Minnesota.The duo gets settled to stick with a group of villains Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale consisting of the spies, headed by Mr. Big and Fearless Leader (the dictator of the fictional Pottsylvania country).

The episodes are no self-contained stories, as normally was usual for animation series, but are part of a larger storyline that spans multiple episodes, equal to many old film series and radiohoorspellen. So took the first story line, Jet Fuel Formula called, 20 episodes to complete. The movies end up because of this Setup almost always with a Cliffhanger.
 * Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties
 * a parody of the northern-Gabrielle that especially in film series was popular from the early 20th century. Main character in these movies is the Mountie Dudley Do-Right.Each episode he hunts on his nemesis Snidely Whiplash (a stereotypical villain dressed in black clothes, top hat and with a big mustache).


 * Peabody's Improbable History
 * A series on the gifted, talking dog Mr. Peabody and Sherman the orphan boy (about who has the guardianship Peabody). Each episode visits the two with the time machine invented by Mr. Peabody WABAC (pronounced "way-back") notable people and events from the past, and show how this event in question would be "real" gone, contrary to what the history books say. Often, the persons in question total not motivated and they must actively by Peabody and Sherman are urged to fulfill their task in history.


 * Fractured Fairy Tales
 * film versions of well-known fairy tales, but often with strong modernizations and drastic changes in the story.


 * Aesop & Son
 * same set up as Fractured Fairy Tales, but with well-known Fables.


 * Bullwinkle's Corner
 * a second series of short films about Bullwinkle j. Moose. Each episode he tries to teach the public what culture by well-known poems and rhymes for bear, but screwing up this always humorously.


 * Mr. Know-it-all
 * again with Bullwinkle in the lead role. In these movies does he himself as an expert on everything.


 * Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club
 * in which Rocky and Bullwinkle without success trying to start a fan club, of which only they and their enemies eventually join.


 * The World of Commander McBragg
 * A series in which the character Commander McBragg reinterprets historical events according to our discretion.

During the years that the series was broadcast on NBC, live-action episodes were introduced by a section with a Bullwinkle-pop. In these mishaps were among other celebrities and recent events ridiculed. This part was later dropped. ==Background[ Edit] == The idea for the series came from Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, who previously had worked together to Crusader Rabbit. The original plan was to make a series about a group of forest animals that make up a television channel running, but that plan was scrapped.

The name of the character Bullwinkle came from a car dealer in Berkeley, called Bull shop Motors. Ward wanted to produce the series in Los Angeles, but lived in San Francisco, Anderson, who was not willing to move.Therefore hired Ward voice actor Bill Scott in as co-producer and script writer. He focused mainly on the Rocky & Bullwinkle-movies. Other writers for the series were Allan Burns and Chris Hayward.

Production of the series began in February 1958 with a pilot episode titled Rocky the Flying Squirrel. The first voice actors who were cast in the series were June Foray, Paul Frees, Bill Scott, and William Conrad. Eight months later, General Mills signed a contract to provide financial support to the series, on condition that the series would be broadcast at the end of the afternoon and would be mainly aimed at children. Dancer, Fitzgerald, & Sample, the Ad Agency for General Mills, also settled a animation studio in Mexico called Gamma Productions S.A. de c.v. for the production. General Mills was hoping reducing production costs by the character work in Mexico to have it done, but this decision led to many problems. Bill Scott was not so happy with the quality of the artwork that made the Mexican artists, which regularly hosts mark errors (such as colors that suddenly in the middle of a scene change) came in for.

Although the series contained the necessary slapstickelements that especially children also claims the series focus on adults, Ward wanted. Especially the language jokes, puns and parodies of well-known media that prevent in the series were intended especially for older viewers.

The series was first broadcast on 19 november 1959 on ABC under the title Rocky and His Friends. On ABC were the episodes still in black and white. The series was quickly here best viewed afternoon program. On 24 september 1961 took the series on NBC, and was switched to episodes in color. ABC broadcast repeats of the series remained until 1973. However, the series on NBC had to compete with Lassie, making the ratings sank. In 1964, put an end to the series. In the following years, the series was still often repeated, under anderer on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

<p lang="en" len="88" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the 1970s, was tried to breathe new life into the series, but to no avail. ==Film Adaptations<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="76" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series has spawned several movies, both live-action and animation:

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 * Boris and Natasha: The Movie, a live-action film about the two spies, produced in 1992.
 * Dudley Do-Right, a 1999 feature film based on the Dudley Do-Right-movies. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker and Alfred Molina.
 * The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle: a feature film from 2000, which computer animation combines with live-action.
 * Mr. Peabody & Sherman: a computer from 2014, based on the Peabody's Improbable History-movies.
 * There are several comic series based on the series, including a newspaper strip that was published from 1962 to 1965, and comic series published by Dell Comics, Gold Key Comics, Charlton Comics and Star Comics (a branch of Marvel Comics).
 * There are 2 video games based on the series: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends of THQ and Rocky and Bullwinkle of Zen Studios.
 * In 1999, Mattel Hot Wheels-a special series on the market based on the series.