The Bullwinkle Show intro

The intro from the 1961 season also used in the syndication episodes from The Program Exchange.

[@1aundulxaldin]

Jay Ward, the master of destroying hundreds of Light-bulbs.

[@Keven19741]

I liked the exploding lights graphics on The Bullwinkle Show intro and closing!

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

they need to be showing these reruns on cartoon network channel cuz who would have ever thought of a moose and a squirrel? absolutely TIMELESS.....

[@susanfit47]

Believe it or not, Nickelodeon showed this opening for about their first week or so of airing R&B. They then switched to their special "Moose-a-Rama" opening.

[@susanfit47]

The program itself began as Rocky and His Friends and ran for two years as an afternoon program on ABC from 1959 to 1961, before moving to prime time on NBC on Sunday evenings in the fall of that same year, changing its title to The Bullwinkle Show. It retained that title when it moved to Sunday afternoons and then Saturday mornings after its single season/year in prime time. Syndicated reruns of the program then ran on ABC from 1964 until 1973, then on local stations, and then again on NBC in 1981-1982 and returned to prime time - on CBS in 1991. Despite the different title and various airing times (and networks), the program remained pretty much the same throughout its run, and the collective 4 seasons of original programs/series/shows are often together referred to as The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. They are currently available on DVD under still another title, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.

[@johnhourigan6049]

Love this theme song -- it’s still a worm hole in my head, and it takes me back to watching it in reruns on snowy TV channels.

[@rickysaenz676]

The most underrated cartoon shows in history

[@susanfit47]

The Bullwinkle Show is an expanded prime time edition of Rocky and His Friends, which had aired previously on ABC's afternoon line-up Tuesdays and Thursdays. Episodes produced specifically for the show were screened along with two new features, "Aesop & Son" and "Dudley Do-Right Of The Mounties." The show ran for 3 seasons in prime-time with original episodes. NBC ran repeats on Saturday morning during the 1963-64 season. It was shopped to ABC, but they were not interested. However, in 1964 the repeats moved to ABC on Sunday mornings at 11:00am, where it aired through 1973, at which time the series went into syndication. It returned on NBC in the fall of 1981 at 12:30pm on Saturday Afternoons, and ran just that season until September 11, 1982. It returned in prime time for a two-week run on CBS in 1991 (the 4-episode arc "The Last Angry Moose") as part of Toon-Nite as a summer replacement, On cable, the show had extended runs on Nickelodeon (1992-1996, under the title Bullwinkle's Moose-a-Rama), Cartoon Network (1996-2002, under the title The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), Boomerang (2002-2005), WGN America (2009), and Boomerang (2013).

[@fromthesidelines]

Actually, "Aesop & Son" was introduced as a temporary replacement for 'Fractured Fairy Tales" on "ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS" in the fall of 1960 {General Mills insisted on it, but Jay prevailed, and the "Fairy Tales" segments eventually returned, with BOTH appearing on "THE BULLWINKLE SHOW"}.

[@9386AliG]

I remember watching this intro back in the early 2000’s. Brings back memories.

[@Super_Mario128]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was more or less The Simpsons of it's day, a prime time animated cartoon for adults like The Flintstones and the Warner Bros movie shorts.

[@jamesborlan2850]

waterfieldV I agree the show worked because of its fantastic use of wordplay and it’s occasional satire on the typical Saturday morning cartoons at the time

[@jimbo97]

True. After all, The Flintstones was originally sponsored by Winston cigarettes (with animated inserts of Fred and Wilma enjoying their Winstons).

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I wish they didn't pause too quickly at the end and remove the little odd smirk Bullwinkle gives to the camera.

[@GroverKent]

I love the Program Exchange's syndication package. Really wish these Bullwinkle Show titles could have been included on the DVD sets: I would have loved to see these properly restored - I'm sure the colors would have been spectacular.

[@ZakWolf]

Oh yes. Music rights wouldn't have been an issue; Fred Steiner, whose music is used on the DVD sets, wrote this theme song, so they should've included this on the Seasons 3 to 5 DVD sets. But then they'd have to try and cover up that "BULLWINKLE SHOW" sign Bullwinkle holds up with the "Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends" logo...

[@williamdunphy352]

I don't know why they didn't use Fred Steiner's music on the DVD's. I never liked the DVD version of them.

[@9386AliG]

Me too! I loved watching these cartoons when I was a kid.

[@tedmcintosh941]

Yeah, me too!!!

[@ZakWolf]

@@williamdunphy352, the DVD music IS Fred Steiner's music. Due to rights issues, they used them to replace Frank Cornstock's music on the first two seasons (the "Rocky and His Friends" era.)

[@Musicradio77Network]

This show was first aired on NBC back in 1961. It was on Sunday nights at 7 PM when it was followed by Walt Disney's "Wonderful World of Color" at 7:30 PM. These two shows lasted for about 2 years in prime time until this show moved to Saturday mornings. It was sponsored by General Mills cereals.

[@jimbo97]

I remember Bullwinkle followed Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (with Marlin Perkins). :-)

[@kurttoy5035]

I recall when Bullwinkle was followed by a show called Exploring, an educational offering hosted by Dr. Albert R. Hibbs and featuring the Paul and Mary Ritts puppets.

[@arqivist2077]

Seeking a separate video of a Bullwinkle bumper: Bullwinkle, dressed as a conductor, drops a quarter into a jukebox and "orchestrates" the Bullwinkle Show theme...

[@brucemcgee2281]

I RAN Bullwinkle on a TV station back in the 1970's.

[@jermainemack]

NBC's 1981-1982 Saturday Morning Line Up 7:30am The Flintstone Comedy Show 8:30am The Smurfs 9:30am The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! 10:30am Space Stars 11:30am Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends 12:00pm The Daffy/Speedy Show 12:30pm The Bullwinkle Show

[@VancouverTVGuy]

In Canada, I saw episodes of the Bullwinkle Show on Teletoon that had the 1996 Universal Television Enterprises logo (which just read "UNIVERSAL" across the globe with no other text on it) at the end of each episode, which would indicate that Universal had the TV distribution rights to the Bullwinkle Show at the time.

[@jdollinter]

My Dad used to cook us breakfast on Sundays after Mass and I remember reading the Sunday paper and watching Bullwinkle with my older siblings. A lot of the humor was over my head at the time but I enjoyed watching it all the same, especially the Fractured Fairy Tales. Bullwinkle must of been in syndication by this time, (mid to late sixties?)

[@Jh49er]

It was rerun by ABC ON SUNDAY morning from 1964 to 1973

[@JerryM69]

I remember my brother and I used to get up at literally 5am on Sunday mornings just to watch the reruns. The way I remember it it aired in syndication 1981-about 1985. At least that's when we originally watched it. Shame they don't air this on network TV anymore. They need to bring this show to classic TV channels like MeTV and Sundance. This should be back on CN and Boomerang. None of the streaming apps have it either, just the newer ones from 2018-19.

[@shawnmcculley2995]

This is the theme song I remember the most. You can pretty much only hear it on the VHS version of re-runs.

[@RingoandCarlin]

I remember that intro on an old tape that my dad recorded.

[@minionfan1024]

Rocky and Bullwinkle 2014 I heard Tom Kenny was played the voice of Bullwinkle.

[@cd637299]

No. This was originally in color from 1961 when NBC (which had color shows, including "Bullwinkle") ran this on Sunday evenings. ABC reran it on Sunday mornings, in color, with this opening, from 1964-73. The original copyright on this clip showed 1961, but the frame was frozen briefly in syndication to show the 1987/1990 deal in bottom left.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I remember it from the mid 80's myself. In those days they would be film prints that TV stations would run on a projector in real-time as the show aired.

[@MadameSomnambule]

This kinda reminds me of the end credits I've seen when I watched Rocky and Bullwinkle on Boomerang in around 2003 or 2004. I don't remember which intro was used in that syndication though, or if an intro was shown at all.

[@susanfit47]

The Bullwinkle Show has aired in repeats on all different local stations of Fox (Fox Kids), independent channels, UPN, The WB, and the original big 3 networks (NBC, ABC & CBS) during its 43 year (1973-2016) syndicated run.

[@timmy-the-ute2725]

Used to watch this before Bonanza.

[@jimbo97]

Sunday nights on NBC. But between them was Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. :-)

[@DaveWollenberg]

It's GREAT to see that MeToo has picked up the rights to air it, 10PM central time, Monday-Friday. Catch it, if you can!

[@jeffmissinne3866]

To IOPH3 Michael Badger: The "THE" is missing because someone hit the freeze-frame a little too soon. It's supposed to be inside Bullwinkle's top hat. Look closely and you'll see Bullwinkle's hat is still "scrunched" at the freeze-frame. The "THE" would appear a fraction of a second later when the hat returns to shape.

[@yosefdemby8792]

+Jeff Missinne Do you know where I can find that clip? I have to know! Sorry if I sound demanding.

[@jeffmissinne3866]

+Yosef Demby Wish I did know! You might look elsewhere on You Tube or Dailymotion to see if someone has posted another version derived from an old 16mm print.

[@susanfit47]

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle was what the actual R&B shorts were called in 1987 when The Program Exchange started the packaged version that aired on syndicated, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, WGN America and back to Boomeran throughout the 90's, 2000's and into the very early 2010's.

[@siennagalloway8235]

Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!

[@russellpavlov1343]

used to watch Rocky & Bullwinkle when it was in syndication (WYTV, Youngstown) on Saturday mornings when i was a kid.

[@dynagravitomagnetic]

Back in 1961 this was in black and white. What we are looking at is a rehash in color that was probably done in 1965. The first edits were very long and drawn out because the pace was very slow in those days. By modern standard these would need to be edited to get the entire show of twenty minutes condensed into seven.

[@mrpapafunky7879]

this is the intro i wanted to see.it came on at 6am and that was it.pretty good i was always sleepy tho

[@mergendeiler]

Watching the DVDs with that tacky "Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" logo (which doesn't match the original artwork) pasted on, you sure do miss this snazzy opening.

[@susanfit47]

I been watching this syndicated version of The Bullwinkle Show since 1990 when they reran it on my Fox affiliate WTTG Channel 5 in D.C. on early Saturday Mornings from 1990 to 1991, on CBS as part of Toon Nite on prime time on affiliate WUSA in D.C. in 1991, on WTAT Channel 24 in S.C. during the early to mid 90's and on WGN America in 1993, and from April 18 to September 26 in 2009.

[@siennagalloway8235]

I used to watch this when I was a baby. I'm 13 now. I turned 13 yesterday.

[@sCulturefan]

This is the Bullwinkle intro I remember from when WTTG/5 in DC ran the show during the summer months in the early-mid 80s; in contrast, WBFF/45 in Baltimore ran the 15-minute “Rocky Show” in the mornings with the calliope intro during this period

[@Jiltedin2007]

I remembered watching this most on Sunday Mornings on ABC during the the early 70's here in Los Angeles when they weren't showing The NBA Game of the Week.

[@DreamDancer82]

I love those high kicks. Always cracked me up because of Bullwinkle's skinny legs. I saw the show when I was a kid, but I didn't get the humor, because not only did it go over my head, but it was also dated (it was the early 1990's when I first saw this show).

[@susanfit47]

I always love watching the Rocky and Bullwinkle on TV since syndication, Nickelodeon as Bullwinkle’s Moose-a-Rama, Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang, as The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Vh1 Classic as The Rocky Show.

[@booberry349]

Love the part when Bullwinkle does the dance very hilarious

[@fromthesidelines]

Except for the newer copyright (the original was in "Ward-P.A.T."'s name), this is the same as the original. There was originally a "freeze frame" on the title [at :17] for about five seconds, which segued into a sponsor I.D. {"Brought to you by the 'BIg G' cereals of General Mills..."}, followed by the transition at :18.

[@booberry349]

the part where bullwinkle does the dance is so funny

[@jimbo97]

This is the opening that I remember when it was first broadcast on NBC. The exciting music with the "showbiz" theme of spotlights, etc. And no hint of Rocky (who I always thought was Bullwinkle's sidekick instead of the other way around... after all it was "The Bullwinkle Show"). :-) Didn't Hans Conried do the voice of Dudley Do-Right?

[@jimbo97]

Who did the voice of Bullwinkle? I always thought he was doing an impression of Red Skelton's Clem Kaddidlehopper character.

[@fromthesidelines]

BILL SCOTT.

[@ZakWolf]

Actually, Hans Conried voiced Snidley Whiplash!

[@chuckschwartz1661]

The theme was composed by Fred Steiner, previously known for his theme for Perry Mason (a jazz piece Steiner composed early in the 1950s called "Park Avenue Beat")

[@jimbo97]

@@chuckschwartz1661 how was Fred related to Max Steiner, noted movie music composer?

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

"The Bullwinkle Show. Copyright 1961."

[@waynepeters5948]

does anyone know of any link to captain Wrongway peachfuzz?

[@jmarx_live]

Bullwinkle was on KTVU channel 2 in Oakland at 8am after Cartoon Town...a festival of all-time favorite cartoon characters. Good times.

[@susanfit47]

I first watched Rocky & Bullwinkle reruns under this syndicated "The Bullwinkle Show" title using The Program Exchange's masters on WTTG in the D.C./Maryland area in the early 90's, from 1990 to at least 1991. I also watched it on cable on extended reruns on Nickelodeon (as Bullwinkle's Moose-a-Rama) in 1992 to 1996, Cartoon Network (as The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show) from 1996 to 2001, WGN America (now News Nation) in 2009, and on Boomerang from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2011 until 2013.

[@susanfit47]

ABC aired The Bullwinkle Show reruns for 9 years/seasons from 1964 until September 1973, at which time the program went into off-network syndicated reruns. The show would return home to NBC almost a decade later in 1981 after being in syndication for 8 years up to that point, and ran just that season until 1982. It returned in prime time for a two-week run on CBS in April 17, to July 11, 1991 (the 4-episode arc Toon-Nite).

[@booberry349]

they should had placed this on the DVD instead of the other bullwinkle theme this one is the one i grew up with and is funnier

[@superleviathan]

I've never seen this updated 1990 Bullwinkle Show intro before. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network made their own proprietary intros for R&B and Boomerang and the old Disney videotapes had no intro at all.

[@JerryM69]

I really miss this intro! :( Why isn't this on the DVDs?

[@susanfit47]

I watch this updated 1990 syndicated version of The Bullwinkle Show using The Program Exchange's masters, when they aired it on Fox on WTTG/5 in D.C./Maryland in the start of the 90s, CBS ((the 4-episode arc "The Last Angry Moose") as part of Toon-Nite as a midseason replacement show in 1991), Nickelodeon, WTAT 24 in S.C. later the early to mid 90's, Cartoon Network, WGN America and on Boomerang. But now, I watch it on both video and DVD formats.

[@ferociousgumby]

I never quite understood this. Whatever happened to Rocky? Didn't he used to have top billing?

[@728huey]

He did when the original series came out, It was called "Rocky and His Friends", and the opening credits was the same theme but in a different key and meant to sound like a circus theme. The reason Nickelodeon had their own custom into had to with copyright dispute issues between Jay Ward's family and the studio that obtained the rights from General Mills. The Ward family eventually won back the full rights, and all subsequent airings and DVD releases now refer to the cartoons as The Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Show.

[@9386AliG]

I used to watch the Bullwinkle show as a kid when it aired on TV every Sunday night. It would be the last cartoon of the night before I went to bed.

[@a2pha]

Yeah ... this is the opening I was looking for. Not the reboot.

[@susanfit47]

As in this Program Exchange syndication package of The Bullwinkle Show, as far I can know it's syndicated in the 80's, 90s, 2000's and the 2010s.

[@booberry349]

They should had this intro on the dvds this is what I had grown up on

[@clarencscoats3634]

I remember bullwinkle being on in the NYC area ,at 7:30am on channel 11 and some years later channel 5 at 6:30am, funny cartoon show!

[@Johnlindsey289]

Nickelodeon made me a fan 31 years ago at ten years old

[@Aggression-hc3yp]

Wasn’t there an opening where Bullwinkle had to try and catch Rocky with a pool of water?

[@jimbo97]

I think that was one of the short "interludes" between each cartoon segment, like the one of Bullwinkle mountain climbing and falling off, to be saved by Rocky.

[@heidiboyd8240]

Mr.Peabody and Sherman was on this show

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

Yes. And the movie was out already. Penny wasn't on the Rocky And Bullwinkle cartoon with them. She's new.

[@jonmeyer3076]

+Tommy Diaz-Millan I have a plan to make a movie featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle with Mr. Peabody, Sherman and Penny.

[@kaririley1588]

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[@kevinwollenweber340]

Oh how I miss these intros and the beautiful work that Jay Ward did. I guess we’ll never see these again because all the material is tied up in legal red tape right now. If someone would pay for the rights, boy, just think of the DVD or Blu-ray rollout of this show.

[@sonofretrotvluver]

Someday I want to see the two unsold pilots Jay Ward completed: Fang the Wonder? Dog and Hawkear--Frontier Scout.

[@alanstrong55]

Ii missed it on Sundays during its ABC run. Church was in progress. Did not have a Lyceum TV in our house.

[@susanfit47]

The syndicated version of The Bullwinkle Show is produced Jay Ward Productions, Gamma Productions, Producers Associates for Television and distributed by The Program Exchange, distributors of Underdog, Dudley Do-Right, Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show, Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, The Abbott & Costello Show, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Sport Billy, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Partridge Family, Woody Woodpecker, Garfield, Dennis the Menace Cartoons, Bill Cosby's Picture Pages, Jana of the Jungle, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Inch High, Private Eye, The Biskitts, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Devlin, The Roman Holidays, Sealab 2020, Space Kidettes and Young Samson, Sport Billy, Valley of the Dinosaurs, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Where's Huddles?, C.O.P.S., Sailor Moon, Around the World in 80 Days, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Brady Bunch, Mork & Mindy, The Odd Couple, Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, Family Ties, DinoBabies, Dinky Dog, The Beary Family, Yogi Bear & Friends, Captain N: The Game Master, Super Mario 3, Super Mario World, Dragon Ball Z, The Pink Panther Show, Coach, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Charles in Charles, The Super Mario Brothers Super Show!, The 80's Berenstain Bears, The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Drak Pack, Dragon Ball Z, Sylvanian Families, Archie’s Weird Mysteries, What’s New, Mr. Magoo?, The Harveytoons Show, Three's Company, Leave It To Beaver, Bosom Buddies, Dear John, Taxi, Webster, Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, The Addams Family, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!, 227, Benson, Gimmie A Break!, Just Shoot Me!, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Funniest Pets and People, and others.

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

This theme is so much better than the original Rocky and Bullwinkle theme.

[@bradroblling1223]

I bought the entire series box set it was worth it.

[@jimbo97]

In the end titles, who was "POSNEY BRITT"??

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Ponsonby Britt, O.B.E.

[@jimbo97]

O.B.E.?? W.T.F.?? Wikipedia sez: "According to page 135 of Keith Scott's book, "The Moose That Roared," Ponsonby Britt is a non-existent person. In 1959, Jay Ward and Bill Scott invented the name "Ponsonby Britt, Limited" as the new title of their corporation. Britt eventually became an "O.B.E." and retained in the cartoon's closing credits as an in-joke. Bill Scott was quoted as saying, "We had no executive producer, so, we made one up." Britt eventually became the executive producer credited for all Jay Ward productions; even a fake official biography for Britt was even crafted for promotional press releases." Sounds like they were having fun. :-)

[@tristangardner3889]

jimbo97 When Jay Ward and Bill Scott created and produced the series, they didn't have an executive producer, so they decided to make one up. I'm a huge Rocky and Bullwinkle fan, especially with the neon lights at the beginning and end of each episode. I know these sequences originally began in 1961 when Rocky and His Friends moved from ABC to NBC, but I always enjoyed the show in syndication. I hope there's a way to watch the 98-episode syndicated package online or something.

[@OBSInternational]

OBE = Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on June 4, 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of the order.

[@clintonearlwalker]

@RingoandCarlin I remember it from every Saturday morning when I was a kid.

[@kaririley1588]

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[@JerryM69]

@mergendeiler I totally agree! This should have been on the DVDs, at least for the third season.

[@mixedhairless]

This medley is haunting me………why………

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

This classic was on ilove lucy where ricky made lucy work hard to be on the show

[@gabycordova195]

👍🏻

[@ul7185]

0:21 BANG!

[@emmachavarria9361]

0:00 20th Century Fox.

[@angelfabianmesina6099]

Cool

[@elwoodblues6663]

fan mail from some flounder

[@contessakitty]

This was actually the original opening.

[@buckeyewill2166]

The satire in the cartoon was biting

[@AlanCanasToons]

Moose haz ze rizz wit da TV knobz

[@oliverG22-c3i]

Redo it on Vyond

[@jermainemack3660]

NBC's 1981-1982 Saturday Morning Line-Up 7:30AM The Flintstone Comedy Show 8:30AM The Smurfs 9:30AM The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! 10:30AM Space Stars 11:30AM Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends 12:00PM The Daffy/Speedy Show 12:30PM The Bullwinkle Show