Why Was This ONE Cartoon BANNED for 44 Years?

[@sunnyscott4876]

I am 75 years old now and my husband is 80. We STILL quote things from Rocky and Bullwinkle. That's how much of an impact the cartoon made on us.

[@carlodave9]

My wife and I will surely be doing that with the Simpsons.

[@donnariley2831]

"Yahaha!" (While twirling end of mustache😉)

[@fab3laundry]

Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat 🤠

[@dorianfulton7168]

"Nothing up my sleeve"...

[@sunnyscott4876]

@@fab3laundry yes exactly right! Hey Rocky!

[@mosienko1983]

I was born in California but my father was Russian. So I could do a really good Russian accent. The kids at school loved me to say things like "we are going to make beeg trouble for moose and squirrel". lol

[@survived4679]

putin

[@dalegamburg8995]

Yeh but did you fall in love❤ with Natasha like me

[@mysterymac38]

What a sweet story. I miss those days.

[@RIFFRAFF104]

My local gun shop has a taxidermy shop it works with. You walk into shop and they have a moose head and squirrel mounted on Wall. Ed the owner might ask you if you know what it is... Moose and squirrel... Ha!

[@netwrench6570]

@@dalegamburg8995 Or Boris?

[@malirabbit6228]

What was not to love about this show? We laughed at it as kids and we laughed again as adults! The writing was just that great!

[@jmp42956]

You will not have laughter and you will like it! The left wants to take all of our joy!

[@dashmagic]

Yup you got it, we laughed as kids and then again as adults... "Look a message in a bottle" "Fan mail from a flounder?"

[@malirabbit6228]

@@dashmagic Now a days it's a text from some flounder!

[@LastLetterisZed702]

I've never seen that episode of Season 1 Episode 11. The Americans seem to think our Police Force are all Mounties. We have City Cops & Provincial Cops just like them. State Troopers seems to be us noticed a lot when we cross the border to Michigan. The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show loves to poke fun at our Canadian Mounties.

[@georgeemmons5128]

And Ennie meenie chili beans the spirits are about to speak!

[@ChristianLife888]

63 years young and laughed my head off at these cartoons!!!! I definitely made it to adulthood without any scars from growing up with them

[@whatsreal7506]

It was a great time to be a kid

[@CDM1971]

At 62 years old I enjoyed watching those cartoons as I was growing up I think back in those days they were a lot better in the 60s and 70s then they are now

[@williamwenck5712]

“Guy Whiplash and His Disloyal Canadians” was a play on world famous bandleader Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, a mainstay on New Year’s Eve radio and television shows from the ‘30s into the ‘70s.

[@typetersen8809]

It was also prophetic regarding another "band" Leader and his disloyal Canadians in our day. Dudley would have sorted Trudeau out.

[@moondancer6488]

​@@typetersen8809 🙄

[@eastvandb]

@@typetersen8809 That's a really desperate comparison. Hey, I dislike Trudeau, but this knee-jerk free-association with any statement that comes up is just… well, it's sad and ridiculous.

[@typetersen8809]

@@eastvandb Well, he has been disloyal, hasn't he. Or do you think that he has changed for the better?

[@AmyPieterse]

I didn’t know that! Thanks for this intel)))

[@Silva-je3bu]

I’m having flashbacks! I love these cartoons! The 60’s were a great time to be a kid!

[@williamgardiner4956]

As a little guy around 5 years of age I couldn't wait for Rocky and Bullwinkle to come on our tiny little TV screen. Many hours of sheer joy spent watching that program.

[@ernsttrekiew198]

No comic beats "Red Meat" by Max Cannon!

[@bekindtoanimals2189]

Firstly, Bears are good people. Even under hypnosis, they'd NEVER start a fire. I know this because a friend of a friend of mine used to hypnotize Bears, and they'd NEVER do anything wrong. Lastly, Quebec is pronounced Kay-beck. That is all. And now back to the videos.

[@Ivorymoana]

Am I the only girl who was secretly masturbating in my bedroom after watching Snidely Whiplash tying the girl to the railroad ties and the Ranger comes along and rescues her? When I read the cartoon had been banned, of course, I thought that was why! Was I the only child affected this way? Come on! I can’t be the only weirdo! My first experience with BDSM

[@favoritemustard3542]

@erns Bug-Eyed Earl, Milkman Dan, & Johnny Lemonhead all agree w/you! 🍖👄🍖

[@nostalgia6578]

​@@bekindtoanimals2189 It's time for a Pepsi, a Jos. Louis, and a 🚬! (Okay, will the a-hole from Ontario 🇨🇦 please shut up?) 🤣

[@DaleRV]

I LOVED the Rocky and Bullwinkle show when I was a kid. I even played Snidley Whiplash in a school play. Those were better days.

[@jamesdrynan]

Let's not forget about Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, guys! I grew up with this show, as did many others. Although deemed a children's show, the parodies and subtext were hilarious for adults as well. I fondly remember discovering the narrator, Edward Everett Horton, was a character actor.

[@dashcroft1892]

Weren’t they more ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ than ‘Dudley Do Right’? … loved both though. ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ was good too.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Boris and Natasha weren’t real spies?

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

You guys Really Know these shows. Thank You for the added info!

[@fasterpussycatkillkill9650]

“Must kill moose”

[@peter455sd]

I always mixed Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale with characters of a popular Bardahl tv commercial from the time.

[@AbqRealDeals]

I loved the "Fractured Fairy Tales", "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", et al. Sophisticated humor with a twist.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Ah, yes, I definitely have to agree with the video narrator that we definitely have to ban this Dudley Do-Right episode. Since it's an insult to your local fire department. Not just an insult to the mascot named Smokey the bear. In spite of the fact when he said: "Only you can prevent forest fires." 🚒 🏬 🏢 😤 😒 🔥 🚒

[@Sherwoody]

I’ll save you Nell.

[@CATNAPREAL1188]

Yup Peabody and Mr. Sherman too.

[@wdd3141]

Edward Everett Horton, the narrator of many of the "Fractured Fairy Tales," also portrayed the witch doctor Roaring Chicken, son of Sitting Duck, on "F Troop."

[@rtflone]

@@CATNAPREAL1188 The Mr title goes with Peabody Sherman is just plain Sherman

[@bjs301]

I don't know about kids today, but growing up in the early 1960s I'm pretty sure most of us knew the difference between humor and "dangerous content".

[@rhonda7070]

Yes. Stokey Bear sets fires to be funny, but Smoky Bear prevents them. Stokey is not real, but Smoky......well, he's the good bear. Duh.

[@timheersma4708]

There were the odd imitators of The Three Stooges, but that's topic for another day.😉

[@brianloveless2717]

@@timheersma4708 we still have those… Biden, Harris, Pelosi.

[@mrsqueakthecat.8061]

@@brianloveless2717 😁

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

@@brianloveless2717 😂😂😂

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

My all-time favorite Bullwinkle quote: "Nothing difficult is ever easy!"

[@selfwitness]

Another one: Bullwinkle makes a joke Rocky grimaces. Bullwinkle: “Do you get it Rocky?” Rocky (cringing): “Yeah I get it.” Bullwinkle: “Thousands won’t!” William Conrad immediately comes in with the next part if narration. It went by fast!

[@SirSmorbie]

I still say "mighty thoughty of ya", and "nothin' up my sleeve"

[@nellosnook4454]

Good one! 👍

[@keithdean9149]

I remember a story that they did a "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment that parodied Sleeping Beauty. But the prince was a parody of Walt Disney and the entire show parodied Disneyland. When Disney (the company) threatened to sue, the producers of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" said, "go ahead, we need the publicity."

[@samanthab1923]

FFTs were the best. Edward Everett Horton narrated ⭐️

[@andrewcarlton6196]

Good thing parodies are protected under copy right.

[@johnreddick7650]

"Wait a minute... Awake, she's just another princess; asleep, she's a GOLD MINE!"

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

“They don’t make swords like they used to! (Gets lawn mower) Now these they make like they used to!”

[@louisliu5638]

"That a "B" coupon, a "B" coupon. I got it even as a kid that loved going to Anaheim.

[@meh8982]

"Guy Whiplash and his Disloyal Canadians" was an obvious parody of a well-known orchestral group of the time, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. Sheesh. Rocky & Bullwinkle and all of their companionate segments are some of the most intelligent and most lighthearted and fun cartoons ever made. Fractured Fairy Tales made me love Edward Everett Horton decades before I found out he was actually a popular actor in the 1930s.

[@raoularmagnac2037]

He was also the voice of Captain Hook in the original Disney animated version of Peter Pan.

[@franblaye9639]

His voice was so distinctive, you could always identify it either live or voice-over. He worked with Astaire/Rogers at least 3 times and with just about everybody else in Hollywood, per his IMDB Filmography. He actually started in movies in 1922! 7 years before talkies!

[@patrickmills8605]

Yes, I remember Hans Conrad the same way, his voice is distinctive as well

[@danwic]

I'd never even heard of Guy Lombardo until he was mentioned by a Blue Meanie in The Beatles Yellow Submarine movie.

[@onemoreday1550]

Nothing like this for our young people. Ashame that everything has to be monitored due to sexual agendas.

[@agordianknot]

Bullwinkle and Rocky was the best cartoon hour a kid growing up in the sixties would ever know.

[@johnking6252]

It was a show in a show , you waited for each segment. It was great. ✌️

[@goyablackolivesmatter179]

I liked Beany & Cecil almost as much

[@johnking6252]

@@goyablackolivesmatter179 memory lane ! 👍

[@agordianknot]

@John King Absolutely it was! I didn't want to miss any of it. I still watch KZbin videos of Bullwinkle and Rocky from time to time. It's funnier now than it was when I was a kid. I had never heard about Stokie the bear. Interesting story.

[@bigal1863]

I own the whole Rocky and Bullwinkle collection. Still as funny as I remembered

[@robertacolarette1594]

I loved The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Their humor was so adult. It was like how the original Bugs Bunny was for adults too. Aesop’s Fables and Fractured Fairytales was such fun and you learned something too. The same could be said for Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Fantastic idea for a kids show.

[@theoak64]

Peabody here, and my trusted sidekick Sherman.

[@wdd3141]

Like Jerry Lewis movies, the cartoons communicated at different levels to different people. As kids we'd see the zany comedy, but through adult eyes we'd get a surprisingly different take on them.

[@kdsaslep]

I remember the 'wayback machine'!

[@kvernon1]

I loved how every single episode of Peabody & Sherman ended with a pun. This made me watch the entire episode to the end because I never wanted to miss it!

[@DarrellCook-u5m]

They still are great ideas for a kids show...of all ages. There's some good ones left from sophisticated to absurd and I'm here for it.

[@Designer22]

I loved the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. "Nothin' up m' sleeve" As far as some of the Dudley Do-Right lines being slightly risque and hopefully going over the kids heads, one skit comes to mind that broke me up at the time was as follows. A photographer is taking Dudley and Nell's photo. Before he takes the photo, he asks Dudley "would you like it mounted?" to which Dudley replies "ah, no, just holding hands would be fine". Such a great line. 😂

[@chumgrinder25]

That was actually stolen from an older joke about a man who asks a taxidermist to make a trophy out of two squirrels from his boy's first hunt.

[@cowboykelly6590]

🤠🤙♨️ I own the complete show on DVD. I've never regretted buying it. It is well worth it. I have Mr. Magoo Complete also and inspector Gadgets complete . Plus... Land of the Lost with Marshall, Will and Holly... and Chaka. Pink Panther is going to be the next one I look into . Hopefully I'll be able to find it .

[@chiefbobdavis99]

Intake a 6 7/8’s.

[@charleselphinstone6714]

Only the dumb kids!?? I still use some of the lines and lessons today!! 65yo!

[@jimpalmer792]

"A photographer is taking Dudley and Nell's photo. Before he takes the photo, he asks Dudley would you like it mounted? to which Dudley replies ah, no, just holding hands would be fine. Such a great line" Don't remember that one ! Priceless. "That's GOLD, Jerry ! GOLD !"

[@truck9moon100]

The staying power of this program after all these years proves we were fortunate growing up and having experience these cartoons first hand. Many thanks to all the talent it took to make the program.

[@michaellee258]

This is truly a wonderfully written show with unique characters and "smart" humor. One of the first to truly get that kids can like some satire as well.

[@FRN2013]

Yes, and the feature-film remakes of Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right are some of the best silly comedies ever! I hope there will be more Jay Ward-inspired films!

[@rahkinrah1963]

The humor from then is even more meaningful now. I'm 70.

[@Compucles]

@@FRN2013 The first two, yes. But isn't the Dudley Do-Right movie really bad?

[@jjdev]

As the events are described in the narration, this episode of "Dudley Doright" was never banned. The copyright owners decided to voluntarily stop broadcasting the cartoon. No court forced them to do that, and they could have resumed the broadcasts, or made more episodes with the bear if they chose. The Forest Service had not taken Jay Ward Productions to court. My guess is that they didn't because they expected that they would lose. Parodies are protected in the law. They may not like that a cartoon bear is starting fires, but that is probably not enough to win a lawsuit. The cartoon doesn't look like trademark infringement to me.

[@mist2866]

He's right. "Ban" has to come from some kind of legislative body else it's not technically a "ban". A voluntary or self imposed recusion does not qualify.

[@nedludd7622]

@@mist2866 Not necessarily. The threat of a ban or retaliation can lead to an effective ban. The Hay's Code for movies is an example. The HUAC "anti-communist" campaign after WWII is another.

[@boataxe4605]

Exactly! Someone as educated as you must have gone to What’s a matter U!

[@philfoggs5357]

That's a great point. They knew they'd have been laughed right out court.

[@gregrowell8688]

They should have gone on and baned Mad Magazine, while they were at it.

[@johnwood551]

Most of Rocky and Bullwinkle jokes and all the others in the show you didn’t realize until you grew up and saw them as young adults. They helped give us all a great sense of humor ! I’m so old I remember when all these shows started . They were GREAT !

[@francestomic2772]

Me too

[@slavojalois1639]

Me Three!

[@gmunden1]

Exactly. My older siblings watched and understood the jokes that we younger kids didn't. We were enjoying the jokes that we did understand. When I was a teenager, I was able to appreciate the humor that I did not figure out as a child. We were two sets of siblings bonding over a program while laughing for different reasons!😅😮😂❤

[@espressogirl68able]

2005 - Stokey the fire starting bear re-emerges and is watched by children for the first time in over 40 years. 16 years later, those same children are all young adults and set the United States on fire during the DNC's "Summer of Love". Am I the only one connecting the dots here?????

[@gmunden1]

I believed it also helped us children put the cartoons in perspective because we were avid readers of the classic stories such as Aesop's fables, old fairytales, cultural references, and stories of the Mounties. Having this knowledge first allowed us to appreciate the humour of these cartoons because we understood the history. We knew that the hypnotized bear was not "Smokey the Bear." 😄

[@nommadd5758]

Much simpler times. I really miss those days! I didn't know the shows are available on dvd. I will be looking for them. Thank you!!

[@wendigo53]

Open border? Incompetent authorities? Sounds like last week.

[@kirstencampbell2593]

You can watch them on KZbin.

[@nommadd5758]

@@kirstencampbell2593 : I'm aware of that. Thanks anyway.

[@kathyarnold3935]

75 year old here. Grew up watching these cartoons. I am certain they were part of the reason that I developed a love of satire which I have enjoyed my whole life. Still a fan ❤😂

[@rachelnyn5543]

Same here

[@stevendavis8636]

Absolutley, the funniest show on tv then. I'm 75 now and just the right age to pick uo the satire.of the writing.

[@johnn.2017]

​@@stevendavis8636I'm 53 and also grew up watching these. I just now realized that "Whiplash" isn't about the injury like you get in a car crash. It's the lash of a whip, like kinky stuff and now it makes sense that he was always tying up the girl! I'd bet money these guys were watching those old Irving Klaw movies!

[@billgrandone3552]

Yeah Kathy, those were the days of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mad and Cracked magazines , and a healthy disdain for the status quo of our parents that unfortunatley erupted into something more violent later on.

[@robertboyes2505]

I'm 64 years old, and I grew up watching these cartoons too. I still love them.

[@laineysilva3146]

I absolutely love the Rocky & Bullwinkle show, these cartoons have always been great satire and as always were above children's heads. I never saw the "Stokey the Bear" cartoon, knowing that Snidely Whiplash was behind it, is just part of the fun.

[@marksellers4875]

Oh the memories!!!! This show was the absolute best! Nothing today holds a candle to it. Bring the originals back! PLEASE!!!!

[@johnrichardson7354]

Paul Frees as Inspector Fenwick, Nell's Father, June Foray as Nell Fenwick, Bill Scott (Bullwinkle) as Dudley, and Hans Conreid as Snydley. An all-star cast for a great cartoon.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Talented Voice characters that I admired Greatly ❤

[@laapache1]

FRACTURE FAiry tales

[@peteklein630]

Hans Conreid had a B&W television show by the production company around 1963 entitled, 'Fractured Flickers' which took old, silent era movies and dubbed in fictitious comedic dialogue. It was short lived but hilarious. There are some episodes and snippets here on YT.

[@alfabsc]

@@peteklein630 Conreid had guest stars, too. Like Rod Serling!

[@woodystemms3799]

@@peteklein630 That show was the subject of a lawsuit. The relatives of silent movie star Lon Chaney were upset. One of his greatest roles, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" had been turned into a comedy. The episode was entitled "Dinky Dunkworth - Boy Cheerleader". The "hero" had dialogue dubbed in, and he led the cheers from the tower of the cathedral of Notre Dame. The game was "played under the old Big 10 rules that allowed unlimited substitutions, and everything else". The visual was an overhead shot of mobs with pitchforks and torches.

[@warmweatherfriend1756]

I started watching Rocky & Bullwinkle when it first aired in 1959, along with show like Diver Dan. As a young kid, the real humor went over my heard. I now find it funnier than ever. Frostbite Falls, updadaisium, etc. The Kirwood Derby. A university called Whatsamatta U. And, so on. Plus, the artwork. Look at Dudley's chin. Truly great entertainment that crossed generations. I'm grateful for it!

[@elisaastorino2881]

I thought Whatsamatta U was hysterical because I come from an Italian family where the older people actually talked that way - and my dad was a university professor.

[@battalion151R]

​@elisaastorino2881 Why! Why! That's racist!....or Italianist. Our neighbors were from the "Old country". When they built the house Mr. Porchetti had two 250-gallon wooden casks built into it. Of course it was brick! Whatsamatta U? Mrs. Porchetti was like my extra grandmother. Things were great until I went over when I was about 4. I had been there many times with dad, and Mr. Porchetti always gave dad a glass of wine. Anyhow, I came home hammered. Mom was not amused, but they had always been such good friends that Mr. Porchetti got most of the flak. He said that all their kids had grown up drinking wine, I should have some. I wasn't allowed to go over unaccompanied anymore.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Frost Bite Falls!!!

[@jackjones9460]

@@battalion151R Cute, funny story. And the childhood wine didn’t ruin the children I’ll bet. Did he make his own wine for the 2-250 gallon barrels? That is a lotsa wine!

[@battalion151R]

@@jackjones9460 Yes he did. He would get a dump truck full of grapes. They'd back in and dump them into a big plastic swimming pool. Then he'd scrub his feet and start stomping. When he got older it was too much for him and he had to start buying wine. I forget the brand. He'd buy the teardrop shaped, one gallon bottles. They had a wicker basket bottom. I remember tasting it. It wasn't nearly as good as his.

[@chrisk5651]

My dad loved the singing of Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy. I was not a fan growing up but have grown to appreciate them.

[@gabithemagyar]

I have all their movies on DVD :-)

[@jekku4688]

LOVED Bullwinkle and crew! As I got older and could understand the humor, it was even MORE funny! As a little kid I thought it was a little odd, but woke up to the humor within a couple of years. Y'know back when people actually had a sense of humor! Miss those days!

[@James-dt7ky]

"Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat." "Roar" "Wrong hat."

[@benjurqunov]

But why didn't they support homosexual special rights ?

[@bobm3919]

@@benjurqunov Before 1961, it was illegal in all 50 states to be homosexual. Specifically, it was illegal to have sex with someone of the same sex. Illinois was the first state to abolish the law, and it took until 2003 for the last state, Texas (big surprise), to abolish its law.

[@thomasflagg7209]

I still quote characters from that show all these decades later. Thereby proving, I guess, that you can’t keep from getting old, but you can be immature forever.

[@franblaye9639]

@@benjurqunov I hope you're joking because they would have been off the air in 30 seconds back then.

[@glenbard657]

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show had some of the most iconic voice actors in the business. I was always a big fan of Fractured Fairy Tales narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Other voices actors included June Foray (Rocky and Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and Mr. Peabody), William Conrad (narrator), Paul Frees (Boris), and one of my favorites, Hans Conried (Snidley Whiplash).

[@walterorlowski4808]

Hans Conried also did the voice of Waldo Wigglesworth in the Hoppity Hooper series. That voice was the definition of "bombastic."

[@jongeers1954]

Don't forget William Conrad (the narrator).

[@glenbard657]

@@jongeers1954 Thanks for pointing that out. I edited my original comment to include Conrad who I'm sure you also know was radio's Marshall Dillon.

[@kevins1852]

​@@glenbard657 He was also the star of Cannon, and the narrator of Wild Wild World of Animals

[@richsackett3423]

@@walterorlowski4808 Don’t forget the epic “500 Fingers of Doctor T”.

[@jz55859]

I loved the R&B show as a kid, then again as an adult and still as a Senior. Fractured Fairy Tales was off the hook!

[@robinware2883]

About 10-15 years ago, I was digging through the CLEARANCE bin at Big Lots and found a DVD of Rocky and Bullwinkle with all 5 Seasons. Cost was a WHOOPING $3. Also found a Loony Tunes DVD as well.

[@DeedeeEntertainment]

I especially loved Fractured Fairy Tales. Haven't thought about these in years, it occurs to me they were my favorites;. the fun satire was not lost on me as a young kid.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Their Sleeping Beauty spoof took on Walt Disney himself!

[@battalion151R]

General McBragg.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

@@battalion151R Was he on the Underdog show?

[@michaelearl6991]

Captain wrong way Peter Peach Fuzz

[@battalion151R]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq You're right! Wrong hat!

[@johnanderson3700]

I loved watching this growing up. I think this slip by them has been overblown; overall this was a wholesome and very funny program. We are just overblown about these kinds of issues. I still and always will cherish memories of the series.

[@mandi8345]

The modern culture, unfortunately, seems to default to 'old thing bad' 'assumed objectionable material bad' 'thing that everyone understood in context was a joke, a caricature not to be taken seriously and was never used to actually disparage anyone en mass because to do so would display ones ignorance... is bad' 'if not super PC and clean and nice and pretty and includes all the things except a straight white guy who makes his rent on time is bad' and inspires youngins to make divisive videos criticizing from a judgmental stand point instead of celebrating art and communities that art built. Its really sad, so much of really interesting history and minutia is being effectively erased by these hipsters that are essentially being exactly as narrowminded as the content they are attempting to decry.....duping other gullible hipsters into believing it since 'well I saw this video once where someone said it was bad, so its bad'....and thats bad.

[@sergioreyes298]

Rocky and Bullwinkle is a huge part of my childhood. To say that I love(d) it is an understatement. Thanks for pointing out this little jewel that I had never seen before! I will do so right away. And yes, some people (and ALL guvmint agencies) have absolutely no sense of humor and can't judge things in their own terms, most especially NOW, and I'm surprised that even back then these humorless types were already sowing seeds of discontent.

[@biancagerade4229]

See my loved fractured fairytale ❤

[@richardfabacher3705]

Remember H.L. Mencken's words: "America is a Puritan nation" and "Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Humor makes us happy.

[@myrnamedicinehorse4013]

Oh my goodness, most of the cartoons back in the 60’s and 70’s were all inappropriate, guys! It was all slap stick, getting blown up by bombs, falling off cliffs, punching, whirlwind fights with arms and legs sticking out from the dust and pile of bodies! My siblings and I laughed and laughed at the antics of the cartoon characters. I’m pretty sure we weren’t traumatized watching the make believe fights and hair raising stunts. It was a cartoon, it was entertainment, we knew that. When the cartoons were over, it was time to go out and play. . . thank you very much!

[@janejiumaleh38]

Don’t forget the random anvils dropping from above.

[@franknice2308]

I am 78 years old and never missed a show. I was at the ideal age of 14 and able to appreciate both the kid humor and the adult humor, the perfect storm for this program. Fourteen year olds really had it together in 1959. How could anyone confuse, Stokey "The" Bear, with Smokey Bear, who legally did not have a middle name, even though the joke of the day was to ask someone what Smokey the Bear's middle name was, and then answer, "The."

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

HOWEVER, in the Smokey song, there _IS_ the word "The" between "Smokey" & "Bear". *"Smokey The Bear,* *"Smokey The Bear,* *"Prowlin' & a-growlin',* *"And a-sniffin' the air.* *"He can find a fire,* *"Before it starts to* *flame,* *"That's why they call* *him Smokey,* *"That is how he got* *his name!"* Hence, the origin of the joke about Smokey's "middle name"! I, too, am in my 70s, and still _ADORE_ *Fractured Fairy Tales* with the legendary *Edward Everett Horton, Rocky & Bullwinkle,* as well as *Dudly Doright _et al_.* Such wonderful humour!

[@rodrudinger9902]

Remember Mooseberry "Rocket Fuel", Upsidasium, and Metal-munching Moon Mice? "We don't want the rubber ducky, We want The Brains behind the rubber ducky!" "Sharrop you mou!!" "Every dog, should have a boy."

[@derricklogan2058]

Watching this video 📸 and 🤔 thinking if Stokey was a Pyromaniac, were they attempting to imply that Smokey may have been a "Pot Head?" Stokey and Smokey: "Puff, Puff, Pass!" "Okay, but let's go outside and sit by the Bonfire 🔥 I just created?" 😂😮

[@richsackett3423]

There was no confusion. It was clearly in very bad taste.

[@RadicalCaveman]

Smokey Bear used to be Smokey the Bear. I remember reading in the news, many years after this cartoon, that they had shortened it because it was hard to fit the name on signs when the word "the" was included.

[@fab3laundry]

I loved this cartoon as a kid. Not once did I consider tying anyone to a train track due to watching it.

[@eskieman3948]

I dunno... there was this lil' SOB down the street that I thought about - never mind.

[@fab3laundry]

@@eskieman3948 haha 😂

[@fab3laundry]

@T Raybern thank you. I am glad I'm not too old to give it a shot.

[@mickm6309]

Just like watching Bugs Bunny, I never got the urge to buy something from ACME.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

​@@mickm6309 And we all knew you can't really walk off a cliff, or get blown up by dynamite and live. Ironically there's way more violence by young people these days than when the "dangerous" cartoons we liked were on the air.

[@intrepid5144]

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was a Brilliantly written "kids cartoon" show that also appealed to adults! Much of the humor was "over the head" of youngsters, but instantly caught by adults, which is why it is still funny today!

[@larryjankowski2923]

Mr. Know-it-all? Rockie introduced one segment with: Here’s a moose with an open mind…and a hole in the head to prove it! Classic.

[@michaelbrooks1458]

Parents are supposed to be in bed on Saturday morning. Leave us kids alone! We know the difference between cartoons and reality.

[@stj53]

Even as a kid I could realize this was a different kind of cartoon. I remember more about R&B than any other. The writing was superior, the stylistic art work unusual for the day, and talented voice actors (many from radio) created wonderful characters. I'm hearing you, Hans Conried!

[@andrewvelonis5940]

I haven't seen anyone mention this: there was story continuation from week to week. I can't think of any other cartoon that did that.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

You simply MUST SEE CONREID at his best! Find the movie/musical THE 5000 FINGERS OF DOCTOR T. Fast forward to the doctor's prepping for the DO-MI-DO day presentation. Enjoy!

[@kaisarr7632]

Rocky and Bull Winkle was one of the few kids cartoons of its time that had a lot of its humor aimed at adults

[@robertboudrie2234]

Someone at work tried to sell daffodils for a charity. The price was actually a dollar a flower. So, I responded with "And then my heart with anger fills, a dollar a piece for daffodils".

[@charlesclager6808]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was produced by geniuses. It was ahead of its' time. We watched it without fail. My brother was especially devoted to the show. Even today we talk about it on occasion. We are in our 70's but the humor is not lost on us. If it were brought back today we would watch it faithfully.

[@XMcBainXUSA]

If it were brought back today, Rocky would be multi colored and Bullwinkle would be wearing a dress...

[@paxhumana2015]

​@@XMcBainXUSA , if people complained about it, then those people would not be complaining about it anymore, or saying anything else for that matter.

[@bobm3919]

@@XMcBainXUSA Grow up.

[@franblaye9639]

When I was 4-7 years old, I wondered why my Mom and older sisters would always seem to wander into the room while Rocky & Bullwinkle & etc were on. Then I started getting the jokes like the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kayim. George of the Jungle premiered when I was in high school. I watched it avidly but after the first show, I was prepared not to talk about it at school. But I did talk about it because at least half the student body was talking about it. Jay Ward wrote for ALL ages.

[@ChronoSquare]

@@bobm3919 Have you seen the insane bs being pushed by corporations these days? You're lucky to find something that isn't tainted by agenda.

[@sigmanfloyd7179]

~ I'm 62 and this is the first time I've ever heard of Stokey the bear. I always watched the Bullwinkle show as a kid and loved it! As a child, I personally wouldn't have taken this as a reason to start a forest fire, nor did I ever try and tie my sister to the nearby railroad tracks. 😅 😎👍🏻🇨🇦

[@craigsandry6737]

Stokey was banned

[@elisaastorino2881]

Of course not. The government and the busybodies who started the Saturday morning purge didn't realize that children are more intelligent than that. They still don't. I never suffered psychological damage because my Barbie dolls weren't realistic, but apparently these types think that girls are so fragile today that Barbie has to represent every possible characteristic of humanity so they can have one exactly like them. Yet, if my niece is any indication, kids still prefer the "fantasy" type dolls - hers is a mermaid.

[@zmalevo2126]

Unfortunately people do copy what they see on TV.

[@spikespa5208]

It isn't Smokey *The* Bear. Just Smokey Bear.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

@@craigsandry6737 illegally banned

[@marksimmons3093]

My childhood. Wonderful memories!!❤ Dudley Do Right along with Bulwinkle and Friends. So happy I grew up in this era. 😊

[@marlabrunker738]

It's no longer there, but back in the day, Jay Ward Productions (the producers of these cartoons) were housed in a smallish building on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. In front was a 15 (or so)-foot statue of Bullwinkle, standing in an arabesque with Rocky in his outstretched palm. Cracked me up every time I went by.

[@vitameatavegamin4236]

I remember that Bullwinkle statue vary well. For several years it would spin around slowly all day.

[@AERIXX3]

It was recently refurbushed in 2020 and is still there today!

[@rainydaylady6596]

I would love to see it! After Bugs Bunny, etc. Rocky and Bullwinkle was my favorite show. ❤

[@mgman6000]

I worked for the gas company in Hollywood in the 70s and used to drive by that statue every time I had an order up Sunset it always got a chuckle out of me. I think I had an order there once but don't remember anymore 😢

[@franblaye9639]

During the 60s, some friends were stoned and as they wandered up & down Sunset one night, they decided to stop at that statue. They knelt down and were bowing - their foreheads down to the ground even - and someone came out of the Jay Ward offices. The person just looked at them, shook his head and went back inside. I'm sure they were quite used to "odd" fans.

[@willhorting5317]

I used to love these cartoons, as a kid in the '60s and '70s. I never knew that any were banned.

[@SnowmansLands]

I was born in 86 and saw this aired on CBC. This is either click bait or he's wrong.

[@WobblesandBean]

I was born in 83 and I had no clue, either.

[@WobblesandBean]

​​​​@@SnowmansLands It was just one particular episode, because they were poking fun at Smokey the bear and the Chicago fire. I too watched Dudley Do Right, but I definitely didn't see this episode, and I doubt you did, either.

[@buildingwithtrees2258]

I was born in 82 and my dad woke me up at 5 to watch this show. Shows weren't canceled back then. This had to have been aired by local TV stations.

[@SnowmansLands]

@@WobblesandBean my husband is 43 said the same thing. Aired on CBC when he was a kid.

[@grandparedpill2695]

I loved the show as a child, and I still love this show as a 65-year-old man.

[@AdrianBoyko]

“Snidely Whiplash” is the best villain name ever

[@jedmackay5346]

Boris Badenov is pretty good too!

[@mattk.2416]

Not to mention Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog

[@Two4Brew]

One of my dad's 1st cousins was June Foray, voice of Rocky, Natasha, Nell and the other female characters on the Bullwinkle Show. 2 of the cousins of my generation flew me from Maryland the LA for Easter week 2017. The family gathering was at June's house. I had a private visit with her the following Friday. She told me that my dad's father was her favorite uncle when she a a girl in Springfield, MA. June passed away about 3 months later, a little shy of her 100th birthday.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Wonderful memory. June Foray was so great a voice actor.

[@Two4Brew]

@@carlcushmanhybels8159 June had a wicked sense of humor. She told me during our private visit that while Talky Tina and Twilight Zone was more to her liking, Chatty Cathy paid better.

[@franblaye9639]

Wonderful! 😊👍

[@renemanuel7128]

Thank you for sharing.

[@willong1000]

@@Two4Brew Great anecdote--thanks for sharing!

[@wishicouldsing129]

My favorite show as a kid. I loved the intelligence and humor mixed together.

[@FRN2013]

Me, too! And the feature-film remakes of Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Dudley Do-Right are some of the best silly comedies ever! I hope there will be more Jay Ward-inspired films!

[@mikezylstra7514]

Even my dad sat down & watched. He found it very humorous.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

Yup, it was the best.

[@danmeyer5263]

I still enjoy these cartoons- With. all the garbage out there, thank goodness we can still see these in re-runs.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

@@danmeyer5263 I find most new media (movies, TV) to be such garbage. It's nice to have some nostalgic dumb comedy to distract from how much things seem to suck lately.

[@borisdarlink1]

Rocky and Bullwinkle [along with their friends] is the most underrated cartoon of my childhood.

[@samanthab1923]

I used to watch it with Underdog

[@janicesmith2475]

@@samanthab1923 Yeah! Him and Sweet Polly Purebread. 😍 And Mighty Mouse was classic . . .

[@samanthab1923]

@@janicesmith2475 Love all those ❤️

[@franblaye9639]

@@janicesmith2475 Here I come to save the day...

[@karencahill4798]

I grew up and loved all those cartoons. Those were the days...I love the narrator.

[@Gwenny0612]

The entire series was satirical, and often educational! I enjoyed Fractured Fairy Tales the most. My older brother would explain the jokes I didn't get, saying they were making fun of a politician or the president. We were an Army household so watching the news was a requirement...

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The anti Russian Propaganda that Boris and Natasha embodied was one feature of US Propaganda that seemed to be overlooked as well as the Horse? Creating an image of stupid and vicious Spy Guys, was basically the same as justifying the Rosenburg Roasting that the US appears to have promoted. Bob Dylan may have promoted the other side of the Coin with a song about, "With God on Our Side." Respect for Russians was not something that Cartoons appeared to be capable of?

[@EKA201-j7f]

Who was the narrator for fractured fairy tales?

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@EKA201-j7f Edward Everett Horton......

[@Bad_Meach]

I will admit that I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle as a kid, but I developed an entirely different appreciation for it once I turned 21 and began to really understand the jokes.

[@johnteets2921]

Stokey the Bear would be acceptable today unless somebody discovered that he was groomerphobic.

[@Bad_Meach]

@@johnteets2921 💀

[@jefscolnago]

Some of the jokes STILL go over my head. That's what I liked most about this priceless show. (I'm 76.)

[@kathymichael7224]

My dad would watch with us and I would wonder why he was laughing so hard at some stuff I didn't get. Then as I got older I understood.

[@bjones8470]

After seeing this I immediately went and watched the first episode. Talk about a hard nostalgia hit. I was born in 1964 when these started so I was watching them from about 2 years old. That’s all the way back. One thing I realized off the bat was the narrator for the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon is television actor William Conrad who among many other things was Cannon. Also the R and B cartoon was done serial style with a cliffhanger at the end of each cartoon. Another thing that struck me funny was when Mr. Peabody was giving his bona fides he said he was once called “The Wolf of Wall Street”. Thanks for taking me back there.

[@paxhumana2015]

Wow, so Mr. Peabody totally influenced not only two fictional movies, but also the real life criminal case that they were built on, as well as the real life criminal... interesting. Some people would call that predictive programming, and especially foreshadowing, especially considering that one of those movies was actually, in fact, called The Wolf of Wall Street.

[@lynneb.9562]

the very talented William Conrad was also radio's Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke

[@sct913]

Just to clarify regarding the show's multiple titles: When Rocky and Bullwinkle was first broadcast in 1959, it was titled The Rocky Show. The name was changed to The Bullwinkle Show, and opening and closing titles revised to reflect this, when the program switched from ABC to NBC in 1961. It remained The Bullwinkle Show through the rest of its original broadcast run, and then into syndication. Although the principal segments of the show were always titled 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", the current 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" branding for the full series first appeared with the VHS release in 1991 - this branding was then carried over to the DVD releases.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

Apparently the people who couldn't make up their minds on the title must either have been under the influence of something or they enjoyed debating lololol

[@felixmarvin1199]

​@@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980 it wasn't that they couldn't make up their minds, it was a branding decision to change the name. There were other popular characters named Rocky including the title character of Rocky Jones Space Ranger. Bullwinkle is more distinct and gave the show its own household name recognition. Also, Bullwinkle was the more popular character. They went with their strengths, it was a smart decision.

[@kenmarshall9907]

The marching band at my high school played the Dudley Dooright theme song at football games as a way of making fun of the serious, noble, all-American sport....especially when the team was losing badly or attempting to over emphasize the " importance" of the game.

[@dianadurr-ramsey567]

Did you go to Sir Francis Drake High School? Their football team won few games.

[@kenmarshall9907]

@@dianadurr-ramsey567 ...no, I went to an unimportant school in rural NJ. I suspect we weren't the only ones making fun of convention !

[@robertduran1353]

I LOVE that! My HS should have done that! We were in the west suburbs of Chicago called RB (next to the Brookfield Zoo) short for Riverside/Brookfield, our football team really SUCKED! Hinsdale HS would usually beat us by over 50 points, every year. Rocky & Bullwinkle were the BEST! Never saw the Smoky the Bear episode or just do not remember it, since I never missed any? I'm 77.

[@deborahminter6231]

That's funny! 😂

[@jimdavis6936]

back in the days when Rocky & Bullwinkle was new, I was about 10 years old. I enjoyed watching the series and found it a good hearted laugh at adults. Then there was Woodie Woodpecker, another forgotten cartoon from that time.

[@jupitorsaturn8533]

It’s amazing how those character voices from so long ago are so recognizable as they are satisfying to my 64-year old ears. Thanks!

[@michaelfox1432]

Every once in a while I get nostalgic and I watch a beloved show from my youth. My usual reaction is, "Well, that wasn't very good was it? However Rocky and Bullwinkle are a happy exceptions that can make me laugh just as hard now as when they first aired.

[@derelict8715]

I agree, other than to include Bugs Bunny, especially circa 1950 or so, in that select group.

[@Navalator]

How about the Road Runner series? Continuous laughs.

[@derelict8715]

@@Navalator Years ago they put together an about 20 minute compilation of some of the best Road Runner bits, which leaves me laughing so hard by the end I can barely breathe.

[@clydepink]

As an animation art dealer, it's interesting to know that most of the celluloids, which are highly collectible, were thrown out or washed off for reuse after the film was finished. At Jay Ward Studio, to save production costs, the animation was done in Mexico City as the labor costs were cheaper. That said, when the cels were thrown out, people would raid the dumpsters behind the studio and reuse them as roof tiles because they were waterproof. I was told this by Leonard Maltin, but it still sound like an apocryphal tale, however, one of my collectors in Texas told me that his housekeeper was from Mexico City and she said, indeed, homes were tiled with the cels. Suffice to say, Jay Ward original production cels are very rare.

[@tiggersboy]

I went to a “Night With Chuck Jones” event many years ago and he said that he and his fellow animators used to line the floors with the cels after they were finished with them. They would then proceed to get a running start and “surf” on them. A kind of slip and slide without water. They figured they were worthless so why not have some fun.

[@willyboy6126]

@@tiggersboy Oh my gosh, if they only knew the value they would have! 😯

[@matildabryant8398]

I remember my son,then three years old saying “Mom your favorite show is on…Winkybull!”. It became a family joke and it was my favorite😅

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Odd parallel... In Minnesota there was a pyromaniac, volunteer fire fighter (John D. Berkin April 7 2009) who set a-blaze a wildlife area so he could respond to the "emergency". His girlfriend was an ambulance driver who also got a thrill from "emergency" situations. I hope they are still in jail.

[@harryricochet8134]

Nothing remotely odd about that unfortuntely it is a disturbingly common occurrence in volunteer fire services for arsonists to become members.

[@josephpadula2283]

The Arson inspector in a town near LA was the arsonist!!!!

[@SCSilk]

John Leonard Orr was the Southern California arsonist.

[@ThatGreenGuy85]

"Hero Homocide" is very common, but how is that related to Rocky and Bulleinkle?

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@ThatGreenGuy85 A pawn of Snydly Whiplash was Stokey the Bear. If you didn't watch this video, check out 3:18.

[@Brosafex-VoiceOvers]

As a young boy I absolutely loved the show! As a VoiceOverArtist now I love listening to the diverse range and quality of the quirky character voices on the show.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Was Underdog being aired on a different network? It has the same animation style.

[@kfoster3616]

One of the best shows ever. I never missed an episode and loved Stokey The Bear as well as all the other characters. I'd like to have a full set of all the shows on DVD's. I loved when Bullwinkle did Poet's Corner and recited "Under the spreading Chestnut tree"....It was so funny The show was well written and so clever. Loved MAD Magazine too.

[@gretchenpritchard4778]

... the village smithy stands. ... the muscles of his brawny arms are strong as rubber bands! Rocky ... "iron bands!" Bullwinkle: "rubber bands ... " *pulls his flabby biceps till it jiggles*

[@kfoster3616]

@@gretchenpritchard4778 exactly - Thank you for your response. As a kid, my family stopped at a restaurant where a copy of the Granger picture of The Village Blacksmith was on display. While I was standing there looking at the picture, my dad started to recite Wadsworth's The Village Blacksmith. Just a few days later it was on the R & B Show. Thanks again!

[@acratone8300]

Our set of all those shows on DVD were very cheap on Amazon.

[@kfoster3616]

@@acratone8300 Thanks....will order!

[@kfoster3616]

@@gretchenpritchard4778 so right!

[@bill8384]

The entire show was adult satire!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Never even knew it existed.. and I used to watch Dudley Do-Right every Saturday morning, back in the day.

[@bugradio]

Great video! 2:30 Guy Whiplash and the Disloyal Canadians is a play on 1930's band leader Guy Lombardo and his band, the Royal Canadians

[@annnichols3091]

You beat me to it.

[@noracalvert9786]

Omg I remember this cartoon well and how I loved it. My friends and I would gather in front of our tv because we were the first on the block with colour. We laughed and laughed at it but we were also proud because part of it was of a Canadian Mountie. That was unheard of in those days as everything was only USA based content. Rocky and Bullwinkle was probably the greatest cartoon series, ever! Never boring, always funny, and full of adventure. At 70 yrs of age, I could watch it all over again.❤🇨🇦

[@julieagarcia6259]

Veteran stage and Hollywood actor Edward Everett Horton was the narrator of the classic and brilliant Fractured Fairytales.

[@davestelling]

My Dad would watch this with my brother and I in the early 1960s. I think my Dad enjoyed it more than we did. Such good memories...

[@elisaastorino2881]

My dad was a college professor and he just loved the old cartoons.

[@elc1960]

I used to watch Rocky & Bullwinkle as a small child and I loved it, but I loved it even more as a teenager when I was old enough to understand all the jokes. I'm proud to say that when I finally got my first DVD player, one of the first sets I purchased was the Rocky & Bullwinkle set. That DVD set was the first I'd heard about the "Stokey the Bear" episode.

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Nell was supposed to be Dudley's love interest. In one episode, Snidely said to Dudley, "I've got Nell, and you will never have her back - or any other part of her."

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

I was born in September of 1958 and I remember the show itself so well, I just loved it. My parents loved it also, and my father always explained to me all the double entendre (I could say the pledge of allegiance by the time I was 1 year-old. A phenomenal , bizarre thing called "Episodic Memory". But I'm not like Rain Man, nor am I autistic). The point is, none of that comedy was lost on me No no matter what age. However, although I remember a lot of other episodes, I do not remember the 2 they are talking about. And there were decades when I had no access to a television, let alone to anything American So I didn't get to see reruns like so many people did. But all of you know what I am going to do right this minute... Look these up on KZbin and watch them for the first time since I was probably 2 or 3! Don't feel bad about thinking I'm a freak. I'm not the only 1 in the world with that memory thing, although it isn't common. And if you love Dudley like I do, then you're my kind of person no matter what you call me! Lol! Best wishes to everyone and I hope that life is treating you kindly.

[@francestomic2772]

Born in 52. I loved these characters. How is it we have a sense of humor & these kids don't

[@Moriarty22cent]

Do you mean "Eidetic Memory"? We all have 'Episodic Memory' but it is only unique to that person experiences. I'm not trying to refute what you are saying, but not sure it's called "Episodic Memory". :) :) :)

[@elisaastorino2881]

You raise an important point: your parents assumed responsibility for you instead of letting the government do it. That's the way it should be. I came along in 1962 and I adored the entire cast of Rocky and Bullwinkle!

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

@@elisaastorino2881 I was born in 65 and these are the best cartoons

[@WVgrl59]

​@@Moriarty22cent you are correct.

[@merrihalma]

I used to love Rocky and Bullwinkle. But I didn't see the Stokey the Bear episode. I'm 64. It sounds like fun. I will look it up.

[@bobdobalina838]

It was absolutely wonderful. the casting of the voice actors, the writing, and the animation all top shelf.

[@jananderson672]

So is your name,Mr Dobalina,Mr Bob Dobalina.😄

[@TheBelegur]

June Foray was the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney's Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears series, and Magica De Spell, among many others.

[@thomasfoss9963]

Ya Wow-- What a career!!! Wasn't she also the voice of Ursula-- George of the Jungles girlfriend??

[@TheBelegur]

@@thomasfoss9963 She sure did. She was considered to be the female Mel Blank of cartoon voice work.

[@222aint]

June passed away in 2017 at the age of 99. What a wonderful lady

[@lacypierce6487]

My dad grew up with that show and still loves it to this day. He especially loves Rocky and Dudley.

[@cammieg4381]

Rocky and Bullwinkle - and the entire group - absolute classic! (My all-time fav is Fractured Fairy Tales!)

[@stevenbaer5999]

As a kid in the early 70s watching reruns, I knew that it was actually a cartoon and knowing the difference between what is actually humor and danger

[@mojoman3201]

By the time you were watching these reruns that episode had already been removed and wouldn't be aired again until 2005

[@barbaraholman6129]

Flintstones, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home. Adult dialogue. We new that day one. Especially The Flintstones. Then you realize all villains had accents, 1950s sci-fi were apologies for dropping the bomb and the fallout, on Hiroshima. Wearing glasses made you smarter, and Perry Mason's investigator did a cagillion voices like Mel Blanc. Think his name was William.

[@peteklein630]

Being around nine when I saw this story arc back in the '60's, I didn't get the pun, "The Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam" until I got to college. I started laughing hysterically in Freshman English class when the book was mentioned, and everyone thought I'd gone nuts! LOL

[@GeraldM_inNC]

I didn't get the pun "I bought you violence for your furs" until I bought a Sinatra CD 35 years later.

[@johnking6252]

It's how I became aware of the Soviet menace , but they weren't scary? 👍

[@billr3053]

Play on words: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia.

[@lindickison3055]

Hoot, hoot!

[@louisliu5638]

the boat must have been down by "Veronica Lake"! Did you get that one??

[@chrislj2890]

I still remember my sisters and I awaiting the first episode of Rocky & Bullwinkle, and although I don't really remember the bear I'm sure we saw it as we were crazy about the show. I even more distinctly remember the night of the first episode of The Flintstones. Television back then was so exciting for a kid, and I miss it dearly.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

you mean Yogy Bear and his sidekick,Boo Boo?

[@chrislj2890]

@@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980 Yep, loved Yogi and Quick Draw McGraw too.

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

@@chrislj2890 the good old days of cartoons ☺️☺️☺️

[@CrepitusRex]

Wow. Those voices really brought me back to the 60's. I grew up with these guys.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

For me Bullwinkle, Dudley, Peabody and Sherman etc were the best cartoons ever created.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

I watched these cartoons too as a kid growing up in the 60s, loved them then and still love them, but Bugs Bunny (from the 1940s) will always be #1 with me.

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

By far.......

[@jamesgibson3582]

Set the wayback machine Sherman!

[@frozenone1403]

In one of the credits for an episode it listed the (comical , of course)names of the actors playing the parts: Dudley Do-Right played by K. Farley Dingwipe, Snydley Whiplash played by B.A. Foulball, Horse played by Horse.

[@marknesselhaus4376]

Oh man, does this bring back great memories. I do not remember if I saw this particular one in my childhood. Born in 1956 so I grew up on this and many other classic cartoons of the era. Such fun back then 😀

[@julieviola6787]

Loved Rocky and Bullwinkle and Mr. Peabody and Sherwin

[@jmp42956]

Bring back these awesome cartoons! My siblings and I watched these faithfully on Saturday morning. My parents often joined us and there was laughing, lots of laughter!

[@ethanshelbyskateboarding9980]

DEFINITELY

[@2MuchPurple]

Even now, at age 73, I love these cartoons! I saw them in black and white back then, and though the colors seem odd to me now, the witty jokes Boris and Natasha, Fearless Leader, Dudley Doright, Candlestick Parker, Fractured Flickers, and all the rest are still hilarious!

[@richane22]

This was my favorite show as a kid. We use to act out Dudley Dooright episodes. I remember watching the Stokey the Bear episode, even as a kid I knew it was a parody.

[@centexan]

These were the days of Saturday morning cartoons being watched just as attentively by parents as kids. The Stokey character was a terrible idea. Saturdays were the best!

[@davidbryden7904]

I remember my parents putting on Rocky and Bullwinkle for me when I was a preschooler. It was one of the few cartoons that THEY laughed at too!😊

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Loved Dudley doo right!

[@feliciaflores4680]

I tried having my kids watching these oldies but goodies, but lost them to SpongeBob SquarePants..😊

[@kimball4151]

At 2:18 a paraphrase of Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. If you know anything about the big bands

[@rightlyso8507]

@@feliciaflores4680 I still watch SpongeBob when I get the chance.

[@steven-nb6rt]

The one liners were very funny. Bugs Bunny one liners were also great!!

[@5argetech56]

You forgot Bullwinkle as Mr. Know it all.

[@stuartaaron613]

My favorite episode when when he was trying to open a jar of jelly. At then end he confessed that he couldn't open it because it was jam.

[@gurinapsait8602]

Fan mail from some flounder!!! Growing up watching Rocky and Bullwinkle I never seen this Dudley Do-Right episode.. Thank you for posting..

[@clevebaker8399]

Jay ward and others of that ilk were the greatest!! Cartoons with intelligent and creative thinking!! They made the 60s incredible !! Great work

[@GeorgiaJim1]

I only JUST found your channel, and I couldn't be smiling any bigger! All these memories! I love your narrative style, and the background information you give. From the cartoons of my childhood, to the creepy sci-fi of the day, I'm loving it! I don't suppose you've done an episode of a show called "It's About Time" ? It was a Gilligan-esque show about astronauts that end up back in time to the cave-man days. For some reason, that show sticks in my head and no one else seems to remember it. Again, love the episodes ... I have to go through and watch as many as I can now. Thank you.

[@muncgrl53]

I remember that show " It's about time", didn't last very long. You can see it here on You Tube.

[@chumgrinder25]

I remember it, and the theme song. With Joe E. Ross (Tooty from Car 54) and Imogene Coca, one of Sid Caesar's funny ladies. Unfortunately it was too derivative of shows like I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched, which it was up against, so it failed in its first season.

[@jacklow9611]

I loved "It's About Time" because I loved Imogene Coca (I met her once near the end of her life) as a comedienne, who played Shad. For some reason, I don't remember who played Mac and Hec, or who played M'lor, Breer, or Boss, but I remember Joe E. Ross played Gronk, and he was funny in anything he was in ("Car 54, Where are you" was another show he was in with Fred Gwynne, who went on to play Herman Munster).

[@momcat1761]

"It's about time, it's about space, about two men in the strangest place..." I remember it even though it was only on for one season. The astronauts were Frank Aletter -- one of my favorite actors from back then -- and Jack Mullaney (no apparent relation to comedian and writer John Mulaney although they look a bit alike). Imogene Coca and Joe E. Ross, were very funny, as always, and the show had a host of guest starts like Kathleen Freeman, Karen Valentine, Herb Edelman, and Jack Albertson, just to name a few. I was in grade school when it was on, so I can't really vouch for how good a show it was, but I loved it enough to still recall the theme song all these years later.

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

I love Rocky & Bullwinkle. I grew up with this in the 90s

[@badad0166]

I grew up with it in the 60's!

[@Sgt_Glory]

Same, I used to watch it all the time as a kid on YTV in the 90's!

[@randylucas2458]

I am 60 years old. I grew up on this cartoon. And to this day before I do something foolish, I turn to whoever I'm near and go "hey Rocky want to see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?"

[@dudleyrathborne9849]

My 1st name is Dudley and was in middle school when these cartoons were watched . Boy did I ever get ribbed by everyone .It got so bad I wished for another name . But eventually I felt pretty good about my name . I guess all the niddling I survived was just character building

[@conniebabcock4045]

Loved this show. I remember my mom fixing me my favorite bowl of cereal, Kix, and letting me watch the show in the living room. A real treat. Thanks mom for the memories. ❤

[@jonness8927]

Kix are for kids.

[@jonness8927]

Were you fortunate enough to have a "color" tv?

[@maarifawalcott5145]

During the late 80’s, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was one of my favorite cartoons. Viewing this video brings back so many good feelings from a time now past.